Spanish League Round 26
A game from Round 29 was brought forward to Wednesday with Valencia playing in continental competition and it looked like they would take care of business, but Ibaeta stunned them for a 67-63 win to help themselves get closer to safety. One game in this round was moved to cup week, but most of the rest of the games were on Saturday, including Reshanda Gray and Jairis defeating Joventut Badalona 85-72 in a battle of teams hoping to make noise in the playoffs. Celta had a massive game for their hopes to escape the danger zone and they got the 78-68 win at Araski. Chaos continued at the top of the standings when Ensino defeated Avenida 69-64. Estudiantes nearly lost their chance at an upset, but recovered for an 81-77 win at Valencia. Noa Morro and Ferrol celebrated their continental triumph with an 80-56 win over Laura Westerik and Gernika. Girona suddenly found themselves all alone in first place by two games in the loss column after doubling up Gran Canaria 82-41. Ardoi is pretty much out of chances after their 84-37 loss to Helena Pueyo and Zaragoza on Sunday.
March 12
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2412598
Ibaeta [67]: Bulgak 15/6r Cornelius 11 Pendande 9/8r Mbulito 9/6r Claessens 2
Valencia [63]: Mavunga 13/8r Alexander 11/8r Torrens 11 Iagupova 7 Carrera 4 Fiebich 4 Vitola 4 Turner 4 Fingall 2 Romero 2
March 15
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2412573
Jairis [85]: Gray 20 Bertsch 19/10r Ginzo 10 Ayuso 8/8a Eldebrink 8 Lopez Senechal 7 Alarcon 6 Holesinska 3 Grande 2
Joventut Badalona [72]: Washington 19 Dembele 16 Vennema 13 Coulibaly 12/7r Cruz 4 Piera 0 Geldof 0
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2412575
Araski [68]: Lisowa Mbaka 15 Slonjsak 14/6r Hermida 13 Mununga 10/12r Hill 8 Brewer 6 Brotons 2 Van Den Adel 0
Celta [78]: Haidara 17/10r Samson 17/7r Alnatas 11 Tadic 11/7a Dornstauder 8/10r Cooper 5
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2412572
Ensino [69]: Castedo 17 Giomi 14 Howard 14 Soriano 7 Fequiere 6 Asinde 4 Mollenhauer 2
Avenida [64]: Gil 14 Kone 10/7r Jespersen 10/6r Vilaro 6 Calhoun 5 Carter 2 Fasoula 1
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2412574
Valencia [77]: Iagupova 14 Alexander 12/11r Carrera 10/7r Fiebich 10 Mavunga 7 Romero 5 Vitola 5 Fingall 4 Turner 4 Torrens 2
Estudiantes [81]: Buhner 17 Alonso de Armino 13 Salvadores 13 Whittle 12/8r Camilion 10/6r
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2412571
Ferrol [80]: Morro 21/6r Millan 18/6r Pospisilova 13/6r Joiner 7 Sanchez Ramos 6 Mestres 4/6r Melia 4 Davis 4
Gernika [56]: Westerik 22 Buenavida 10/6r Dodson 4 Olaeta 2 Pivec 0
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2412569
Gran Canaria [41]: Erjavec 12 Ezeigbo 10 Toussaint 3 Becker 2 Baines 0
Girona [82]: Ygueravide 14 Mack 12 Tate 11 Guerrero 10 Hristova 4 Bibby 4 Pierre-Louis 3
March 16
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2412568
Zaragoza [84]: Pueyo 20/8r Atkinson 11/9r Fraser 11 Nystrom 5 Evans 5 Hermosa 2
Ardoi [37]: Rodriguez 12 Wone 6 Ajemba 4/9r Tunstull 0 Lahtinen 0 Diez 0
Standings:
1. Girona 22-4
2. Valencia 21-6
3. Avenida 20-6
4. Zaragoza 17-9
5. Jairis 16-10
6. Estudiantes 14-12
7. Joventut Badalona 14-12
8. Gernika 13-13
9. Ferrol 13-12
10. Ensino 11-15
11. Gran Canaria 10-16
12. Sedis 9-16
13. Ibaeta 8-18
14. Araski 8-17
15. Celta 7-19
16. Ardoi 4-22
Italian League Round 20
The last game from the previous round was played on Wednesday and Campobasso won 70-55 at Brixia. This round started on Saturday with the two league newcomers having vastly different experiences so far this season and Derthona continued to make life difficult for Alpo with a 92-62 win. Sunday started with Awak Kuier and Venezia’s 80-45 win over Battipaglia. Caitlin Bickle and San Martino di Lupari moved into fifth place with their 83-65 win over Cornelia Fondren and Faenza. Janelle Salaun and Schio stayed firmly in the lead with an 87-65 win over Sparkle Taylor and Sassari. Marzia Tagliamento was incredible for Brixia to get them an 88-83 win over Ivana Jakubcova and Sesto San Giovanni to sit in the last playoff spot.
