Hungarian League Makeup Game December 20th
The venue was finally suitable for the last game from Round 4, which played on Wednesday. Jelena Brooks and Sopron defeated Szigetszentmiklos 89-59 to make sure that they hit the holiday break with a winning record.
https://hunbasket.hu/merkozes/x2324/whun/whun_25622
Szigetszentmiklos [59]: Baltkojiene 18/8a Aldazabal 12/10r Marotta 11/7r
Sopron [89]: Brooks 22/7a Borondy 16 Turner 15/6a Hatar 9/7r
Standings:
1. DVTK 9-0
2. Gyor 7-2
3. PEAC 6-3
4. MTK 6-3
5. Szekszard 5-4
6. Sopron 5-4
7. Vasas 3-6
8. BEAC 3-6
9. Szigentszentmiklos 1-8
10. Cegled 0-9
Australian League Round 8 December 20th-23rd
The round started on Wednesday with Lauren Nicholson leading Sydney to an 86-58 win over Melbourne, pulling closer to the hosts for a playoff spot. Jade Melbourne paced Canberra again, this time in an 86-73 win over Adelaide on Thursday. Lauren Nicholson led Sydney again on Friday, using a strong second half to defeat Bendigo 79-67. Amy Atwell and Aari McDonald teamed up to lead Perth past Mercedes Russell and Southside 95-85 in the first game on Saturday. Naz Hillmon and Melbourne were impressive when they closed out the round with an 82-62 win, keeping Townsville from building a big gap on the rest of the field.
December 20
https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/wnbl/2291341/bs.html
Melbourne Boomers [58]: Froling 14/9r Blicavs 11/8r Conti 10 Davidson 7 Hillmon 4/6r Reed 3 Graham 0
Sydney Flames [86]: Nicholson 24 Clarke 16 Richards 14 Bradley 14/9a Panousis 7 George 2/8r Hurst 0
December 21
https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/wnbl/2291342/bs.html
Canberra Capitals [86]: Melbourne 31/7a Sharp 18/13r Okoye 16 Munger 10 Potter 5 Fowler 4/13r
Adelaide Lightning [73]: Borlase 16 Mansfield 16 Turner 10/12r Bourne 10/9r Willoughby 10 Tonks 0
December 22
https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/wnbl/2291343/bs.html
Sydney Flames [79]: Nicholson 20/6r George 17/8r/9a Richards 13/6r Bradley 12 Clarke 5 Panousis 2
Bendigo Spirit [67]: Griffin 14/6r Samuels 12 Davis 11/7r Froling 9 Kraker 5 McGoldrick 2
December 23
https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/wnbl/2291345/bs.html
Perth Lynx [95]: Atwell 27 McDonald 25/6r/8a Maley 15/9r Potter 13/12r Gorman 9 Clinch Hoycard 2 Jacobs 2 Ciabattoni 2 Goodchild 0 Hannan 0
Southside Flyers [85]: Russell 20/12r Cole 19/6a Puoch 11/9r Dickey 8 Ernst 5 Wischer 4 Brown 0
https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/wnbl/2291344/bs.html
Townsville Fire [62]: Woods 22 Shiels 11 Zahui B 9 Brown 5 Reid 5 Ruef 4/9r McDowell White 2 Carey 0
Melbourne Boomers [82]: Hillmon 22/8r Froling 17/11r Blicavs 15/8r Reed 8/7a Davidson 6/8r
Standings:
1. Townsville 8-2
2. Perth 7-3
3. Melbourne 7-4
4. Southside 6-4
5. Sydney 6-5
6. Bendigo 3-7
7. Adelaide 3-9
8. Canberra 2-8
Spanish League Round 13 December 20th-23rd
This round started on Wednesday as some teams were free to play earlier for a longer holiday break. Gran Canaria had a chance to get an important win at home, but faded in the second half to lose to Gala Mestres and Ferrol 78-61. The scene shifted to Murcia on Thursday with Jairis defeating Ensino 65-50. Friday’s opener was stunning with Murjanatu Musa and Celta taking advantage of a Avenida team in the middle of a transition to open up a gap of safety with an 80-77 win. Bembibre finally picked up their first win 59-52 over Barcelona. On Saturday, Estudiantes defeated Marta Hermida and Araski 64-58. The top two teams were looking to grab the advantage when they faced off in Zaragoza and it was Valencia that got the win 70-54. Girona had a good fourth quarter to defeat Crystal Bradford and Gernika 71-65 and stay a game up on a pack of teams jostling for playoff positioning. Ibaeta managed to grind out a 55-49 win over Ensino.
