Overseas League Updates January 25th

Australian League Round 13

This round started on Wednesday and Shaneice Swain had an impressive shooting display for Sydney, but Courtney Woods and Townsville got the 89-75 win. Bendigo did not have the biggest win of their current run, but got past Adelaide 65-59 on Friday. The rest of the teams played on Saturday, including a battle of the Puoch sisters that Canberra won 94-79 with a Jade Melbourne triple-double. That result along with the other two games created a big tied for the last playoff spot. Sydney sits at the top of the tiebreaker even after losing to Miela Sowah, Laeticia Amihere, and Perth 105-83. Geelong sits at the bottom of that group after losing to Lauren Cox and Townsville 89-70.

January 22

https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/wnbl/2516050/bs.html
Townsville Fire [89]: Woods 21/6r/7a Coffey 16 Cox 10/8r Fowler 10/6r Shiels 10/6a Froling 9 Ellis 7 Mansfield 6 Lok 0 Cochrane 0
Sydney Flames [75]: Swain 40/6r Tupaea 9 Taylor 6 Morris 6 George 4/9r Dale 0

January 24

https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/wnbl/2516051/bs.html
Bendigo Spirit [65]: Griffin 19/14r Whitcomb 16/6r Burton 10/8r Tolo 8/9r
Adelaide Lightning [59]: Borlase 16/6r Talbot 14/6r Turner 11/14r Bourne 10 Dean 2 Andrews 2 Pineau 0

January 25

https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/wnbl/2516052/bs.html
Canberra Capitals [94]: Collier 19/6r Bobongie 17 Melbourne 15/10r/10a Bowyer 15 Munger 11 Puoch 6/10r/6a Tofaeono 6 Deeble 5 Bishop 0
Southside Flyers [79]: Puoch 17/9r Loughridge 17 Rocci 14 Reed 12 Kunek 11/11r Ernst 5

https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/wnbl/2516052/bs.html
Sydney Flames [83]: Taylor 18 George 17/7r Pitman 14/7r Brancatisano 14 Swain 9 Tupaea 8 Dale 3
Perth Lynx [105]: Sowah 23 Amihere 20/8r Wilson 17 Gorman 14/6r Maley 11/8r Ciabattoni 7 Clinch Hoycard 7 Atwell 4 Morrell 0

https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/wnbl/2516054/bs.html
Townsville Fire [89]: Cox 26 Woods 14/7r/12a Froling 12/11r Coffey 12/10r Fowler 12 Mansfield 8 Ellis 1
Geelong United [70]: Shelley 19 Potter 16 Sharp 13/13r Jones 8 Hank 6 Brett 0

Standings:
1. Bendigo 16-2
2. Perth 14-4
3. Townsville 12-5
4. Sydney 6-11
5. Canberra 6-11
6. Geelong 6-11
7. Adelaide 5-12
8. Southside 4-13

Polish Cup

The cup competition was played this week starting with the first round on Thursday. The competition was at least adjusted to have Polkowice withdraw instead of getting easily defeated in their semifinal. The first game saw Shatori Walker-Kimbrough and Elena Tsineke lead Gorzow to an 83-64 win over Sleza Wroclaw in their bid to build some momentum for the rest of the season. The traditional format including an entrant from the second division was observed with Pruszkow getting to play a team they played last season before exiting the top division. Zaglebie Sosnowiec pushed their advantage inside with Kamila Borkowska on their way to a 97-66 win.

The two qualifiers that were the highest in the standings joined the competition in Friday’s semifinals. Stella Johnson was fantastic for Lublin and she and Laura Miskiniene helped them hold on to an 86-83 win over Gabby Nikitinaite and Zaglebie Sosnowiec. Diamond Miller and Elena Tsineke helped Gorzow make a major statement by knocking out the current league leaders Gdynia 86-66. That set up Saturday’s championship game and Diamond Miller and Gorzow built up a big lead by halftime, but the three games in the three days format had them needing to hold off the more rested Lublin team and another incredible game for Stella Johnson to win 86-81.

