Overseas League Updates December 4th

Turkish League Round 13 December 2nd-4th

The round started on Saturday with Natasha Howard leading Fenerbahce and Emma Meesseman recording a triple-double as the whole team put on a passing clinic in their 111-79 win over Vionise Pierre-Louis and Cankaya University. Gintare Petronyte and Kayseri did enough in the fourth quarter to get past Jaime Nared and Izmit 76-72. Dana Evans and Li Yueru formed a key combo for Besiktas again in an 83-53 win over Botas. Cukurova took advantage of Orman being shorthanded to declare their intent to being the main title challenger in a 107-74 win over Michaela Onyenwere, Goksen Fitik, and company. Hatay is still winless after Sunday’s opener when Jessica Jackson and Jaelyn Brown had tremendous games, but Antalya had the support of their trio of Destanni Henderson, Kelsey Bone, and Aisha Sheppard to prevail 99-83. Jessica Thomas led Nesibe Aydin to an 85-62 win. The round ended on Monday with Bursa defeating Tarsus 73-67.

December 2

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Fenerbahce [111]: Howard 25 Uzun 17 Meesseman 16/10r/10a Laksa 16 Onar 15/11a McBride 12/8r/10a
Cankaya Universitesi [79]: Pierre-Louis 32/8r/6a Walker-Kimbrough 16/6a Yalcinkaya 15/9r Fontaine 3

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Izmit [72]: Nared 25/11r/6a Hillsman 17/10r Cora 11 Calhoun 5
Kayseri [76]: Petronyte 26/11r Ellenberg-Wiley 16 Cuic 15/7r Holmes 8/9r

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Botas [53]: Reimer 17 Weaver 15 Allen 11 Mack 8/10r
Besiktas [83]: Evans 27/6a Li 20/11r Bayram 14/8r Nogic 6/8r/9a Lazic 3

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Cukurova [107]: Atas 19/7r Kiss 16/6r Yaya 15 Iagupova 12/6r Williams 10 Yalcin 10/6a Hollingsworth 9 Mabrey 2
Orman [74]: Onyenwere 30/7r Fitik 21 Sutton 13 Ural 10/6r

December 3

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Hatay [83]: Jackson 35/6r Brown 32/15r
Antalya [99]: Henderson 30/7r/6a Bone 26/17r Sheppard 20 Kavurmacioglu 15/7r

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Nesibe Aydin [85]: Thomas 23/9r/8a Cannon 19/14r Guner 16 Coates 8
Emlak Konut [62]: Smith 18 Wiese 16/6r Jakobsone 14 Horvat 0 Gul 0

December 4

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Bursa [73]: Baptiste 19/8r/7a Williams 17/12r Fluker 14/13r Poyraz 14/7r
Tarsus [67]: Palenikova 18 Robinson 15/9a Cave 13/12r Davis 10/11r

World of Basketball

Asia

It was a full league weekend in Japan with only one series ending in a split between the Koalas and the Vickies. Rui Machida had 16 assists in one game and Joshua Mfonobong Temitope had 30 points in the other game and the Red Wave swept the Egrets. The Sunflowers over the Rabbits, the Iris over the Wings, the Sunshine Rabbits over the Queen Bees, the Magic over the Aranmare, and the Antelopes over the Cougars were the other sweeps.

Another full week in South Korea started on Wednesday with BNK edging the Blue Minx. The Stars had an easy win over the S-Birds on Thursday and Woori Bank matched them on Friday with a win over Hana Bank. Sonia Ursu-Kim had 34 points on Saturday and the S-Birds finally got their first win of the season againsk BNK. Hana Bank defeated the Blue Minx on Sunday and then Park Hye-Jin had a 10 point, 11 rebound, 11 assist triple-double in Woori Bank’s win over BNK on Monday.

