U19 Women s Basketball World Cup - Ran Kejia 28+12, China reversed and lost to Nigeria in the first game

July 12th news, the 2025 Women's Basketball U19 World Cup held its first day of competition in Brno, Czech Republic. In the first round of Group B, the Chinese U19 women's basketball team suffered a tragic reversal. After four quarters, they lost to Nigeria U19 women's basketball team 88-93, and suffered a bad start. The specific scores in the four quarters are 16-24, 22-20, 23-16 and 32-28 (the Chinese team is ahead). On the Chinese side, Ran Kejia scored 3 three-pointers, 28 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, Li Yuxian scored 25 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Xu Peilin scored 10 points, and Du Siyu scored 8 points and 12 rebounds.

The two teams tied 8-8 at the beginning, Zhao Lin made a three-pointer, and the Chinese team made a 6-3 attack wave to establish an advantage and stopped Nigeria. Ran Kejia scored a tip-in, the Chinese team scored 11 points in a row, and the Nigerian team called another timeout. Before the end of the first quarter, Nigeria narrowed the gap to 8 points. After the first quarter, the Chinese team led Nigeria 24-16.

The Chinese team led by 10 points in the second quarter. At this time, the Chinese team made consecutive mistakes, and Nigeria narrowed the gap 30-33. Xu Ziqi made a foul and made two free throws, and then Xu Peilin scored with a left hand, and the Chinese team once again established an advantage. At the end of the first half, the Chinese team led Nigeria 44-38.

Ran Kejia hit a three-pointer in the third quarter, and the Chinese team scored a 10-5 attack wave leading by 11 points and stopped Nigeria. After the timeout, Nigeria scored 50-54 consecutively to narrow the gap, and the Chinese team requested a timeout. The Chinese team's offensive problem has not been resolved, and Nigeria has surpassed the score. After the third quarter, the Chinese team fell behind Nigeria 60-61.

Nigeria scored a 10-point lead in the final quarter. Ran Kejia hit a three-pointer, and the Chinese team broke the scoring drought. The Chinese team started the scoring mode, Li Yuqin and Du Siyu each made three-pointers, and the Chinese team narrowed the score gap 88-91. In the first 9.5 seconds of the final game, Nigeria made all two free throws, and the Chinese team had no chance. In the end, the Chinese team lost to Nigeria in the first game.

The starter of the Chinese U19 women's basketball team: Ran Kejia, Li Yuxian, Xu Fengwei, Du Siyu, Xu Ziqi