Jones, Sichuan Trail 2-1 In WCBA Finals

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CHINA – Jonquel Jones delivered a dominant performance and Sichuan avoided the sweep in the Women’s Chinese Basketball Association Finals.

Sichuan staved off elimination and kept their season alive today with a 96-77 win over Guangdong in their best of five series.

Jones finished with 22 points and 11 rebounds. 

For the series, she’s averaging 22 points and 9 rebounds per game.

In game one, she finished with 14 points and seven rebounds in an 83-70 loss and in game two, finished with 31 points on 13-17 shooting from the field and added nine rebounds in a 90-83 loss.
The series continues with game four on Sunday.

Baseball

In double-a baseball, a pair of Bahamian prospects hit their first home-runs of the season.

Kristian Robinson finished 2-5 with three rbi for the Amarillo Sod Poodles in their 10-9 loss to the Springfield Cardinals.

The Arizona Diamondbacks prospect hit a three run home-run on a line drive to left field in the fourth inning to give the soD poodles a brief 5-4 lead.

He also singled on a line drive to left field in the eighth inning.

BJ Murray homered for the Knoxville smokies in their 6-1 win over the Rocket City Trash Pandas.

The Chicago Cubs prospect hit a solo homer in the eighth inning to give the Smokies a 3-1 lead.

Sebastian Walcott saw his four game hit streak come.

To and Wednesday, but he’s picked up where he left off at the end of last season.

The Texas Rangers’ number one prospect is hitting .238 with five hits and two rbi through five game.

Track and Field

We have more updates from pro athletes opening their outdoor seasons around the United States.

At the Pepsi Florida relays, in Gainesville, Florida, Charisma Taylor took first place in the Olympic development 100m hurdles in 12.82 secs.

In field, Kaiwan Culmer, placed fourth in the men’s triple jump at 16.04m.

At the Miramar Invitational in Mirimar, Florida – Wendell Miller followed his appearance at the World Indoor Championships with his 2025 outdoor debut.

He took first place in the b final of the 300m in 33.45 secs for third overall.

Also at the meet, Ian Kerr was 12th in the 100m at 10.32 seconds following a fifth place finish in the B final.

NBA

A crushing loss at the buzzer Wednesday night for Buddy Hield and the Golden State Warriors, could jeopardize them securing a top-six seed and avoiding the play-in tournament.

Hield scored 12 but the spurs won 114-111 on a Harison Barnes go ahead three, Wednesday night in San Francisco.

The Warriors were outscored 32-19 in the second quarter and 38-23 in the pivotal fourth.

With the loss, the Warriors are now in the seventh seed, one game behind the L.A. Clippers and a half game behind the Memphis Grizzlies.

They are also just a half game ahead of the Minnesota T’wolves.