Italian League Round 13 December 27th-30th
Some of this round was played earlier with the rest of the games played between the two holidays to reach the halfway point and create cup seeding. The battle between the preseason favorites was played on Wednesday and Bologna had the better start, but Schio roared back at home in a bid to create a comfortable gap in the standings, only for the visitors to have the better of the last quarter and leave with a 79-76 win. Battipaglia is still winless after losing to Maddie Garrick and Brixia 75-51 on Friday. The last two games were played on Saturday to determine cup qualification seedings and Venezia eventually pulled away from Lidija Turcinovic and San Martino di Lupari to stay perfect 70-55. Campobasso also finished a strong half, getting a bye in the cup and a 64-49 win over Sanga Milano.
December 27
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=51901
Schio [76]: Parks 19 Keys 15 Penna 10 Guirantes 9
Bologna [79]: Zandalasini 17/11a Andre’ 16/6r Cox 16 Rupert 14 Peters 5
December 29
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=51902
Battipaglia [51]: Ferrari 12/7a Johnson 8/6r
Brixia [75]: Garrick 24 Louka 16/7r Boothe 11/8r Skoric 10 Zanardi 10
December 30
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=51900
San Martino di Lupari [55]: Turcinovic 21 Kostowicz 12/7r D’Alie 11 Soule 0 Vente 0
Venezia [70]: Pan 14 Berkani 13 Villa 12 Cubaj 10/11r Shepard 10/8r Kuier 8/8r Makurat 0
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=51905
Campobasso [64]: Kunaiyi-Akpanah 11/6r Morrison 8
Sanga Milano [49]: Toffali 19 Madonna 12/6r Tulonen 10
Standings:
1. Venezia 12-0
2. Schio 10-2
3. Bologna 9-3
4. Campobasso 9-3
5. Sesto San Giovanni 7-5
6. Ragusa 7-5
7. San Marino di Lupari 7-5
8. Sassari 6-6
9. Brixia 4-8
10. Oxygen Roma 4-8
11. Faenza 2-10
12. Sanga Milano 1-11
13. Battipaglia 0-12
Turkish League Round 18 December 29th-30th
Another round started on Friday with Cukurova getting to rest players in a 77-43 win over Hatay, which is still searching for a victory. Emma Meesseman and Fenerbahce opened Saturday with a 96-58 win over Alanna Smith and company. Emma Cannon fired Nesibe Aydin past Shatori Walker-Kimbrough and shorthanded Nesibe Aydin 102-69. The trio of Terezia Palenikova, Khadijiah Cave, and Danielle Robinson kept Tarsus from getting stranded in the danger zone, defeating Aaryn Ellenberg-Wiley, Claudia Cuic, and Kayseri 101-84. Michaela Onyenwere led Orman past Lyndra Weaver and Botas 80-63. The trio of Ayse Cora, Khaalia Hillsman, and Jaime Nared put Izmit at the top of the tie for second place with a 93-79 win even though the new look backcourt of Bria Hartley and Julie Vanloo was dangerous for Galatasaray. Besiktas is at the bottom of that group after a 98-70 win over Antalya behind Jovana Nogic and Dana Evans.