January 23

https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/195630/polskastrefainwestycji-enea-ajp-gorzow-wlkp—1ks-sleza-wroclaw.html
Gorzow [83]: Walker-Kimbrough 30 Tsineke 20 Mikulasikova 14 Miller 10/6r
Sleza Wroclaw [64]: Ryan 18/8r Pyka 16 Nunn 5 Strautmane 2

https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/195631/mb-zaglebie-sosnowiec—mks-pruszkow.html
Zaglebie Sosnowiec [97]: Borkowska 25/10r Soule 14/9r Pszczolarska 11/6r Gustavsson 11 Calloway 11/11a Nikitinaite 8
Pruszkow [66]: Furman 17 Zaborska 11 Preihs 10

January 24

https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/195632/polski-cukier-azs-umcs-lublin—zwyciezca-meczu-ppk-002.html
Lublin [86]: Johnson 33 Miskiniene 14/20r/6a Stanacev 11/6a Muldrow 11 Kulinska 0
Zaglebie Sosnowiec [83]: Nikitinaite 24 Soule 18 Calloway 17/6r Gustavsson 4

https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/195634/zwyciezca-meczu-ppk-003—zwyciezca-meczu-ppk-004.html
Arka Gdynia [66]: Hebard 19/7r Wrzesinski 13/8a Jones 12/8r Kastanek 4
Gorzow [86]: Miller 27/10r Tsineke 20 Walker-Kimbrough 13/9r Kosla 10 Mikulasikova 4

January 25

https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/195634/zwyciezca-meczu-ppk-003—zwyciezca-meczu-ppk-004.html
Lublin [81]: Johnson 31 Szymkiewicz 16 Muldrow 13/7r Miskiniene 10/6r Kulinska 6
Gorzow [86]: Miller 21/10r Walker-Kimbrough 19/6r Tsineke 17 Gertchen 15 Mikulasikova 8

French League Round 14

This round started on Friday with Roche trying to climb out of the playdowns and getting good games from Brooke McCarty-Williams and Jade Phillips, but falling short against Charleville-Mezieres 76-71. A busy Saturday started with Bourges just doing enough late to win 60-59 at Tarbes. Marie-Paule Foppossi and Villeneuve-d’Ascq had an impressive comeback in the fourth quarter to send the game to overtime in the next game, but Ameryst Alston and Angers prevailed 79-73. Chartres was close to a big win only to fade again late and let Angel Baker and Landerneau leave with the 72-66 victory. Double-overtime was needed in Mont-de-Marsan for Leila Lacan and Destiny Slocum to help Landes put away Charnay 78-69. Elodie Naigre and Lattes Montpellier defeated Lyon 85-70.

January 24

https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/790064-roche-vendee-charleville-mezieres
Roche [71]: McCarty-Williams 27/6r/7a Phillips 20/8r
Charleville-Mezieres [76]: Clarke 18 Martinez 16/14r Chevaugeon 14 Chidom 7

January 25

https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/790063-tarbes-bourges
Tarbes [59]: Musa 18/12r Zodia 13/8r Sivka 10 Miyem 2
Bourges [60]: Pouye 12 Okonkwo 9 Green 9 Spanou 7

https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/790065-villeneuve-d-ascq-angers
Villeneuve-d’Ascq [73]: Foppossi 20 Leite 17 Gueye 14/9r Zellous 10 Sissoko 4/8r Peters 2 Clark 0
Angers [79]: Alston 27 Diarisso 13/11r Tahane 12/10r Adams 11/9r Ngo Ndjock 10

https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/790061-chartres-landerneau
Chartres [66]: Enabosi 19/7r Colley 6 Cooper 5 Elenga 0
Landerneau [72]: Baker 28 Woolfolk 17 Akhator 7/12r

https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/790062-basket-landes-charnay
Landes [78]: Lacan 24 Slocum 22 Geiselsoder 10/6r/7a
Charnay [69]: Thomas 18/15r Akoa 16/6r/6a Djaldi-Tabdi 11/7r Balogun 8 Strautmane 5

https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/790066-lattes-montpellier-lyon
Lattes Montpellier [85]: Naigre 21 Rabot 17/7r Bernies 16/6a Fankam Mendjiadeu 14/6r Bailey 2
Lyon [70]: Jocyte 18 Malonga 15/7r Harris 13 Pasa 11 Wojta 4/6r Lucet 3

Standings:
1. Bourges 12-2
2. Charleville-Mezieres 10-4
3. Charnay 9-5
4. Lattes Montpellier 9-5
5. Angers 9-5
6. Landes 8-6
7. Lyon 7-7
8. Tarbes 6-8
9. Landerneau 5-9
10. Villeneuve-d’Ascq 4-10
11. Roche 3-11
12. Chartres 2-12