The current league's second-top playing team Anhui Wenyi continued their winning run after crushing the lowly Jianghuai Lightning with a 109-87 triumph in the 14^th round of the Chinese National Basketball League (NBL) on Wednesday.

The 2014 NBA D-League All-Star Manny Harris scored a game-high 25 points and pulled down eight rebounds to lead the Anhui team to its seventh-straight win after suffering a 116-99 defeat against Hualan on June 10. The 26-year-old University of Michigan Wolverines product went 6 for 7 from the two-point range and connected 3 for 7 from beyond the arc region in just 24 minutes of playing time.

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Shunjie Guo made an impressive contribution of 24 points and six boards.  Shouwei Cun added 12 points and 11 rebounds while Jian Li also had a double-double production of 10 points and 10 boards for the winners.

Anhui is now just a game behind the table leader Shaanxi Xinda Wolves (13-1), who tasted their first loss of the season against Henan.

American forward Cavell Johnson led Jianghuai with a team-high 20 points and 10 rebounds while Chinese player Yan Ho finished the game with 19 points. With the loss, Jianghuai fell to an undesirable 3-11 win-loss record and are sitting at the 12^th spot in the 14-team Chinese professional basketball minor league.

The winning team began the first 12 minutes of the match with a strong start by staging a 32-16 first quarter outburst. Anhui closed the first half of the game leading by 20 big points 60-40.

Entering the third quarter with a huge lead, Anhui relentlessly pounded Jianghuai with another 22-16 run to further stretch the deficit to a comfortable 26-point advantage going in to the final period of the game. Jianghuai fought back in the last quarter with a 31-27 charge, but it was not enough to steal the victory.

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