Turkish League Round 21 January 20th-22nd
The round started on Saturday with a brilliant game from Kelsey Bone in Antalya’s 96-81 win over Brooke McCarty-Williams and Cankaya University. Damiris Dantas paced Orman in a 70-56 win over Tarsus. Knowing that it would be an easy win, Izmit mostly coasted with Khaalia Hillsman and Sierra Calhoun leading them in a 131-87 win over Oyku Taskin, Betul Kutlu, and Hatay. The last game of the day took two overtimes to settle with Marina Mabrey’s efforts not being enough for Cukurova after Alaina Coates and Feride Akalan helped Nesibe Aydin come back and win 98-94. On Sunday, Fenerbahce had to hang on late behind Emma Meesseman as Botas was shorthanded, but got great games from Lindsay Allen and Taya Reimer before falling short 84-82. Galatasaray is close to unveiling their intended final roster, but it was NaLyssa Smith who led them to a 74-62 win over Bursa. Dearica Hamby had a successful debut alongside Claudia Cuic for Kayseri on Monday and their 89-80 win kept Alanna Smith and company from maintaining their lead in the hunt for the last playoff spot.
January 20
https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2023-2024/mac-detay/197368/istatistik
Cankaya Universitesi [81]: McCarty-Williams 32/6a Fontaine 18/8r Walker-Kimbrough 14/11r Yalcinkaya 13
Antalya [96]: Bone 39/9r Lucet 15/8r Henderson 15/8a Brown 9/12r
https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2023-2024/mac-detay/197367/istatistik
Orman [70]: Dantas 27 Onyenwere 14/11r Sutton 4/6a
Tarsus [56]: Robinson 19/6r Cave 10/7r Davis 8/13r
https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2023-2024/mac-detay/197371/istatistik
Izmit [131]: Hillsman 28/6r Calhoun 25/9r Cora 16/9r Ozisik 16/11a Ivanova 15/6r/13a Altunbey 14/13r
Hatay [87]: Taskin 24/9r Kutlu 20 Canliel 15/10a Isik 11/6r
https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2023-2024/mac-detay/197366/istatistik
Cukurova [94]: Mabrey 36/9r Yaya 14 Williams 13/18r/6b Kiss 11 Cornelius 3 Hollingsworth 3
Nesibe Aydin [98]: Coates 23/17r Akalan 21/7r Thomas 14/13a Zec 13 Guner 10
January 21
https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2023-2024/mac-detay/197370/istatistik
Fenerbahce [84]: Meesseman 22/6r/6a/7s Howard 17/7r Onar 14 Anderson 11/6r/9a Laksa 8
Botas [82]: Allen 28/7r/10a Reimer 23 Mack 8/14r/6a
https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2023-2024/mac-detay/197365/istatistik
Galatasaray [74]: Smith 21/6r Yildizhan 15/6r Akbas 11/6r Hartley 10 Hines-Allen 5/11r
Bursa [62]: Baptiste 15/8r Poyraz 14/15r Sarr 13/9r Wallace 8 Williams 6
January 22
https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2023-2024/mac-detay/197369/istatistik
Kayseri [89]: Cuic 28/7r Hamby 20/14r/8a Ellenberg-Wiley 19 Holmes 14/9r
Emlak Konut [80]: Smith 22/9r Cidal 14 Wiese 12/6r/7a Fitzgerald 12 Gul 4
Standings:
1. Fenerbahce 20-0
2. Orman 14-6
3. Izmit 13-7
4. Galatasaray 13-7
5. Cukurova 13-7
6. Besiktas 13-6
7. Nesibe Aydin 11-8
8. Emlak Konut 9-11
9. Antalya 9-11
10. Kayseri 8-12
11. Botas 7-12
12. Tarsus 6-13
13. Bursa 6-13
14. Cankaya Universitesi 5-15
15. Hatay 0-19
Italian League Round 15 January 20th-22nd
Battipaglia had their best remaining chance for a win to start this round on Saturday, but a good start was not enough and Sanga Milano prevailed 82-79 to put themselves in great position to avoid last place. Sunday started with Tinara Moore leading Sesto San Giovanni past Mya Hollingshed and Sassari 81-61. Faenza surprised San Martino di Lupari 69-61. Schio was back at full strength in time to hand Venezia their first loss 60-56. Bologna also got a key player back and defeated Brixia 70-34. The last game had to be played on Monday to accommodate venue availability and Campobasso had to grind out a 52-46 win over Oxygen Roma.
