Overseas League Updates April 28th

Italian League Playout Semifinals Game 1

The two series that start the process for determining which single team will drop down to the second division opened this weekend. Teams that won in this round would end their seasons and remain at the top level. Angeliki Vintsilaiou and Sanga Milano were looking to make that easier for themselves early with a road win, but Maddie Garrick and Vasiliki Louka helped Brixia control the second half for an 86-77 win. The other series started on Sunday and Battipaglia found some momentum at the end of the regular season, starting this game with a halftime lead, but Faenza was able to hold serve at home and win 74-66.

April 27

https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=52416
Brixia [86]: Garrick 31 Louka 22 Boothe 13
Sanga Milano [77]: Vintsilaiou 20/7a Dornstauder 13/7r Toffali 10 Tulonen 7/6r

April 28

https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=52417
Faenza [74]: Dixon 15/12r Cvijanovic 15 Peresson 14 Tagliamento 10/6r Franceschelli 10 Brossmann 7/10r
Battipaglia [66]: Domenger 16 Johnson 13/10r Ferrari 12/6r

Spanish League Quarterfinals Game 2

One series concluded on Saturday as Zaragoza quickly made up the deficit that they faced from the road half and then held steady for a 62-47 win, enough to get past Estudiantes 127-121 on aggregate. The early on Sunday was in the series where there was not expected to be any drama and Girona won easily against Jairis to push the final margin out to 130-97. In Salamanca, Avenida quickly wiped out their deficit against Ferrol, but the rest of the game had the teams closely clustered on aggregate, being tied overall heading into the final quarter before the hosts could stretch out for an 87-69 win, enough to progress 136-130. Complex calculations were not needed in Valencia and the hosts led fairly comfortably on their way to a 79-69 win, eliminating Ibaeta 139-128.

April 27

https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2395848
Zaragoza [62]: Atkinson 16 Fiebich 11/9r Holesinska 11 Gimeno 8/8r Hermosa 4 Geldof 2 Gulbe 0
Estudiantes [47]: Alonso de Armino 17/6r Mawuli 9/6r Camilion 6/6r Whittle 3 Hersler 0
Zaragoza advances 127-121

April 28

https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2395850
Girona [70]: Bertsch 18 Tolo 12 Nicholson 11 Magarity 4
Jairis [47]: Grande 9 Nelson 8 Horvat 7 Ayuso 6 Konig 5 Bishop 1
Girona advances 130-97

https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2395844
Avenida [87]: Rodriguez 18 Gil 16/8r Cakir 11 Vilaro 11 Carter 10/7a Hatar 8 Kone 5/7r Prince 0
Ferrol [69]: Howard 17 Mestres 14/8r Selland 12 Pospisilova 9/6r Aijanen 7 Soriano 6 Fequiere 0 Kalin 0 Gomez 0
Avenida advances 136-130

https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2395846
Valencia [79]: Fingall 14 Iagupova 13 Romero 8/7r/7a Gulich 7 Hempe 7 Torrens 3
Ibaeta [69]: Tunstull 15/8r Almendro 14 Massey 12 Whalen 7/6r Prieto 6/6r/6a Mbulito 3
Valencia advances 139-128