Australian League Round 8
Another round started on Wednesday with Townsville looking strong in a 98-73 win over Sydney. Ally Wilson and Perth handed Bendigo their first loss 71-68 on Thursday. Friday’s game was a good start for Adelaide as they defeated Alice Kunek and Southside 82-72. Townsville broke open a close game in the second half with an 81-48 win over Canberra. Isobel Borlase helped Adelaide start a winning streak on Sunday after their 86-73 win over Sydney. Bendigo lost again despite great games from Veronica Burton and Mariana Tolo after Bec Cole and Southside held on to a 91-88 win. A Monday game completed the round and Perth finally got to see their full lineup in action in a 96-71 win over Geelong.
December 18
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Townsville Fire [98]: Ellis 18 Shiels 18 Cox 15/10r Woods 15/9r/6a Mansfield 14 Froling 13/6r Fowler 5/6r Lok 0 McDowell-White 0 Cochrane 0
Sydney Flames [73]: Swain 15 Taylor 15 Deas 13 Pitman 10 George 5 Morris 4
December 19
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Bendigo Spirit [68]: Tolo 16 Burton 14/10r Whitcomb 14 Samuels 11 Griffin 10/17r
Perth Lynx [71]: Wilson 20 Maley 12/16r Clinch Hoycard 12 Amihere 11/7r Atwell 11 Sowah 4 Ciabattoni 1 Gorman 0
December 20
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Adelaide Lightning [82]: Turner 18/12r Bourne 18/7r Talbot 17/10r/7a Borlase 15 Pineau 5 Dean 3 Andrews 1/6a
Southside Flyers [72]: Kunek 27 Hillmon 18/16r Reed 13 Rocci 10/9r Vaughn 0
December 21
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Townsville Fire [81]: Woods 17/9r Froling 17/7r Ellis 13 Shiels 10/8r/7a Fowler 9 Cox 7/10r Lok 3 McDowell-White 3 Mansfield 2 Cochrane 0
Canberra Capitals [48]: Melbourne 16 Collier 8/10r Puoch 8/6r Munger 4 Horvat 2 Jefferson 0
December 22
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Sydney Flames [73]: Tupaea 18 Taylor 15/6r Clarke 10 George 9/7r Swain 6 Morris 2
Adelaide Lightning [86]: Borlase 22/6r Turner 15/14r Basham 15 Talbot 13/11r/6a Bourne 13 Andrews 6/6r Pineau 2
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Southside Flyers [91]: Cole 22/8r Hillmon 19/10r Rocci 18 Reed 11 Loughridge 11 Kunek 10 Vaughn 0
Bendigo Spirit [88]: Burton 31/7r Tolo 23 Whitcomb 9/8a Griffin 6/10r
December 23
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Perth Lynx [96]: Atwell 19 Maley 14/14r Amihere 13/7r Wilson 12/9a Morrell 12 Sowah 10 Clinch Hoycard 6 Ciabattoni 4/7a Gorman 2
Geelong United [71]: Froling 17/6r Jones 16/7r Brett 16 Potter 10 Hank 8 Sharp 0/6r Shelley 0 Mole 0
Standings:
1. Bendigo 9-2
2. Perth 9-3
3. Townsville 6-4
4. Adelaide 5-6
5. Sydney 4-6
6. Geelong 4-6
7. Southside 4-7
8. Canberra 2-9
World of Basketball
Asia
With increasing cooperation between the leagues, the Japanese league All Stars traveled to South Korea for a game between the leagues on Sunday. The Korean league team, which had two Japanese players on it in the first year of the experiment to have player crossover, won the game 90-67. Earlier in the week, the Korean league had a special tournament to give bench players more playing time with the teams divided into two groups that played Tuesday through Thursday. The two group winners played on Friday with the Stars defeating Woori Bank even though Lee Min-Ji had a fantastic tournament, including a 35 point game.
All the teams in Kazakhstan’s top division played in series this week, starting with Caspiy’s sweep of Ertis on Monday and Tuesday. Turan swept Aktobe on Wednesday and Thursday. First place was on the line with Saturday and Sunday games between Astana and Okzhetpes and Astana won both games to open up a big gap in the standings.
New Zealand
The championship came down to one game on Sunday and the Whai started well in the first half and it held up for a 90-71 win over the Queens. The first season with the moved schedule is complete now and the league will try to enter its growth phase before next season’s campaign.
Around Europe
It was a cup weekend in Portugal and both of biggest games came in losses as Genesis Rivera had a 30 point effort while Ines Ramos had 31 points in an overtime defeat. Some of the second division teams that had already been eliminated played league games and Mya Burns had a 30 point outing.
Chase for Promotion
In Ukraine’s second division, Alisa Yagodka had a 23 rebound game and Kateryna Chernysh had a 30 point game. Zakyia Weathersby was the leading scorer in Turkey’s second division with 33 points while Ceren Akpinar had 30 points. Marija Cvijovic had 33 points and Jana Dinic had 21 rebounds in Serbia’s second division. In Lithuania’s second division, Kateryna Kliuchinikie had a 36 point game and Daniele Paunksnyte had a 32 point game. Anete Ozolina had a 32 point game in a double-overtime loss in Latvia’s second division while Elza Vilcane had 22 rebounds in the win. ESophia Nolan had a 31 point game in Germany’s second division.
Sevilla lost their first game so there are no longer any undefeated teams in Spain’s third division. mpoli and San Giovanni Valdarno both lost in their half of Italy’s second division so Costa Masnaga has joined them in a three-way tie at the top of the standings. Feytiat lost so Toulouse now had a two game lead in France’s second division.
Notable Individual Performances
In the Swedish league, Jessica Kelliher had 32 points and Jessica Lindstrom had 20 rebounds. Jovana Popovic had 32 points in Serbia. Andjela Rondovic had 10 steals in Montenegro. Alexus Johnson had a 25 point, 28 rebound, 12 assist triple-double in Luxembourg. Lashann Higgs had 30 points in Israel. Danni Williams had a 32 point game in the British league and her teammate Davida Dale recorded a 12 point, 13 rebound, 14 assist, 10 steal quadruple-double. Kyriaki Taylor had a 20 rebound outing in an overtime loss in Cyprus. Karolina Kirilova had a 31 point game in Bulgaria.
In Slovakia, Olga Yatskovets had a 32 point game to outscore the opposition and Alexandra Sophia Chovanikova also hit the 32 point mark in a different game. Luxol had a huge win in Malta this week with Vanya Baldacchino and Sara Fenech Pace each scoring more than the 15 points their opponents could manage. In Iceland, Randi Brown scored 32 points, which Lore Devos surpassed with 35 points and Abby Beeman had an 18 point, 13 rebound, 10 assist triple-double. Audrey Warren had a 31 point game in Finland and then Carmen Tyson-Thomas surpassed it with a 37 point effort.
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