Overseas League Updates March 27th

Turkish League Quarterfinals Game 1

The playoffs started on Wednesday with two series as the other two quarterfinals began on Thursday. Top seed Fenerbahce brought in Kayla McBride to make sure that they could win the last two trophies up for grabs and she made an immediate impact in their 98-74 win over Kayseri. Jessica Thomas helped her team have the better first half, but they needed to rally in the fourth quarter to open with an 82-77 win over Temi Fagbenle and Besiktas. Galatasaray made sure there were no surprises in their game and defeated Botas 87-64. Cukurova may have run low on emotional energy from their cup win as Jaime Nared and Erica Wheeler led Nesibe Aydin in a dramatic comeback to force overtime and get a 95-86 win despite big games from Bridget Carleton and Yvonne Anderson.

March 26

https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2024-2025/mac-detay/266348/istatistik
Fenerbahce [98]: McBride 21 Williams 19 Sabally 17/12r Meesseman 14/6r/9a Uzun 10 Cakir 3/6a
Kayseri [74]: Dangerfield 19 Powers 16/10r Fall 15/13r

https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2024-2025/mac-detay/266349/istatistik
Emlak Konut [82]: Thomas 27/11r/6a Parks 13/7r/7a Macaulay 13 Ndour-Fall 12/10r Cidal 11
Besiktas [77]: Fagbenle 24/9r Winterburn 16/8r Krajisnik 14 Ozisik 11 Peterson 10/8a

March 27

https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2024-2025/mac-detay/266350/istatistik
Galatasaray [87]: Steinberga 16/12r Zandalasini 13 Vanloo 10/10a Li 8/12r Erdogan 3
Botas [64]: Allen 16 Ucar 12 Cave 11/7r Guven 10 Yalcinkaya 4

https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2024-2025/mac-detay/266351/istatistik
Cukurova [86]: Carleton 28/14r Anderson 27 Fauthoux 11
Nesibe Aydin [95]: Nared 26/12r/7a Wheeler 20/10r/12a Wallace 13 Guner 10 Ari 10

Polish League Semifinals Game 2

The teams continued their series on Thursday in the same venues and Marissa Kastanek and Gdynia moved within a win of advancing after a 92-76 win over Zaglebie Sosnowiec. There will be at least one game on Sunday after Sleza Wroclaw bounced back from the opener for a 75-65 win over Shatori Walker-Kimbrough and Gorzow. The teams all get one day of rest before swapping venues for Saturday’s games.

https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/198343/vbw-gdynia—-mb-zaglebie-sosnowiec.html
Arka Gdynia [92]: Kastanek 23 Stoupalova 16 Jones 15/6r Hebard 11/11r
Zaglebie Sosnowiec [76]: Pszczolarska 18 Wnorowska 15 Borkowska 13/8r Nikitinaite 9 Calloway 6 Gustavsson 3
Arka Gdynia leads series 2-0

https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/198344/1ks-sleza-wroclaw—polskastrefainwestycji-enea-ajp-gorzow-wlkp.html
Sleza Wroclaw [75]: Ryan 19/9r/6a Kurach 15 Strautmane 14 Nunn 5
Gorzow [65]: Walker-Kimbrough 23 Tsineke 16 Miller 11/6r Mikulasikova 0
Series tied 1-1

Italian League Round 22

Continental competition meant that the final round was played with simultaneous tipoffs on Thursday as Battipaglia got the last bye and held on to the final playoff spot. Blessing Ejiofor had a fantastic game for Alpo, which had their tough season end with an 82-72 loss to San Martino di Lupari. Brixia technically had a chance at grabbing the last playoff spot, but playing first place Schio was a challenge despite the best efforts of Marzia Tagliamento. Their opponent in the playout series will be Sassari, which lost to Tinara Moore and Sesto San Giovanni even though Sparkle Taylor had an excellent game. Venezia won 59-51 at Campobasso as both teams are on a collision course in the playoffs. Cornelia Fondren and Sara Roumy were a potent pairing for Faenza in a 74-64 win over Derthona.

https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53140
Alpo [72]: Ejiofor 24/21r Spinelli 15 Moriconi 11 Tulonen 6
San Martino di Lupari [82]: Cvijanovic 13 Bickle 13 D’Alie 13/7a Del Pero 12 Guarise 11 Simon 9 Robinson 2

https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53141
Brixia [61]: Tagliamento 29/11r Johnson 7 Bongiorno 6 Nikolic 2
Schio [80]: Laksa 18 Salaun 15 Verona 13/6a Dojkic 12 Juhasz 3/13r

https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53143
Sassari [70]: Taylor 32 Toffolo 17 Gonzales 11 Grattini 0
Sesto San Giovanni [82]: Moore 25/7r Makurat 10 Jakubcova 9 Gwathmey 8/6r Conti 6

https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53144
Campobasso [51]: Quinonez 19 Morrison 12/9r Kunaiyi-Akpanah 9/7r Scalia 0
Venezia [59]: Kuier 14/9r Villa 13 Mompremier 10/10r Smalls 10/6s Cubaj 6 Stankovic 2 Pan 2 Santucci 0

https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53145
Derthona [64]: Attura 18 Penna 13/7r Dotto 10
Faenza [74]: Fondren 28/18r Roumy 28

Standings:
1. Schio 19-1
2. Venezia 18-2
3. Campobasso 14-6
4. Derthona 11-9
5. San Martino di Lupari 11-9
6. Sesto San Giovanni 10-10
7. Faenza 9-11
8. Battipaglia 6-14
9. Brixia 6-14
10. Sassari 5-15
11. Alpo 1-19

Leaders:
Scoring: 1. Moore 18.5, 2. Taylor 18.2, 3. Roumy 17.8, 4. Tagliamento 17.6, 5. Fondren 16.1, 6. Kuier 14.8, 7. Salaun 14.4, 8. Reichert 13.8, 9. Benson 13.3, 10. Scalia 13.2
Rebounding: 1. Yurkevichus 12.5, 2. Reichert 10.6, 3. Kunaiyi-Akpanah 10.1, 4. Juhasz 9.8, 5. Fondren 8.9, 6. Benson 7.7, 7. Andre’ 7.1, 8. Vojtulek 7.1, 9. Robinson 6.5, 10. Bickle 6.5
Assists: 1. D’Alie 6.7, 2. Fondren 5.2, 3. Verona 4.6, 4. Conti 4.1, 5. Morrison 4.0, t6. Carangelo and Sottana 3.8, t8. Makurat and Attura 3.7, 10. Cupido 3.7