March 12
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53119
Brixia [55]: Tagliamento 17/11r Johnson 7 Bongiorno 5 Nikolic 1
Campobasso [70]: Quinonez 13 Meldere 10 Kunaiyi-Akpanah 9/15r Morrison 9 Scalia 8/6r
March 15
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53125
Derthona [92]: Zahui B 16/9r Penna 16 Leonardi 14 Dotto 12 Attura 11
Alpo [62]: Moriconi 11 Keller 11 Frustaci 10/6r Tulonen 9 Ejiofor 2
March 16
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53127
Battipaglia [45]: Vojtulek 13 Benson 11
Venezia [80]: Kuier 24/9r Smalls 15 Fassina 13/7r Villa 8/7r Cubaj 5/10r Stankovic 5 Santucci 4/8r Pan 2
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53127
Faenza [65]: Fondren 24/9r Roumy 13/6r Turel 11
San Martino di Lupari [83]: Bickle 26/9r Robinson 17/9r D’Alie 15/6a Simon 7
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53128
Sassari [65]: Taylor 22/6r Begic 15 Gonzales 14 Grattini 0
Schio [87]: Salaun 26 Juhasz 19/13r Bestagno 13/6r Laksa 8
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53130
Sesto San Giovanni [83]: Jakubcova 26/6r Spreafico 14/8a Moore 13 Conte 11 Gwathmey 11 Conti 3/6r Makurat 1
Brixia [88]: Tagliamento 35/6r/6a Togliani 19 Yurkevichus 10/17r Johnson 9 Bongiorno 5 Nikolic 2
Standings:
1. Schio 17-1
2. Venezia 16-2
3. Campobasso 13-5
4. Derthona 11-8
5. San Martino di Lupari 9-9
6. Sesto San Giovanni 8-10
7. Faenza 8-10
8. Brixia 6-12
9. Battipaglia 6-13
10. Sassari 5-13
11. Alpo 1-17
Hungarian League Round 22
The last game from Round 14 was played on Wednesday ahead of a final day of the regular season featuring simultaneous tipoffs on Sunday and Lexi Held and PEAC defeated MTK 70-60. Some of the top teams played games against each other and Kaila Charles and DVTK sent a message with a 94-58 win over Gyor. That result left Sopron all alone in first place after their 63-56 win over Szekszard. PEAC joined the tie for second place with an 83-51 win over Vasas. MTK defeated BEAC 75-56. Darazsak finished winless after losing to Angela Juhasz and Szigetszentmiklos 82-69, but will get further chances in the final stage. One game determined who would get the last playoff spot and Aijha Blackwell made sure that it was Cegled that got the 88-73 win over Makenna Marisa and David Kornei.
March 12
https://hunbasket.hu/merkozes/x2425/whun/whun_85412
PEAC [70]: Held 20/6a Reisingerova 17/7r
MTK [60]: Szabo 14 P. Dul 11/6r Manis 9/9r Prechtel 2
March 16
https://hunbasket.hu/merkozes/x2425/whun/whun_85852
DVTK [94]: Charles 22/8r Lelik 15/7a Kanyasi 13 Jovanovic 11 N. Aho 3
Gyor [58]: Kiss 16/6r Dombai 15/9r Acs 2 Goree 0
https://hunbasket.hu/merkozes/x2425/whun/whun_85862
Szekszard [56]: Bejedi 14/6r Westbeld 13/8r Higgins 1
Sopron [63]: Brooks 18 Monroe 14/8r Borondy 11/6r Reid 14 Pavlopoulou 2 Krivacevic 0
https://hunbasket.hu/merkozes/x2425/whun/whun_85872
PEAC [83]: Held 15 Zsebe-Weninger 13 Josepovits 12/6r Reisingerova 11 Studer 10/6s Romeo 6
Vasas [51]: Davis 14/6r/6s Szerencses 11
https://hunbasket.hu/merkozes/x2425/whun/whun_85882
MTK [75]: P. Dul 13 Gyongyosi 10 Pusztai 10 Szabo 10 Prechtel 9/12r Manis 9/9r
BEAC [56]: Moore 16 Dobo 11 Ozola 10
https://hunbasket.hu/merkozes/x2425/whun/whun_85892
Szigetszentmiklos [82]: Juhasz 22/7r Little 19/10r Vari 16 Csoma 10 Mingo 8/8r/10a
Darazsak [69]: Toman 14/8r Bago-Kovacs 13/6a
https://hunbasket.hu/merkozes/x2425/whun/whun_85902
Cegled [88]: Blackwell 30/7r Barnai 14/17r/8a Mabrey 13/7a Farkas 7
David Kornei [73]: Marisa 26 Johnson 13/8r Laufer 11/9r Hegedus 8
Standings:
1. Sopron 19-3
2. DVTK 18-4
3. PEAC 18-4
4. Gyor 18-4
5. Szekszard 14-8
6. MTK 14-8
7. Vasas 10-12
8. Cegled 7-15
9. David Kornei 6-16
10. BEAC 5-17
11. Szigetszentmiklos 3-19
12. Darazsak 0-22
Leaders:
Scoring: 1. Westbeld 18.8, 2. Mabrey 17.5, 3. Moore 17.4, 4. Marisa 16.7, 5. Prechtel 16.2, 6. Little 16.1, 7. Held 16.1, 8. Davis 15.6, 9. Kiss 15.5, 10. Brooks 15.1
Rebounding: 1. Barnai 11.4, 2. Prechtel 11.0, 3. Little 10.1, 4. Kiss 9.3, 5. Telenga 8.6, 6. Jones 8.4, 7. Jevtovic 8.2, 8. Westbeld 8.1, 9. Ozola 7.3, 10. Manis 7.1
Assists: 1. Studer 5.9, 2. Dul 5.6, 3. Reid 5.2, 4. Dombai 5.1, 5. Mabrey 4.3, 6. Varga 4.2, 7. Bago-Kovacs 4.0, 8. Davis 4.0, 9. Lelik 3.9, 10. Ratkai 3.9
Turkish League Round 26
The last round of the regular season started with a busy Friday as teams get ready for the cup next week. Bodrum’s miserable season ended with a 111-65 loss to Elif Cayir, Sevgi Tonguc, and Nesibe Aydin. Bursa Ant looked ready to extend their season in the first half, but Gabby Williams and Fenerbahce recovered in the second half to win 98-74 to continue their momentum as they chase three trophies. Orman did their part to try to grab the last playoff spot with an 84-68 win over Khadijiah Cave, Lindsay Allen, and Botas behind Zitina Aokuso. On Saturday, Li Yueru and Galatasaray controlled the second half for a 68-56 win, avoiding dropping below Astou Ndour-Fall and company in the standings. That left one game on Sunday for the last playoff place and Kayseri got the 78-67 win over Alexis Peterson and Besiktas that they needed.
