EuroLeague Finals
Sunday was the final day of competition and it started with the bronze medal game before the championship would be awarded. Cukurova might have been hoping to get a win in front of their home fans and at least a little momentum in returning to domestic league play, but Valeriane Vukosavljevic led USK Praha again, this time for a 95-67 win. The championship game started off with plenty of offense for both teams, but Villeneuve-d’Ascq could not keep up with Fenerbahce for long. Napheesa Collier and Emma Meesseman were excellent in a 106-73 win that got them a second straight title and Kayla McBride won the MVP for the entire Final Four.
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/23-24/game/1404/Cukurova-Basketbol-Mersin-ZVVZ-USK-Praha#|tab=boxscore
Cukurova [67]: Kiss 19/6r Copper 18/7r Epoupa 14/7r Hollingsworth 6 Mabrey 3/6a Mavunga 1/6r Cornelius 0
USK Praha [95]: Vukosavljevic 21/8r Cazorla 19/6a Magbegor 13/10r Vyoralova 13 Conde 10/8r Sabally 6 Hof 5 Vorackova 3
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/23-24/game/1404/Fenerbahce-Alagoz-Holding-Villeneuve-d-Ascq-LM#|tab=boxscore
Fenerbahce [106]: Collier 33/8r Meesseman 22/6a McBride 17/7r/7a Milic 16 Anderson 7/6r/13a Uzun 3 Laksa 0
Villeneuve-d’Ascq [73]: Burke 17 Zellous 17 Salaun 12/9r Smalls 12 Mununga 0
Spanish League Round 29
The penultimate round started on Saturday with Ibaeta winning 89-52 at Bembibre. Celta may have the easiest game in the final round and tiebreaker advantages, but their 73-64 loss to Gernika gave them no comfort in believing they could secure safety. Zaragoza escaped Ensino 75-70. Valencia defeated Julie Pospisilova and Ferrol 79-66. Jade Loville and Astou Ndour emphatically moved Gran Canaria out of danger for now with an 83-59 win over Araski. Sunday’s games started in Murcia with Aislinn Konig and Jairis sealing up a playoff spot with a 78-65 win over Sedis. Karla Erjavec and Barcelona secured safety by rallying late for a 72-70 win over Regan Magarity and Girona. Estudiantes was looking for an upset in Madrid, but Avenida left with a 69-63 win to seal the top seed.
April 13
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2345019
Bembibre [52]: Moya 18 Toussaint 15 Otto 8/6r Soeira 5/7a Gradwell 0
Ibaeta [89]: Westerik 16 Massey 13/7a Almendro 13 Whalen 11/9r Prieto 11 Tunstull 9/10r Fankam Mendjiadeu 6 Mbulito 1/6r
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Parti/do.aspx?p=2345025
Gernika [73]: Buch 12 Flores 10 Silva 9/7r Dodson 8/6r Watts 8
Celta [64]: Samson 12 Garfella 11 Trahan-Davis 7 Benton 4
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2345020
Ensino [70]: Tate 17 Castedo 14 Lamana 11/7a Giomi 9/8r Millan 8 Herlihy 5 Muhate 4 Olaeta 0
Zaragoza [75]: Gimeno 16/8r Fiebich 16 Hermosa 10/7r Gulbe 8 Holesinska 3 Pointer 2 Atkinson 2 Geldof 0
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2345024
Valencia [79]: Hempe 14/6r Fingall 10 Iagupova 9/7a Torrens 6/6r Romero 5
Ferrol [66]: Pospisilova 21/6r Soriano 15 Howard 8 Mestres 6/8r Aijanen 4 Selland 4 Fequiere 2 Kalin 2 Gomez 0
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2345023
Gran Canaria [83]: Loville 27/6r Ndour 20/13r Fall 13/8r Davis 5/6a Alnatas 2
Araski [59]: Van Den Adel 14 Seda 12/10r Brewer 10 Hill 8/7r Hermida 7 Alarcon 6
April 14
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2345022
