Chen Xiaoli had a game-high 26 points and 10 rebounds as Liaoning got their first ever WCBA title in the best-of-three finals with an 82-70 win over Shenyang on Sunday.

The two teams played head to head in the first half. And a third-pointer from Mo Li made Shenyang lead 36-33 before the break.

Home team Liaoning strengthened their attacks in the third quarter and transformed the deficit into a 62-47 lead.

Shenyang tried their best to cut the deficit to 14 points, but they couldn't get any closer that Liaoning finally won their first title in their WCBA career.

Chen Miao added 19 points and Zhang Dan contributed 13 points and nine rebound for Liaoning.

Liu Dan led Shenyang with 22 points, while Zhang Hanlan, Hu Xiaotao and Jiangxu each had 11 points.

(CRI English February 27, 2006)