March 14
https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2024-2025/mac-detay/254692/istatistik
Bodrum [65]: Ercelik 19 Tuncdemir 18
Nesibe Aydin [111]: Cayir 24/9r/6s Tonguc 21/10r Yolcu 14 Wallace 13 Ari 11/8r Nared 11/6r Wheeler 3/7a
https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2024-2025/mac-detay/254694/istatistik
Fenerbahce [98]: Williams 27/7r Sabally 19/9r Allemand 13/8r/8a Senyurek 12/7r Badiane 11 Uzun 11 Cakir 0
Bursa Ant [74]: Cooke 18 Walker 17 Henderson 13/10a Mompremier 12/12r
https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2024-2025/mac-detay/254695/istatistik
Orman [84]: Aokuso 20/7r Burke 19 Kurtulmus 14/7r Berger 14/7a Epoupa 6 Turk 3 Gul 2
Botas [68]: Cave 22/10r Allen 22 Cuic 13/10r Jump 3 Yalcinkaya 0
March 15
https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2024-2025/mac-detay/254696/istatistik
Galatasaray [68]: Li 23/11r Vanloo 18/8a Steinberga 12/9r Zandalasini 5 Erdogan 2
Emlak Konut [56]: Ndour-Fall 20/9r Thomas 17/6r Macaulay 6/7r Parks 6
March 16
https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2024-2025/mac-detay/254693/istatistik
Kayseri [78]: Powers 19/12r Sonmez 19 Fall 13/9r Erat 10 Dangerfield 8
Besiktas [67]: Peterson 23 Winterburn 17 Fagbenle 16/9r Lazic 2
Standings:
1. Fenerbahce 18-4
2. Cukurova 17-5
3. Galatasaray 17-5
4. Emlak Konut 15-7
5. Besiktas 11-11
6. Botas 10-12
7. Nesibe Aydin 10-12
8. Kayseri 9-13
9. Orman 9-13
10. Bursa Ant 7-15
11. Tarsus 6-16
12. Bodrum 3-19
Leaders:
Scoring: 1. Alleyne 18.6, 2. Dantas 18.6, 3. Dangerfield 18.5, 4. Henderson 18.5, 5. Hurt 18.1, 6. Rupert 17.9, 7. Heal 17.6, 8. Thomas 17.6, 9. Mompremier 17.5, 10. Fagbenle 17.3
Rebounding: 1. Alleyne 13.8, 2. Mompremier 12.2, 3. Cave 10.3, 4. Bayram 9.3, 5. Hurt 9.2, 6. Fall 9.1, 7. Ndour-Fall 9.1, 8. Serfa 8.9, 9. Fagbenle 8.6, 10. Rupert 8.6
Assists: 1. Vanloo 8.3, 2. Henderson 7.2, 3. Wheeler 7.1, 4. Thomas 6.9, 5. Anderson 6.9, 6. Allen 6.2, 7. Sheppard 5.5, 8. Evans 5.4, 9. Allemand 5.2, 10. Dangerfield 4.7
French League Round 19
Friday’s game could end up making the difference for the two teams at the end of the season and Brooke McCarty-Williams and Roche helped themselves in the second half with their 76-60 win giving them an edge on Chartres ahead of the playdowns. Anna Ngo Ndjock and Angers defeated Evelyn Akhator and Landerneau 86-70 on Saturday. On Sunday, Lyon was looking for a statement win early, but Amy Okonkwo and Bourges prevailed 78-69. The battle for seeding behind the leaders is intense as Landes breezed past Lattes Montpellier 76-45. Tarbes ended the day by climbing back into the last playoff spot with their 57-51 win over Villeneuve-d’Ascq.