January 20
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=51953
Battipaglia [79]: Ferrari 19 Johnson 17 Yurkevichus 16/12r Potolicchio 16
Sanga Milano [82]: Vintsilaiou 14 Diallo 12/6r Penz 12 Madonna 10 Tulonen 10
January 21
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=51954
Sassari [61]: Hollingshed 24 Raca 11/6r Joens 5/6r
Sesto San Giovanni [81]: Moore 28 Gwathmey 14/7r Conti 12
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=51949
San Martino di Lupari [61]: Kostowicz 18/13r D’Alie 12/14r/9a Suule 7/9r Vente 0
Faenza [69]: Dixon 18/7r Cvijanovic 15/8a Niemojewska 14 Tagliamento 12 Brossmann 10/12r Peresson 0
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=51951
Schio [60]: Juhasz 14/12r Parks 11 Penna 6 Guirantes 4/8a Reisingerova 4
Venezia [56]: Berkani 16 Shepard 10/12r Kuier 10/10r Makurat 5 Cubaj 4 Pan 0
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=51952
Brixia [34]: Boothe 11 Louka 5/7r
Bologna [70]: Zandalasini 12 Peters 10/9r Rupert 7/8r Cox 7 Dojkic 4
January 22
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=51950
Oxygen Roma [46]: Kalu 18 Dongue 14/10r Romeo 5 Bongiorno 0
Campobasso [52]: Kunaiyi-Akpanah 13 Dedic 12/7r Morrison 6
Standings:
1. Venezia 13-1
2. Bologna 11-3
3. Schio 11-3
4. Campobasso 11-3
5. Sesto San Giovanni 9-5
6. San Martino di Lupari 8-6
7. Ragusa 7-6
8. Sassari 6-8
9. Brixia 5-9
10. Oxygen Roma 4-9
11. Faenza 3-11
12. Sanga Milano 2-12
13. Battipaglia 0-14
World of Basketball
Asia
A full round of play in South Korea started with Woori Bank’s win over Hana Bank on Wednesday. The S-Birds climbed out of last place and above BNK after their meeting on Thursday. Park Ji-Su had a 27 point, 21 rebound, 11 assist triple-double on Friday as the Stars survived a late challenge from Hana Bank. The Blue Minx defeated BNK on Saturday, Woori Bank defeated the S-Birds on Sunday, and Stars retained their lead in the loss column with a win over the Blue Minx on Monday. The first weekend round-robin was played in Taiwan after the preseason tournament in December with the same four teams amidst rumors of the league taking measures to make the tournament more competitive. Taiyuan Textile won all their games with Cathay Life finishing second ahead of Chunghwa Telecom and Taipower.
Around Europe
The two undefeated teams in the Adriatic met on Thursday and it was Buducnost with the edge for now after their home win over Celje. Sodertalje had an easy win over Lulea in the Swedish Cup final, leaving very little league play this week, but Dariauna Lewis had a 20 rebound game. The cup semifinals were played in Luxembourg and Martha Burse’s 36 point overtime effort was not enough to prevent the expected final matchup of Dudelange and Grengewald Hueschtert. The cup quarterfinals were played in Iceland and Lore Devos had 30 points to help her team advance while Daniela Wallen had 20 rebounds in league play. The cup final was played in Finland with Randi Brown’s 42 point effort not being enough as Carmen Tyson-Thomas had a 24 point, 14 rebound, 11 assist triple-double to get Torpan Pojat the trophy. Croatian cup quarterfinal weekend included a 31 point game from Tihana Stojsavljevic. In the Albanian cup, Asia Henderson had 30 points and Sophia Jacobsson had 36 points.
Chase for Promotion
A weekend of games in Ukraine’s second division included a 31 point effort from Svetlana Polyantseva. Kamaria McDaniel continued scoring in Turkey’s second division with 33 points while Tearra Banks hit the 34 point mark. Cierra Dillard and Angela Tompkins had dueling 31 point efforts in a game won by the former. Ardoi took advantage of Valencia having Paterna field a strong roster in a win over Zamora to widen the gap at the top of the standings. Vanja Popludijevic had a 15 point, 12 rebound, 11 steal triple-double in Serbia’s second division. An excellent game in Romania’s second division had Anisia Puscanu scoring 30 points to help her team win even though Iustina-Gabriela Hurmuz had 36 points for the opposition. Lauren Golding grabbed 22 rebounds in Portugal’s second division. Vilte Andrunaviciute had a 32 point game in Lithuania’s second division and Kristina Grige had a 30 point game. Alex Obouh Fegue had a 21 rebound game in Italy’s second division. Shannon Ryan had a 35 point game in Germany’s second division and Olivia Nash had 33 points.
Notable Individual Performances
Amaya Scott had a 30 point game in Switzerland. Aurora Sorbye had a 32 point game in Norway as she gets ready to head to Wake Forest. Atina Radevic had a 34 point game in Montenegro. Rebounding was the story in Latvia this week with Patricija Drava grabbing 25 in under 23 minutes and Sarlote Septe snagging 21 boards. Arbnore Percuku had a 11 point, 16 rebound, 15 assist triple-double in Kosovo. Two of the most dangerous scorers met there and Mar’Shay Moore’s 37 points were not enough as Jenna Mastellone had 34 points in the win. Foreign players returned to Israel for the second half of the regular season and Morgan Batey debuted with 30 points while Katarina Vuckovic had 20 rebounds. Eliska Halova had a 30 point game in the Czech Republic. Jovana Milakovic had 20 rebounds in the Bosnian league.
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