The first round-robin is nearly complete in China and there was more action at the top of the standings this week. Jiangsu lost to Sichuan, falling a game behind the visitors and Inner Mongolia. The battle for a bye in the playoffs rages on with Guangdong joined by Shanxi and Zhejiang. The four teams behind them will be looking to move closer to them as their playoff spots seem relatively secure, but there is another group of five teams behind them fighting for two playoff spots, leaving four teams needing something special in the second half of the regular season to extend their campaigns.

Around Europe

The Alpe Adria Cup had their second weekend of play in St. Polten, Austria and Split, Croatia. In the former, Piestanske Cajky and the hosts won both games while Tresnjevska and Triglav came up empty. Slavia Banska Bystrica and the hosts won both games in Croatia, leaving Maribor and Klosterneuburg Duchesses winless. Nina Krisper of St. Polten had the highest scoring game with a 31 point outing. There was not much movement in the Baltic league, but Anita Mikelsone had 20 rebounds and Raivita Korenika had 33 points. Liva Hermane had a 30 point game in Latvia’s domestic competition. In Lithuania’s second division, Karolina Aidukaite had 11 steals, Rita Zilinskaite had 34 points, and Emilija Mikoliunaite had 13 steals. It was a cup weekend in Moldova and Rusu Vladislava had 44 points in her team’s one point win that saw Tatiana Cecoi grab 20 rebounds on the other side. Josipa Milkovic almost won a cup game herself in Croatia with 44 points.

Chase for Promotion

Alexus Johnson had a 31 point game in Spain’s third division. Marija Cvijovic scored 30 points in Serbia’s second division. Ke’Vonshaye Stackhouse had a 36 point game in Portugal’s second division. Klaudia Niedzwiedzka had 20 rebounds in Italy’s second division. Harriet Swindells had a 38 point game in Germany’s second division. Mondeville won in France’s second division to increase the gap towards the danger zone at the bottom.

The Turkish second division is having to deal with Cankiri not being able to play in their game. The big game of the weekend was certainly the one between the top two teams and Zonguldak now has the slight edge on Edremit and the rest of the chase pack for the automatic spot. Kamaria McDonald scored 56 of her team’s 78 points in a 2 point win to offset Berfin Sertoglu’s 12 point, 13 rebound, 10 assist triple-double for the biggest individual highlight of the round. Simge Tokmak was the top domestic scorer with 31 points and Angela Tompkins also hit the 30 point mark.

Notable Individual Performances

Marie Hunter had a 45 point game in an overtime loss in Switzerland. In Sweden, Dariauna grabbed 26 rebounds while Robbi Ryan scored 37 points. Lyndsey Whilby had a 30 point game in Malta. Rebounds were the story in Luxembourg as Karly Murphy had 25 and Nicole Fransson had 20. Mar’Shay Moore had 44 points in Kosovo to outduel Jenna Mastellone, who had 33 points. Dor Saar had a 33 point game in Israel. A battle in Greece had Caitlin Bickle scoring 35 points to secure a win while Jazmin Harris had 33 points. In the British league, Tierra Hodges had 30 points to offset a 37 point game from Janika Griffith-Wallace. Chrystalla Merkouri had 20 rebounds in Cyprus. Andela Sipka had a 20 rebound game in the Bosnian league.

All the games in Norway had standout performances as Tori Halvorsen had 20 rebounds, Stine Austgulen had 32 points, and Makana Stone had 30 points in a game that saw Sigrid Hardie score 33 points. A double round in Iceland included a 34 point game from Lore Devos, a 35 point game from Raquel Laneiro, a 31 point game from Shawnta Shaw, and a 15 point, 12 rebound, 10 assist triple-double from Emilie Hesseldal. It was also a double round in Finland and Samantha Breen had 38 point effort, Cierra Walker hit the 36 point mark, and Da’Nasia Hood turned in a 30 point game. Lotta Vehka-Aho had a 12 point, 10 rebound, 10 assist triple-double while Taru Tuukkanen reached 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists.