EuroCup Quarterfinals Game 2
One series concluded on Wednesday with the rest of the games on Thursday. Megan Gustafson and 2 seed London Lions quickly built on the lead that they brought home and an 82-70 win was enough to send 26 seed Kayseri home 169-149. The first game on Thursday had Teaira McCowan and 4 seed Galatasaray trying to overturn a deficit, but they never made much headway and Sandra Ygueravide and Magali Mendy helped Girona get the 83-81 win to push the final margin to 160-145. 6 seed Riga was at full strength for the first time in a while, but they also could not reduce their deficit and 3 seed Reyer won 88-78 for a comfortable 171-148 aggregate victory. 16 seed Besiktas was the only road team nursing a lead and they quickly pushed out the margin and a 75-72 win put the finally tally at 148-131 over 8 seed Lattes Montpellier.
February 28
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/2902/London-Lions-Melikgazi-Kayseri#|tab=boxscore
(2) London Lions [82]: Gustafson 24/6r Samuelson 19/9r Snytsina 11 Peddy 8 Fagbenle 8 Meyers 4 Wilkinson 2 Winterburn 2/6a Norton 0
(26) Kayseri [70]: Hamby 18/9r Cuic 16/9r Gunay 14 Ellenberg-Wiley 5
London Lions advances 169-149
February 29
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/2902/Galatasaray-Cagdas-Factoring-Spar-Girona#|tab=boxscore
(4) Galatasaray [81]: McCowan 20/9r Smith 19/11r Vanloo 13 Yildizhan 12 Hartley 7 Ben Abdelkader 3 Herbert Harrigan 2
(5) Girona [83]: Ygueravide 21/8r Mendy 20/7a Magarity 19 Bertsch 8
Girona advances 160-145
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/2902/TTT-Riga-Umana-Reyer-Venice#|tab=boxscore
(3) Reyer Venezia [88]: Fassina 19 Shepard 17/17r Pan 14 Villa 14 Berkani 12 Cubaj 8/6r Makurat 2/6a Kuier 2
(6) Riga [78]: Lambert 19 Otto 16/8r Cohen 14 Pulvere 12
Reyer Venezia advances 171-148
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/2902/Lattes-Montpellier-Besiktas#|tab=boxscore
(8) Lattes Montpellier [72]: Naigre 13 Rabot 11/8r Alston 11 Jenkins 2
(16) Besiktas [75]: Evans 17 Li 16/8r Krivacevic 14/8r Nogic 11 Lazic 9/9r
Besiktas advances 148-131
Bracket:
(5) Girona vs. (16) Besiktas
(2) London Lions vs. (3) Reyer Venezia
Australian League Semifinals Game 1
The playoffs started on Wednesday with the neighbors playing and Lauren Jackson and Southside held off Keely Froling and Melbourne. Top seed Townsville hosted on Thursday, but a good game from Sami Whitcomb was not enough after Perth found their early season rhythm and Aari McDonald and Amy Atwell helped them hold on to a 88-87 win.
February 28
https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/wnbl/2418913/bs.html
Southside Flyers [90]: Jackson 20 Mitchell 18 Dickey 16 Rocci 15/8r Russell 6/8r Ernst 6/8r
Melbourne Boomers [86]: Froling 23/7r Conti 16 Canada 15/11a Rocci 11 Reed 11 Hillmon 8/7r Wallace 0
February 29
https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/wnbl/2418914/bs.html
Townsville Fire [87]: Whitcomb 24/7r Woods 15 Kunek 15 Aokuso 13/10r Reid 8 Zahui B 5 Brown 4 Ruef 3
Perth Lynx [88]: McDonald 26/9a Atwell 24 Potter 14/10r Maley 8/9r Goodchild 7 Gorman 6 Clinch Hoycard 3 Ciabattoni 0
Polish League Quarterfinals Game 2
All series continued on Thursday with home teams needing wins to extend their seasons and road teams looking to complete sweeps. Top seed Polkowice had no troubling finishing off Torun 96-53. Zaglebie Sosnowiec was staring at elimination in the first half, but Jessica January and Quinn Dornstauder helped them rally for a 75-68 win over Schaqulla Nunn and company, forcing Sleza Wroclaw to host a deciding game on Sunday. Aisha Sheppard tried to keep Poznan’s season going, but Elena Tsineke and Gorzow proved to be too much in a 97-71 win. Bria Goss and Lublin were expected to be the home team with the best shot at stealing a game, but Rennia Davis and Arka Gdynia had the better of the second half and dumped the champions out 75-71.
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/175718/energa-polski-cukier-torun—kghm-bc-polkowice.html
Torun [53]: Washington 13 Ossowska 12 Strong 6
Polkowice [96]: Banaszak 17/9r Friskovec 14 Stankovic 12/10r Wheeler 10 Fraser 10 Kulinska 6/7r
Polkowice wins series 2-0
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/175721/mb-zaglebie-sosnowiec—1ks-sleza-wroclaw.html
Zaglebie Sosnowiec [75]: January 26/7r/7a Dornstauder 22/13r Zempare 4/11r
Sleza Wroclaw [68]: Nunn 23/14r Held 16/8a Mielnicka 15 Baker 2 Strautmane 0/6r
Series tied 1-1
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/175719/enea-azs-politechnika-poznan—polskastrefainwestycji-enea-ajp-gorzow-wlkp.html
Poznan [71]: Sheppard 23 Popovic 16 Puc 12
Gorzow [97]: Tsineke 22/7a Jones 17/10r Jakubiuk 17/9r Telenga 13/14r Wentzel 10/8r Pszczorlarska 10 Bibby 6
Gorzow wins series 2-0
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/175720/polski-cukier-azs-umcs-lublin—vbw-arka-gdynia.html
Lublin [71]: Goss 20 Shook 14 Fiszer 11 Gustavsson 9/8r Burton 4
Arka Gdynia [75]: Davis 28/11r Wrzesinski 13 Borkowska 10/7r Kastanek 9 Cowling 2/6r
Arka Gdynia wins series 2-0
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