Overseas League Update May 5th

French League Semifinals Game 2

The championship matchup would be determined after both games on Sunday. Tarbes was looking for another upset and extended the lead that they had built up in their home game in the first half, but Landes tied the game up in the third quarter and then took the lead for good in the fourth quarter with a 65-54 win getting them to the finals 127-121 on aggregate. Ameryst Alston and Lattes Montpellier actually cut nearly half of their big deficit in the first quarter, but Villeneuve-d’Ascq buckled down and put on a show for the rest of the game and a 103-67 win meant moving on 198-131.

https://basketlfb.com/match/779364-basket-landes-tarbes
Landes [65]: Peterson 17/6r Geiselsoder 12/10r Salvadores 10 Fuehring 2
Tarbes [54]: Leite 17 Foppossi 11/7r Kessler 10
Landes advances 127-121

https://basketlfb.com/match/779365-villeneuve-d-ascq-lattes-montpellier
Villeneuve-d’Ascq [103]: Hampton 17 Salaun 14/10r Diaby 13 Smalls 12/7r Heriaud 12 Zellous 6 Mununga 4/8r
Lattes Montpellier [67]: Alston 22 Bernies 11 Jenkins 9
Villeneuve-d’Ascq advances 198-131

French League Playdowns Game 4

Landerneau continued the second half of this phase with the same momentum that they had built in the first half, winning 81-71 over Jasmine Walker and Charleville-Mezieres. That result made the other game even more important with the loser being extremely unlikely to be able to pull out of last place. The game was close, but Ana Suarez and Roche won 75-72, keeping Saint-Amand struggling.

https://basketlfb.com/match/777332-charleville-mezieres-landerneau
Charleville-Mezieres [71]: Walker 23 Chevaugeon 10 Morrison 5
Landerneau [81]: Bremont 16 Woolfolk 14/9r Okonkwo 14/8r Trasi 14/7r Akhator 10 Barahman 2

https://basketlfb.com/match/777333-saint-amand-roche-vendee
Saint-Amand [72]: Diakite 14/7r Lithard 12 Moise 12 Grays 10 Slonjsak 10 Church 10 Lewis 4
Roche [75]: Suarez 25/7a Clarke 17/6r Gomis 13/6a/6s Adams 5/17r

Standings:
1. Charleville-Mezieres 6-4
2. Landerneau 6-4
3. Roche 5-5
4. Saint-Amand 3-7

Spanish League Semifinals Game 2

The championship matchup would be determined after both games on Sunday. The first game was in Salamanca and Avenida quickly went to work on the deficit that they faced from the game in Girona and they pulled away in the fourth quarter for an 82-51 win, enough for a 143-124 aggregate victory. Valencia slammed the door on a Zaragoza comeback early and an 80-60 win meant a final margin of 160-113 to set up the expected finals series.

https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2398706
Avenida [82]: Gil 18/6r Rodriguez 17/6r Kone 16/11r Carter 16 Prince 8 Cakir 3 Vilaro 0
Girona [51]: Bertsch 12/6r Magarity 6/9r Nicholson 5 Tolo 0
Avenida advances 143-124

https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2398708
Valencia [80]: Casas 17 Romero 14/6a Iagupova 13 Hempe 6 Gulich 5 Fingall 4 Torrens 0
Zaragoza [60]: Holesinska 19 Gimeno 8/7r Fiebich 7 Gulbe 6/6r Hermosa 6 Pointer 0 Geldof 0
Valencia advances 160-113

Italian League Playout Semifinals Game 3

There was one deciding game on Sunday with the winner ending their season and sealing their spot in the top division next season while the loser would need to win the last series to avoid dropping down a level. Faenza had the homecourt advantage and Liz Dixon and Marzia Tagliamento helped them build a comfortable lead for an 81-60 win over Battipaglia.

https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=300&MID=52429
Faenza [81]: Dixon 23/9r Tagliamento 23 Peresson 11 Brossmann 4/13r
Battipaglia [60]: Smorto 14 Johnson 11 Ferrari 8
Faenza wins series 2-1