"VAN" (Sports Desk - 29.09.2025) :: Dongguan New Century Club emerged as the new FIBA Women's Basketball League Asia champions by beating the Fujitsu Red Wave, 95-67, in the 2025 Final, Sunday at the Dongguan Sports Center.
Yang Shuyu led the way with 23 points. Huang Sijing finished with 20 points, spiked by 6 3-pointers, alongside 6 rebounds and 4 assists as she helped out in the second-quarter pullaway to commence the lopsided affair.
Huang joined hands with Yi Shen by combining for 5 shots from deep to power a 23-11 outscoring of the Red Wave toward a 41-27 lead entering the break before opening the floodgates come the third quarter.
Yang Liwei had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Chen Mingling delivered 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists, with Yi adding 12 also as they became the second team after Sichuan Yuanda Meile to win the tournament.
Yuki Miyazawa, on the other hand, led Fujitsu with 18 points. Aki Fujimoto had 13 points while Saki Hayashi added 10 as the Japanese club settled for silver with the loss, which is still an improvement from their bronze in 2024.
Securing a bronze-medal finish, meanwhile, were Busan BNK Sum following a come-from-behind 79-74 victory over the Ulaanbaatar Amazons in the Third-Place Game, in which they overhauled a deficit as big as 14 points.
Lee Sohee led the way with 30 points behind a 6-of-12 clip from beyond the arc, with Sonia Kim supplying 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists as the tandem spearheaded the fourth-quarter rally.
FIBA Women's Basketball League Asia 2025 final standings:
1. Dongguan New Century Club
2. Fujitsu Red Wave
3. Busan BNK Sum
4. Ulaanbaatar Amazons
5. Cathay Life Tigers
6. Al Ula Club
Yang Shuyu made it a double celebration for Dongguan New Century after taking home Most Valuable Player (MVP) honors in the FIBA Women's Basketball League Asia (WBL Asia) 2025 on Sunday night.
Before a solid crowd at the Dongguan Sports Center, the 23-year-old combo guard was bestowed with the tournament's highest individual award for playing a crucial role in delivering the championship to their city.
Yang indeed saved her best for last, firing 23 points on 61.5-percent shooting - including a 3-of-6 clip from deep - to lead Dongguan NCC to a 95-67 victory over the Fujitsu Red Wave in the Final to annex the crown.
She finished with averages of 13.3 points on 53.8-percent shooting from the field, 2.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 1.3 steals to help her side to a five-game sweep of the competition that just wrapped up its second edition.
This marks yet another major award for Yang, having won the Finals MVP plum when she helped steer her squad to the 2024-25 Women's Chinese Basketball Association title by ousting Sichuan Yuanda Meile.
By winning MVP, the Olympic medalist headlined the 2025 All-Star Five, in which she's joined by teammate Huang Sijing, the Fujitsu tandem of Yuki Miyazawa and Aki Fujimoto, and Sonia Kim of bronze winners BNK Sum.
Huang, primarily a defender during the tourney, showed assertiveness on offense in the finale for a change. She went a remarkable 6-of-10 from deep and finished with 20 points, alongside 6 rebounds and 4 assists.
Like Yang, it was also the 29-year-old forward's best showing of the tilt, allowing her to finish with per-game figures of 11.0 points and 5.0 rebounds plus 4.0 assists in 15.0 minutes of action.
Miyazawa, on the other hand, was one of the meet's top outside shooters with a 50-percent accuracy. The Japan women's team stalwart put up 17.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 4.4 assists to lead Fujitsu.
Fujimoto, for her part, provided a solid presence inside for the Red Wave, the reigning two-time Women's Japan Basketball League champions, with 14.5 points on top of 5.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and a steal.
Kim, lastly, was undeniably one of the 2025 games' top players, a solid proof of which was her effort in helping BNK Sum rally from behind to beat the Ulaanbaatar Amazons, 79-74, to salvage a bronze medal.
Kim produced 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists in the 14-point comeback. She ultimately finished their campaign with numbers of 18.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 3.5 assists.
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