Both of the games that could not be played in the November window were played in the February window with Riga being the site for both games. There was pressure for Ireland to pull out of their game against Israel, but they played, losing 87-57 even with a good game from Sarah Hickey. Sunday’s game was Latvia’s home game against Israel and it went to overtime before Anete Steinberga and Kitija Laksa could help deliver the 86-83 win to the hosts with Jennie Simms leading the visitors.
February 8
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/0911/Israel-Ireland#|tab=boxscore
Israel [87]: Zipel 17/6r Rotberg 16 Baron 15/7r Saar 12 Karsh 9 Raber 8/7r Simms 5/9r/6a Karsh 3 Dahan Sujic 2 Eisner 0 Kesten-Rez 0 Vaturi 0
Ireland [57]: S. Hickey 22/13r Tiernan 11/6r Herlihy 11 McCleane 9 Prenter 2 Dooley 2 Homan 0 O’Connor 0 K. Hickey 0 Rafferty 0 Mulligan 0 Murphy 0
February 11
https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2025/qualifiers/game/1211/Latvia-Israel#|tab=boxscore
Latvia [86]: Steinberga 22/16r Laksa 20 Jasa 10 Gulbe 9 Sila 9 Vilka 8 Jakobsone 3/7a Vihmane 3 Otto 2 Viksne 0 P. Strautmane 0 D. Strautmane DNP
Israel [83]: Simms 25/9r Baron 15 Rotberg 15 Raber 13/7r Karsh 7 Zipel 5 Eisner 3 Dahan Sujic 0 Saar 0 Kesten-Rez DNP Megged DNP Vaturi DNP
Standings: France 2-0, Latvia 1-1, Israel 1-1, Ireland 0-2
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