Defending champions Guangdong Southern Tigers have extended their recent winning streak to eight after a 104-89 victory over the Jilin Northeast Tigers in the 36th round of CBA league matches.

Guangdong's four national players have all recorded double figure scores in Friday night's away game against Jilin.

Meanwhile, North Conference leaders, Beijing, suffered a big blow as they lost 117-109 to Yunnan. It's the first time for the Beijing team to loss two games in a row this season.

More surprising news came courtesy of the Shandong-Bayi tie, as the hosts snapped the eight-game winning streak of visiting Bayi en route to end their own seven-game losing run.

Shanghai are still in the running for a play-off berth, after they beat visiting Xinjiang 110-102 to secure fifth in the South Conference.

Jiangsu meanwhile climbed from behind to topple Shaanxi 116-103 to extend their home winning streak to 10.

Zhejiang claimed their first win after the Spring Festival break, defeating Henan 102-78 to end their eight-game losing streak.

(Xinhua News Agency February 26, 2006)