Italian League Quarterfinals Game 1
One series started on Sunday so that Schio could play in continental competition and they breezed to a 90-42 win over Battipaglia. The other series started on Wednesday, including an easy 99-47 win for Venezia over Faenza. More established San Martino di Lupari had a big lead early, but Derthona recovered and the hosts won 71-65. Sesto San Giovanni also had a road upset on their minds when they shook off a slow start to take a lead heading into the fourth quarter, but Campobasso did prevail 70-67.
March 30
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53180
Schio [90]: Laksa 17 Juhasz 14/15r Keys 12/8r Verona 11 Andre’ 10 Salaun 9 Dojkic 0
Battipaglia [42]: Benson 16/10r
April 2
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53182
Venezia [99]: Cubaj 16/7r Villa 16 Mompremier 14/13r Nicolodi 10 Kuier 9 Smalls 8 Santucci 7 Pan 6
Faenza [47]: Fondren 13/6r
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53181
Derthona [71]: Arado 15/8r Attura 13 Melchiori 11/7r Penna 10/6r Zahui B 5
San Martino di Lupari [65]: Bickle 19 Robinson 12/8r Simon 12/7r D’Alie 6/7r/9a
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53183
Campobasso [70]: Kunaiyi-Akpanah 16/13r Madera 15/8r Quinonez 14 Morrison 11 Scalia 0
Sesto San Giovanni [67]: Makurat 19 Spreafico 19 Moore 12 Conti 2 Jakubcova 0 Gwathmey 0
Turkish Semifinals Game 1
The semifinals started on Tuesday and Besiktas had done well to get to this stage, but their rivals Fenerbahce rolled to a 91-42 win with Kayla McBride leading the way. The other series started on Wednesday and Cukurova was in some danger of losing a first game at home again, but Marine Johannes and Yvonne Anderson made sure that they got the win over Galatasaray 83-78.
April 1
https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2024-2025/mac-detay/267585/istatistik
Fenerbahce [91]: McBride 21 Williams 11/7r Onar 11/6a Uzun 11 Sabally 10/10r Meesseman 8 Cakir 4
Besiktas [42]: Fagbenle 19/10r Lazic 4/7r
April 2
https://tbf.org.tr/ligler/kbsl-2024-2025/mac-detay/267587/istatistik
Cukurova [83]: Johannes 29/8r Anderson 20/7a McCowan 16 Carleton 12/6r Rupert 4/7r/10a
Galatasaray [78]: Vanloo 15/7a Li 13 Fitik 12 Steinberga 11/10r Park 9 Erdogan 3
Polish League Semifinals Game 5
The other spot in the finals came down to one game on Wednesday and shorthanded Gorzow took the lead in the first half before Schaquilla Nunn and Sleza Wroclaw recovered at home to start the second half. Elena Tsineke and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough led the visitors though and they forced overtime, prevailing 78-75 with their bench only playing 5:30 combined.
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/198350/1ks-sleza-wroclaw—polskastrefainwestycji-enea-ajp-gorzow-wlkp.html
Sleza Wroclaw [75]: Nunn 21/18r Mielnicka 19 Ryan 15/6a Strautmane 6/6r
Gorzow [78]: Tsineke 24/7r/9a Walker-Kimbrough 21/13r Gertchen 16/9r Lebiecka 12/7r
Gorzow wins series 3-2
Hungarian League Playout Game 2
The teams continued this phase on Wednesday and the combination of Precious Johnson and Makenna Marisa got David Kornei another win, this time by a 75-69 margin over Hannah Little and Szigetszentmiklos. BEAC let Mar’Shay Moore ruthlessly get to work and she outscored Darazsak herself in their 88-41 victory.
https://hunbasket.hu/merkozes/x2425/whun_plya/whun_plya_117751
Szigetszentmiklos [69]: Little 25/12r Vari 15 Mingo 6/12r
David Kornei [75]: Johnson 21/12r Marisa 21 Katona 13 Hegedus 9
https://hunbasket.hu/merkozes/x2425/whun_plya/whun_plya_117761
BEAC [88]: Moore 42/6r Ozola 11/11r
Darazsak [41]: Bago-Kovacs 11
Standings: David Kornei 8-16, BEAC 6-18, Szigetszentmiklos 4-20, Darazsak 0-24
EuroCup Finals Game 2
The second game of the championship series was on Wednesday and 2 seed Villeneuve-d’Ascq was already bringing home a lead. Shavonte Zellous helped them build on their margin early and an 84-70 win was enough for them to defeat 17 seed Ferrol 162-145 overall.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/eurocup-women-24-25/games/123299-ESBVA-BAXI#boxscore
(2) Villeneuve-d’Ascq [84]: Zellous 23 Leite 16/7a Foppossi 14 Peters 11 Sissoko 8 Clark 0
(17) Ferrol [70]: Pospisilova 19 Mataix 13/8a Mestres 12 Joiner 12 Melia 6 Millan 4 Davis 2 Sanchez Ramos 0
Villeneuve-d’Ascq wins 162-145
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