December 29
https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2023-2024/mac-detay/197345/istatistik
Hatay [43]: Jackson 12/11r Pardee 10
Cukurova [77]: Kiss 17 Yaya 15 Atas 14/8r/8a Avci 12/6r Cornelius 11
December 30
https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2023-2024/mac-detay/197350/istatistik
Emlak Konut [58]: Smith 21/9r Gul 8 Wiese 7
Fenerbahce [96]: Meesseman 24/7r/8a McBride 19 Milic 17/6r Anderson 12
https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2023-2024/mac-detay/197347/istatistik
Nesibe Aydin [102]: Cannon 22/9r/6a Coates 19/12r Zec 13 Bilgic 11 Thomas 10/6a
Cankaya Universitesi [69]: Walker-Kimbrough 23/6r Fontaine 18 Yalcinkaya 9/8r
https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2023-2024/mac-detay/197348/istatistik
Tarsus [101]: Palenikova 28 Cave 26/10r Robinson 22/7r/16a Akgun 15 Bul 10/7a
Kayseri [84]: Ellenberg-Wiley 28/8a Cuic 22 Holmes 16/10r/7a Petronyte 12
https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2023-2024/mac-detay/197346/istatistik
Botas [63]: Weaver 20 Allen 15/9a Mack 10/14r Reimer 6
Orman [80]: Onyenwere 20 Dantas 18/12r Sutton 14 Fitik 13/7r Ural 12/8r
https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2023-2024/mac-detay/197344/istatistik
Izmit [93]: Cora 28/6r/6a Hillsman 24/8r Nared 21/11r/7a Calhoun 9
Galatasaray [79]: Hartley 22 Vanloo 20/8a Smith 19/15r Hines-Allen 12/8r/7a
https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2023-2024/mac-detay/197349/istatistik
Besiktas [98]: Nogic 26/7r Evans 24/9a Li 18/18r Uzunoglu 10/7r Lazic 5
Antalya [70]: Brown 19 Henderson 15 Bone 7/8r Lucet 7
Standings:
1. Fenerbahce 17-0
2. Izmit 11-6
3. Cukurova 12-5
4. Orman 11-6
5. Besiktas 11-6
6. Galatasaray 10-7
7. Nesibe Aydin 10-7
8. Emlak Konut 8-9
9. Antalya 7-10
10. Kayseri 7-10
11. Bursa 6-10
12. Botas 6-10
13. Cankaya Universitesi 5-12
14. Tarsus 5-12
15. Hatay 0-16
Spanish League Round 14 December 29th-30th
Another round started on Friday with Regan Magarity and Girona defeating Sedis 72-59. The rest of the games were on Saturday, starting with Leonie Fiebich and Zaragoza edging Paula Ginzo and Barcelona 66-63. Jade Loville’s efforts were not enough in Madrid as Estudiantes defeated Gran Canaria 68-55. Avenida rolled to a 77-57 win over Araski in Salamanca. The two old Basque Country rivals met and Ibaeta left with a 77-59 win over Gernika. The two league newcomers met again and Ferrol showed why they have had the better start compared to Celta with Gala Mestres leading them to an 83-63 win. Laia Lamana and Ensino avoided what could have been a very harmful loss in Lugo, getting past Bembibre 78-72. It took a while for Valencia to get going against Jairis, but they eventually won 59-52.
December 29
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2344900
Sedis [59]: Remenarova 16 Lahtinen 10/8r Brown 7 Campisano 7 Bair 6/8r Hinriksdottir 2 Grande 0
Girona [72]: Magarity 25/10r Tolo 13/7r Bertsch 7
December 30
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2344898
Barcelona [63]: Ginzo 20 Rakovic 15 Erjavec 8 Pendande 6 Anderson 5/6r Cruz 3/6a
Zaragoza [66]: Fiebich 20/6r Atkinson 12 Pivec 5 Gimeno 4 Geldof 3 Gulbe 2/7r Holesinska 2 Hermosa 0
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2344902
Estudiantes [68]: Whittle 16/6r Erauncetamurgil 16 Massey 10/12r De Santiago 10 Camilion 4/7r Zaragoza 1 Mollenhauer 0
Gran Canaria [55]: Loville 20 Mbulito 10/10r Alnatas 9 Harden 7/6r
