Spanish League Round 14 December 27th-30th
The last game of Round 5 was made up on Friday and Stephanie Mavunga and Valencia rolled past Ibaeta 81-49. Half of this round was on Saturday, starting in Salamanca with Avenida’s 67-56 win over Ensino. Celta got a 72-69 win over Ferrol in their quest to get out of the danger zone. Zaragoza won 70-60 at Sedis. Angela Salvadores was brilliant in Estudiantes’s 75-63 win over Gran Canaria. The two teams at the bottom of the standings met on Sunday and Araski left with a 91-86 win over Lotta-Maj Lahtinen and Ardoi. Chloe Bibby and Girona continued rolling with a 78-63 win over Joventut Badalona. Valencia kept pace with an 82-72 win over Jairis. The last game of the round was the traditional Basque Country rivalry game on Monday that Gernika won 66-57 over Ibaeta.
December 27
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Valencia [81]: Mavunga 27/12r Casas 11 Vitola 10 Turner 6/6r Iagupova 6 Fingall 5 Torrens 4
Ibaeta [49]: Becker 13 Buch 11 Pendande 9 Washington 7/7r Prieto 3 Claessens 2
December 28
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Avenida [67]: Fasoula 13 Kone 12/6r Vilaro 11/6r Jankovic 11 Carter 5
Ensino [56]: Soriano 12 Mollenhauer 9 Castedo 8 Fequiere 7 Giomi 6/8r Howard 5 Muhate 2
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Celta [72]: Samson 18 Haidara 13/9r Cooper 13 Maxwell 12 Pujol 2
Ferrol [69]: Joiner 16/7r Mataix 16 Melia 13/8r Sanchez Ramos 10 Pospisilova 4 Mestres 3/6r Millan 2 Davis 0
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Sedis [60]: Soler 12/7r Baines 10 Murekatete 8 Jefferson 5 Mata 4 Raventos 4
Zaragoza [70]: Ortiz 14/7r Mawuli 12 Hermosa 8/7r Atkinson 8 Pueyo 7 Gatling 6/7r Flores 6 Nystrom 3
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Estudiantes [75]: Salvadores 30 Alonso de Armino 13 Whittle 10 Buhner 8 Camilion 2/6r
Gran Canaria [63]: Toussaint 14 Erjavec 11 Contell 11 James 10/6r Ezeigbo 7
December 29
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Ardoi [86]: Lahtinen 21 Tunstull 14 Asurmendi 12 Tate 8 Wone 6 Diez 0
Araski [91]: Van Den Adel 17 Hermida 16 Hill 16 Brewer 13 Mununga 12 Brotons 0
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Joventut Badalona [63]: Coulibaly 24/10r Dembele 10 Piera 7 Cruz 0 Geldof 0
Girona [78]: Bibby 25/6r Toure 16 Lundquist 16 Hristova 7 Caldwell 4 Pierre-Louis 4 Jakubcova 0
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Valencia [82]: Fingall 14/9r Vitola 13 Casas 12 Iagupova 12 Alexander 12 Torrens 6 Mavunga 4 Turner 4
Jairis [72]: Bertsch 19 Lopez Senechal 16 Holesinska 13 Alarcon 8 Ayuso 2 Nelson 2 Grande 1
December 30
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Ibaeta [57]: Pendande 15/8r Buch 15 Prieto 8 Claessens 7 Cornelius 2 Washington 0 Becker 0
Gernika [66]: Fam 17/8r Olaeta 11 Chery 10/6r Westerik 10
Standings:
1. Girona 13-1
2. Avenida 12-2
3. Valencia 12-2
4. Zaragoza 10-4
5. Gernika 8-6
6. Jairis 7-7
7. Jovenut Badalona 7-7
8. Estudiantes 7-7
9. Gran Canaria 7-7
10. Ferrol 6-8
11. Ensino 4-10
12. Sedis 4-10
13. Ibaeta 4-10
14. Araski 4-10
15. Celta 4-10
16. Ardoi 3-11
World of Basketball
Asia
The second half of the regular season in Saudi Arabia started on Saturday with Al Nassr remaining undefeated with a victory over winless Al Okhdood. Al Ahli is still behind them after a grinding out a win over Al Qadsiah. Al Ula moved ahead of Al Ittihad in the tiebreaker by winning their latest matchup.
Around Europe
It was a quiet week in Europe with many leagues taking holiday breaks. A full round in the Bosnian league included 37 and 47 point games from Natasa Sobot. Jovana Milakovic had a 21 rebound game while another matchup featured a 30 point game from Ajla Selimovic and a 22 rebound effort from her teammate Brittiney Seymour. Martha Burse had 35 points in a loss in Germany. In Israel, Alisia Jenkins had 21 rebounds and Jennie Simms had a 20 point, 12 rebound, 10 assist triple-double. In Turkey’s second division, Kurstyn Harden had a 34 point game while her teammate Yagmur Yildiz recorded a 12 point, 14 rebound, 10 assist triple-double. Edremit continues to hold a healthy lead at the start of the second half of the regular season as Channon Fluker had 32 points in their latest win.
