AUS - Cambage dominates in China

BEIJING (FIBA Oceania Championship/FIBA World Championship for Women) - Liz Cambage decided not to join the WNBA's Tulsa Shock this summer after helping Australia claim the bronze medal at the Olympics.

The 2.03m center chose instead to rest and recharge her batteries before moving to Asia and playing a season in Chinese basketball.

Cambage has been wowing the WCBA crowds so far with some big-time scoring performances.

After averaging 13.6 points and 5.6 rebounds for the Opals in London - almost identical numbers to her statistics at the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women in the Czech Republic - Cambage has had a couple of scoring explosions for Zhejiang.

The 21-year-old poured in 39 points and corralled 12 rebounds for Zhejiang in their 105-76 rout of Liaoning and followed that up in her last game with 40 points and eight boards in a 105-82 drubbing of Shenyang.

Zhejiang have not been unbeatable with Cambage, losing three of their nine games.

They are nevertheless in second place behind Shanxi, a team that has USA international Maya Moore.

Cambage had 17 points and 14 rebounds earlier this season when Zhejiang beat Shanxi.

Moore didn’t feature in that game, however.

The Olympic champion made her Shanxi bow the following game against Bayi.

A player in the WNBA with Minnesota, the team that lost in this year's Finals to Indiana, Moore is the leading scorer in China's top flight at 41.4 points per game.

Her coach is Lucas Mondelo, the national team boss of Spain.

Mondelo coached Spanish club Perfumerias Avenida against Moore when she played for Ros Casares earlier this year.

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