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2344903
Avenida [77]: Le. Rodriguez 16 Vilaro 15/6r/7a Kone 10/10r Horvat 9 Cakir 6 Hatar 6
Araski [57]: Hill 14 Brewer 13 Van Den Adel 9 Hermida 6 Alarcon 5 Seda 2/8r
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2344905
Gernika [59]: Milapie 10 Bradford 9/7r Nikitinaite 7 Silva 6 Flores 5 Watts 5
Ibaeta [77]: Almendro 17 Fankam Mendjiadeu 14/14r Tunstull 13/6r Westerik 11 Prieto 9/6a Whalen 5 Alonso de Armino 2
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2344899
Ferrol [83]: Mestres 25 Howard 11/7r Aijanen 10 Selland 10 Gomez 8 Soriano 5 Pospisilova 4/9r Fequiere 2 Kalin 2
Celta [63]: Haidara 13/8r Musa 11 Trahan-Davis 10 Benton 10
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2344901
Ensino [78]: Lamana 21 Giomi 16/6r Muhate 13/8r Tate 9 Olaeta 7 Millan 5 Castedo 4 Herlihy 0
Bembibre [72]: Balogun 17 Garraud 13 Otto 10 Toussaint 7 Gradwell 6 Soeiro 5
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2344904
Valencia [59]: Torrens 13 Hempe 9/7r Carrera 9/6r Fingall6/7r
Jairis [52]: Nelson 17/6r Konig 15 Bishop 6 Carter 3/6a Diarra 2 Ayuso 0
Standings:
1. Valencia 12-2
2. Zaragoza 12-2
3. Avenida 11-3
4. Girona 10-4
5. Ibaeta 9-5
6. Estudiantes 9-5
7. Gernika 8-6
8. Ferrol 7-7
9. Ensino 7-7
10. Jairis 5-9
11. Sedis 5-9
12. Araski 5-9
13. Celta 4-10
14. Barcelona 4-10
15. Gran Canaria 3-11
16. Bembibre 1-13
Polish League Round 13 December 30th
Another full round was played on Saturday, starting with Polkowice’s 90-51 win over Polonia Warszawa. Pruszkow was competitive for a half before losing to Stephanie Jones, Chloe Bibby, and Gorzow 110-62. Elin Gustavsson led Lublin past Weronika Papiernik and Bydgoszcz 92-77. Shorthanded Poznan recorded an impressive 88-87 win over Batabe Zempare, Jessica January, and Zaglebie Sosnowiec behind Jovana Popovic and Agnieszka Skobel. Arka Gdynia finished the day with an 88-54 win over Torun.
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/159852/kghm-bc-polkowice—skk-polonia-warszawa.html
Polkowice [90]: Piestrzynska 18 Mavunga 10/10r Gertchen 10 Sykes 10/6a Zasada 10 Kulinska 10 Stankovic 4 Fraser 2
Polonia Warszawa [51]: Wells 15 Williams 10/10r Crymble 2
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/159855/mks-pruszkow—polskastrefainwestycji-enea-ajp-gorzow-wlkp.html
Pruszkow [62]: Stawicka 16 Swiezak 15 Marcinkowska 11
Gorzow [110]: Jones 23 Bibby 20/8r/7a Kuczynska 14 Tsineke 13/8a
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/159854/ks-basket-25-ekstraklasa-sp–z-oo-bydgoszcz—-polski-cukier-azs-umcs-lublin.html
Bydgoszcz [77]: Papiernik 23 Hamilton 18/9r Calloway 17 Pawlikowska 11
Lublin [92]: Gustavsson 26/13r Goss 17 Shook 16/6a Burton 12
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/159856/enea-azs-politechnika-poznan—mb-zaglebie-sosnowiec.html
Poznan [88]: Popovic 25/7a Skobel 23/8r Piechowiak 17/8r Pokk 15 Puc 4
Zaglebie Sosnowiec [87]: Zempare 25/9r January 20/11r/7a Dornstauder 11/9r Wojtala 10
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/159857/vbw-arka-gdynia—energa-polski-cukier-torun.html
Arka Gdynia [88]: Davis 18/11r/6a Cowling 15/7r Miskiniene 12/10r Borkowska 12 Kastanek 12
Torun [54]: Strong 16 Stankiewicz 15 Washington 12
Standings:
1. Polkowice 11-1
2. Gorzow 10-2
3. Arka Gdynia 9-3
4. Zaglebie Sosnowiec 8-4
5. Sleza Wroclaw 7-4
6. Poznan 6-6
7. Lublin 6-5
8. Torun 3-9
9. Polonia Warszawa 3-9
10. Bydgoszcz 2-10
11. Pruszkow 0-12
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