March 14
https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/790096-roche-vendee-chartres
Roche [76]: McCarty-Williams 24/7a Balayera 12/6r Phillips 11/6r Gaye 10/9r
Chartres [60]: Colley 13 Enabosi 12/13r Mahoutou 10/6r Cooper 7 Elenga 2
March 15
https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/790091-angers-landerneau
Angers [86]: Ngo Ndjock 21 Tahane 15 Kaba 14 Mendez 11 Alston 10 Adams 4/8r
Landerneau [70]: Akhator 22/15r Trasi 14 Woolfolk 10 Baker 5
March 16
https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/790093-lyon-bourges
Lyon [69]: Harris 16 Malonga 10/10r Risacher 10 Jocyte 8 Quevedo 7/6r Wojta 6/7r Lucet 0
Bourges [78]: Okonkwo 20 Diaby 14/7r/7a Spanou 14/7r
https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/790095-basket-landes-lattes-montpellier
Landes [76]: Lacan 13/7a Bussiere 13 Ewodo 12 Djekoundade 11/6r Geiselsoder 10
Lattes Montpellier [45]: Fankam Mendjiadeu 11/6r Bailey 5/9r
https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/790094-tarbes-villeneuve-d-ascq
Tarbes [57]: Musa 19/14r Miyem 15 Ewodo 2 Cooper 2
Villeneuve-d’Ascq [51]: Leite 17 Peters 8/6r Foppossi 7 Zellous 4 Sissoko 3 Clark 2/6r
Standings:
1. Bourges 17-2
2. Charleville-Mezieres 12-7
3. Landes 12-7
4. Lattes Montpellier 12-7
5. Charnay 12-7
6. Angers 11-8
7. Lyon 10-9
8. Tarbes 7-12
9. Villeneuve-d’Ascq 6-13
10. Landerneau 6-13
11. Roche 6-13
12. Chartres 3-16
Polish League Quarterfinals Game 2
9th Place:
This series concluded on Sunday and Klaudia Sosnowska and Polonia Warszawa were hoping to put things out of reach after winning at home, but Bydgoszcz used a balanced effort to win 96-75, enough to flip the final margin to their favor 157-150.
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/197893/skk-polonia-warszawa—ks-basket-bydgoszcz-ekstraklasa-sp–z-o-o-.html
Polonia Warszawa [75]: Sosnowska 20/6r/7a Nicholson 18 Pawlowska 13 Moore 9/10r/6s
Bydgoszcz [96]: Ebo 19/10r Sobiech 19 Drop 17/6r/7a Porchia 16/14r Michalek 11/7a Uziallo 10
Bydgoszcz wins 157-150
Quarterfinals
All four series continued on Sunday at the same venues with teams trying to move within a game of advancing or trying to tie their series. The day started with Gdynia doubling their lead on Torun with an 80-61 win. Sleza Wroclaw is close to ending the tough second half of the season for Julia Jeziorna and Polkowice after Anna Winkowska and Natalia Kurach paced them in a 104-34 win. Kamila Borkowska and Zaglebie Sosnowiec were able to defeat Poznan again, this time without overtime 76-64 despite the best efforts of Jovana Popovic. Magdalena Szymkiewicz and Stella Johnson helped Lublin avoid falling into a big hole, getting a 97-88 win to even up their series with Elena Tsineke, Diamond Miller, and Gorzow.
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/197876/vbw-gdynia—-energa-torun.html
Arka Gdynia [80]: Stoupalova 16 Hebard 13/7r Jakubiuk 11 Jones 10 Kastanek 5
Torun [61]: Mortensen 12/13r Wheeler 11/8a Ossowska 10
Arka Gydnia leads series 2-0
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/197877/1ks-sleza-wroclaw—kghm-bc-polkowice.html
Sleza Wroclaw [104]: Winkowska 21/7 Kurach 20/8r Mielnicka 16/12r Hjern 12 Kozik 12 Ryan 4/6r/7a Nunn 4 Strautmane 2/8r
Polkowice [34]: Jeziorna 20/9r
Sleza Wroclaw leads series 2-0
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/197879/mb-zaglebie-sosnowiec—enea-azs-politechnika-poznan.html
Zaglebie Sosnowiec [76]: Borkowska 20/18r Pszczolarska 19 Nikitinaite 14/6r/7a Calloway 11 Gustavsson 0
Poznan [64]: Popovic 29 Puc 8 Carter 5 Jones 0
Zaglebie Sosnowiec leads series 2-0
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/197878/polski-cukier-azs-umcs-lublin—polskastrefainwestycji-enea-ajp-gorzow-wlkp.html
Lublin [97]: Szymkiewicz 23 Johnson 23 Miskiniene 16/12r Ullmann 12 Kulinska 7 Muldrow 4
Gorzow [88]: Tsineke 32 Miller 21 Walker-Kimbrough 15
Series tied 1-1
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