Jairis [78]: Konig 23 Bishop 10 Lopez Senechal 10 Nelson 9 Horvat 8 Ayuso 7 Grande 2
Sedis [65]: Soler 12 Brown 12 Remenarova 11/6r Rivers 7 Lahtinen 6 Campisano 2
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2345018
Barcelona [72]: Erjavec 23 Ginzo 16 Pendande 11/6r Cruz 10 Anderson 0
Girona [70]: Magarity 20 Nicholson 19 Bertsch 9 Tolo 7/6r
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2345021
Estudiantes [63]: Massey 18/9r Whittle 16 Mawuli 11 Camilion 9 Alonso de Armino 4 Hersler 0
Avenida [69]: Rodriguez 15 Prince 13 Vilaro 7/6r Carter 7 Kone 5 Cakir 5 Hatar 3
Standings:
1. Avenida 25-4
2. Valencia 24-5
3. Zaragoza 23-6
4. Girona 17-12
5. Jairis 16-13
6. Estudiantes 16-13
7. Ibaeta 15-14
8. Ensino 14-15
9. Gernika 14-15
10. Ferrol 14-15
11. Sedis 12-17
12. Barcelona 11-18
13. Araski 11-18
14. Gran Canaria 10-19
15. Celta 9-20
16. Bembibre 1-28
Italian League Round 25
With one more round to be played, all of the games in this round tipped off simultaneously on Sunday. Sassari was in danger of falling out of a playoff spot, but recovered in the fourth quarter for a 68-63 win over Faenza to set up a big game next week. Ilaria Milazzo took on a bigger scoring role for Ragusa in a 73-54 win over Sanga Milano. On other side of the chase for the last playoff spots, Taylor Soule and San Martino di Lupari now know that a win will ensure their spot in the playoffs after an 82-61 loss to Campobasso. The victors know that they will face Sesto San Giovanni, which lost 60-49 to Bologna, when the playoffs start. Teams at different ends of the standings met with the expected result as Giorgia Sottana paced Schio in a 101-51 win over Battipaglia. Oxygen Roma looked to be cruising, but had to hang on desperately to avoid what would have been a very hard to understand loss to Carlotta Zanardi and Brixia.
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=52009
Sassari [68]: Joens 18 Hollingshed 17 Raca 12/7r Carangelo 12/8a
Faenza [63]: Brossmann 13/9r Tagliamento 10/6r Dixon 8 Peresson 3
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=52010
Ragusa [73]: Milazzo 23 Juskaite 12/8r Jakubcova 9/6r Thomas 8/7r Nikolic 7
Sanga Milano [54]: Turmel 13/8r Dornstauder 8/10r Tulonen 4
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=52011
Campobasso [82]: Kunaiyi-Akpanah 17/9r Quinonez 17/6a Trimboli 13/7r/8a Dedic 13 Morrison 4
San Martino di Lupari [61]: Soule 22 Conte 13 D’Alie 5/6a Vente 3
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=52012
Sesto San Giovanni [49]: Moore 13/10r Gwathmey 10/8r Wadoux 10 Conti 0
Bologna [60]: Peters 12 Pasa 12 Rupert 10/9r Cox 7/12r Zandalasini 5 Dojkic 5
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=52013
Schio [101]: Sottana 20 Verona 18 Penna 12 Juhasz 11/9r Reisingerova 8 Parks 6
Battipaglia [51]: Seka 13 Yurkevichus 10/9r Smorto 10 Ferrari 2/6a Johnson 2
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=52014
Oxygen Roma [76]: Romeo 18 Kalu 13 Dongue 12/9r Bongiorno 0
Brixia [73]: Zanardi 20/8r Garrick 16 Louka 13 Boothe 10/8r
Standings:
1. Venezia 20-3
2. Schio 19-3
3. Bologna 19-4
4. Campobasso 17-6
5. Sesto San Giovanni 16-7
6. Ragusa 14-9
7. Oxygen Roma 10-12
8. Sassari 10-13
9. San Martino di Lupari 9-14
10. Brixia 7-16
11. Faenza 4-20
12. Sanga Milano 2-21
13. Battipaglia 2-21
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