Six of the Southern Flying Tigers reached double-figures to lift Xinjiang to a 117-114 victory over the visiting Shanghai Sharks on Dec.20.

Jin Lipeng led Xinjiang with 24 points. Jackson Randell, Lu Xiaoming and Xue Yuyang each had 15 points in the win. Coleman Lorenzo gained double-doubles with 16 points and 15 boards and Xu Guochong added 16 points for the Flying Tigers, who have won eight of their last thirteen games.

Okosa Reggie scored a game-high 38 points with 18 rebounds for Shanghai. Liu Wei and Wang Yong added 28 and 24 points respectively for the Sharks, losers of seven of their last thirteen games.

Xinjiang were 13-out-of-25 from the arc in the game.

(China.org.cn December 21, 2005)