December 20
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2344895
Gran Canaria [61]: Loville 16 Alnatas 14 Harden 8/14r Mbulito 6
Ferrol [78]: Mestres 20 Howard 15/6r/8a Mataix 10 Gomez 9 Selland 8 Soriano 6 Kalin 4 Pospisilova 3 Aijanen 3 Fequiere 0
December 21
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2344894
Jairis [65]: Carter 14 Bishop 13/8r Ayuso 9 Konig 8 Nelson 7/7r Diarra 6 Evans 0
Ensino [50]: Tate 13 Lamana 12 Millan 9/8r Giomi 6 Muhate 4 Castedo 2 Olaeta 0 Herlihy 0
December 22
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2344896
Celta [80]: Musa 24 Aguilar 11/7a Trahan-Davis 10/7r Senosiain 10/10a Benton 5
Avenida [77]: Kone 18 Le. Rodriguez 18/6a Delaere 13 Vilaro 7 Cakir 6 Horvat 3
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2344893
Bembibre [59]: Kroselj 13 Toussaint 11 Balogun 10/9r Gradwell 6 Soeiro 5 Garraud 3 Otto 2
Barcelona [52]: Ginzo 16 Anderson 8/10r Erjavec 8/6s Cruz 6 Pendande 2
December 23
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2344890
Araski [58]: Hermida 24 Van Den Adel 9 Alarcon 4 Hill 2 Brewer 0
Estudiantes [64]: Erauncetamurgil 14 Massey 13/9r Whittle 12/9r Camilion 3 Mollenhauer 2 Zaragoza 0
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2344897
Zaragoza [54]: Fiebich 12/9r Diallo 10 Hermosa 8 Atkinson 7 Gimeno 7 Gulbe 2 Pivec 1 Holesinska 0 Geldof 0
Valencia [70]: Carrera 18/9r Torrens 15 Casas 11 Gulich 10 Romero 6 Hempe 5 Fingall 2
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2344891
Girona [71]: Ygueravide 16 Pena 13 Magarity 11/12r Bertsch 11/8r Tolo 9
Gernika [65]: Bradford 23/7r Watts 10 Silva 8 Nikitinaite 4 Flores 2
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2344892
Ibaeta [55]: Fankam Mendjiadeu 14/15r Almendro 11 Tunstull 6/6r Whalen 6 Prieto 5 Alonso de Armino 3
Sedis [49]: Bair 18/9r Brown 14 Campisano 4 Grande 1 Lahtinen 0 Hinriksdottir 0
Standings:
1. Valencia 11-2
2. Zaragoza 11-2
3. Avenida 10-3
4. Girona 9-4
5. Gernika 8-5
6. Ibaeta 8-5
7. Estudiantes 8-5
8. Ferrol 6-7
9. Ensino 6-7
10. Jairis 5-8
11. Sedis 5-8
12. Araski 5-8
13. Celta 4-9
14. Barcelona 4-9
15. Gran Canaria 3-10
16. Bembibre 1-12
Polish League Round 11 December 20th-23rd
One game in this round was played on Wednesday with the teams getting a longer holiday weekend and Mikayla Vaughn was impressive in Poznan’s 85-76 win over Keishana Washington and Torun. Pruszkow was no closer to their first win on Saturday, losing to Arka Gdynia 81-55. Zaglebie Sosnowiec defeated KeKe Calloway and Bydgoszcz 89-80. Schaquilla Nunn paced Sleza Wroclaw in an 82-55 win over Polonia Warszawa. The halfway point of the regular season was reached after the last game of the day and Polkowice is still all alone in first place after a 79-68 win over Lublin.
December 20
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/159845/enea-azs-politechnika-poznan—energa-polski-cukier-torun.html
Poznan [85]: Wells 34/12r Pokk 13/9r/6a Popovic 10 Puc 7
Torun [76]: Washington 20 Stankiewicz 17/6a Kapinga Maweja 16/8r Strong 10/13r
December 23
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/159844/mks-pruszkow—vbw-arka-gdynia.html
Pruszkow [55]: Marcinkowska 16 Stawicka 16 Zaborska 11
Arka Gdynia [81]: Davis 16/6r Kastanek 11 Cowling 3/7r
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/159843/mb-zaglebie-sosnowiec—ks-basket-25-ekstraklasa-sp–z-oo-bydgoszcz-.html
Zaglebie Sosnowiec [89]: Dornstauder 18/7r January 14/6r/6a Zempare 13/6r Wadoux 12/9a Wnorowska 11
Bydgoszcz [80]: Calloway 21 Hamilton 14/14r Radic 14 Michalek 12 Zmierczak 11
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/159840/1ks-sleza-wroclaw—skk-polonia-warszawa.html
Sleza Wroclaw [82]: Nunn 23/8r Held 18 Baker 12 Strautmane 12
Polonia Warszawa [55]: Williams 15/7r Wells 14/8r Pawlowska 13 Crymble 0
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/159841/kghm-bc-polkowice—polski-cukier-azs-umcs-lublin.html
Polkowice [79]: Stankovic 17/11r Friskovec 15 Fraser 13 Sykes 12 Mavunga 10/9r Kulinska 0
Lublin [68]: Shook 18/7r Burton 16 Fiszer 11/7a Gustavsson 9/7r Goss 7
Standings:
1. Polkowice 9-1
2. Gorzow 8-2
3. Arka Gdynia 7-3
4. Sleza Wroclaw 7-3
5. Zaglebie Sosnowiec 7-3
6. Lublin 5-5
7. Poznan 5-5
8. Torun 3-7
9. Bydgoszcz 2-8
10. Polonia Warszawa 2-8
11. Pruszkow 0-10
Italian League Round 12 December 20th-23rd
A couple of games from the next round were played on Wednesday to give teams more of a holiday break, starting with Oxygen Roma’s 76-65 win over Sesto San Giovanni. Oderah Chidom led Ragusa again, this time past Liz Dixon and Faenza 94-64. Jessica Shepard and Venezia stayed perfect on Saturday with a 73-62 win over Oxygen Roma. A big game from Ivana Raca was not enough for Sassari in a 98-80 loss to Stephanie Kostowicz and San Martino di Lupari as Rae Lin d’Alie had an impressive triple-double. Ragusa kept Rafaella Potolicchio and Battipaglia winless 78-68. Schio breezed past Sanga Milano 84-58. The round finished with Sesto San Giovanni’s 68-65 win over Brixia.
December 20
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=51903
Oxygen Roma [76]: Sventoraite 17 Czukor 16/7r Dongue 15/7r Kalu 13 Romeo 11 Bongiorno 0
Sesto San Giovanni [65]: Gwathmey 18/7r Moore 17 Trucco 10 Conti 7
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=51904
Ragusa [94]: Chidom 22/7r/6a Juskaite 15/7r Thomas 15/10a Miccoli 13 Nikolic 10
Faenza [64]: Dixon 20/10r Tagliamento 11/6a Brossmann 9 Booker 6 Peresson 5/6r
December 23
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=51938
Oxygen Roma [62]: Sventoraite 17 Kalu 14 Dongue 13/7r Romeo 9 Bongiorno 0
Venezia [73]: Shepard 21/8r Villa 12/7r/7a Berkani 12 Pan 11 Cubaj 8/9r Kuier 2
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=51939
Sassari [80]: Raca 33/7r Joens 14 Toffolo 13/7r Hollingshed 7
San Martino di Lupari [98]: Kostowicz 20/12r Turcinovic 18 D’Alie 17/10r/15a Soule 15 Conte 15 Vente 3
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=51940
Ragusa [78]: Juskaite 19/9r Chidom 19/8r/6a Thomas 14/9a Spreafico 11 Nikolic 0
Battipaglia [68]: Potolicchio 21 Johnson 16/7r Ferrari 14/8a
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=51937
Schio [84]: Verona 18 Parks 16/6r Guirantes 14/7r Penna 12/7r Sikva 12 Chagas 7/8r Reisingerova 2
Sanga Milano [58]: Bonomi 17 Tulonen 12/7r Toffali 11/6r
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=51942
Sesto San Giovanni [68]: Gwathmey 17 Moore 13/7r Bestagno 12 Trucco 11 Conti 8
Brixia [65]: Louka 18/7r Garrick 16 Zanardi 15/6a Boothe 2
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