Italian League Semifinals Game 2
One series continued on Wednesday and Schio may have had one eye on their continental quest already in the first half, but they buckled down late to finish the sweep of Battipaglia 78-49. The other series continued on Sunday and San Martino di Lupari avoided elimination by evening their series with Derthona after a 70-59 win. Venezia did finish their sweep with a 67-51 win despite the best efforts of Sara Roumy for Faenza. Campobasso also finished off Sesto San Giovanni 90-68.
April 2
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53184
Battipaglia [49]: Benson 13
Schio [78]: Salaun 15/12r Juhasz 14/9r Keys 13/10r Laksa 12 Dojkic 5
Schio wins series 2-0
April 6
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53185
San Martino di Lupari [70]: Del Pero 16 Robinson 13 Cvijanovic 11 D’Alie 9/7r Simon 8/6r/6a/9s Bickle 7/6r
Derthona [59]: Penna 10/6r Fontaine 8/9r Attura 7
Series tied 1-1
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53186
Faenza [51]: Roumy 30 Fondren 0
Venezia [67]: Villa 16 Cubaj 14/9r Kuier 10 Santucci 9 Smalls 5 Pan 5 Mompremier 4/7r
Venezia wins series 2-0
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53187
Sesto San Giovanni [68]: Moore 18 Conti 17/7a Makurat 7 Gwathmey 5 Jakubcova 3
Campobasso [90]: Kunaiyi-Akpanah 14 Scalia 12 Madera 11/8r Quinonez 11/6a Morrison 11/6a Meldere 11
Campobasso wins series 2-0
Playout Game 1
There will be a two game series for the final standings and the first game was on Saturday. Sassari had the lead early on the road, but Brixia ended up building a solid margin for Wednesday with a 77-64 win.
https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53191
Brixia [77]: Ivanova 18 Yurkevichus 15/15r Tagliamento 14/8r Johnson 13 Nikolic 2 Bongiorno 0
Sassari [64]: Begic 16/6r Gonzales 13 Taylor 10/6r Grattini 2
Spanish League Round 28
Two games were played on Friday in this round, including Valencia getting ready to compete for a continental title with a 93-50 win over Sedis. Ardoi kept it close for a half before losing to Estudiantes 77-60. On Saturday, Ferrol got a 72-65 win over Celta after returning from their continental adventure. Chloe Bibby continued to star for Girona as they secured the top seed with a 95-86 win over Maxuelle Lisowa Mbaka and Araski. Mariam Coulibaly and Joventut Badalona left Lugo with a 66-64 win over Ensino. Avenida fended off Claudia Contell and Gran Canaria 62-59. On Sunday, Jairis defeated Ibaeta 73-54. Having already been eliminated from contention for the last playoff spot, Gernika lost to Zaragoza 71-64.
April 4
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2412590
Valencia [93]: Mavunga 15/6r Alexander 14/10r Fiebich 14 Torrens 13 Fingall 13 Turner 12 Romero 10 Carrera 0
Sedis [50]: Ridard 15 Raventos 10 Mata 4
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2412589
Ardoi [60]: Rodriguez 15 Ajemba 9/7r Wone 6 Lahtinen 5 Tunstull 4 Diez 3
Estudiantes [77]: Alonso de Armino 16 Salvadores 11 Buhner 10/6r Whittle 9 Camilion 8/7r
April 5
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2412586
Ferrol [72]: Joiner 16 Mataix 12 Pospisilova 11/8r Millan 11 Morro 10 Melia 4 Sanchez Ramos 4 Mestres 1 Davis 0
Celta [65]: Haidara 19/12r Tadic 14 Samson 11 Dornstauder 10/6r Alnatas 0 Cooper 0
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2412591
Araski [86]: Lisowa Mbaka 25/10a Hill 14 Brewer 14 Mununga 11/8r Slonjsak 11 Hermida 5 Brotons 0 Van Den Adel 0
Girona [95]: Bibby 31 Lundquist 15 Tate 14 Hristova 11 Pierre-Louis 6 Mack 5
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2412587
Ensino [64]: Fequiere 18 Howard 13 Giomi 6/8r Muhate 6 Castedo 5 Asinde 5 Soriano 4/9r Mollenhauer 0
Joventut Badalona [66]: Coulibaly 20/11r Dembele 14/11r Piera 7 Washington 4 Cruz 3
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2412585
Gran Canaria [59]: Contell 20 Toussaint 17 Ezeigbo 12/14r Erjavec 3 Becker 0 Baines 0
Avenida [62]: Carter 15 Fasoula 9 Kone 8 Calhoun 3 Vilaro 0
April 6
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2412588
Jairis [73]: Gray 15/8r Massey 14 Lopez Senechal 13 Bertsch 10 Eldebrink 6 Alarcon 5 Holesinska 4 Grande 2 Ayuso 0/12a
Ibaeta [54]: Prieto 17 Bulgak 11/8r Cornelius 11 Pendande 6 Mbulito 0
https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2412584
Zaragoza [71]: Fraser 17/8r Mawuli 16 Atkinson 11 Pueyo 6 Flores 3 Evans 2 Nystrom 2
Gernika [64]: Dodson 11/11r Fam 11/9r Westerik 10 Ariztimuno 10 Olaeta 2
Standings:
1. Girona 24-4
2. Valencia 23-6
3. Avenida 21-7
4. Zaragoza 18-10
5. Jairis 18-10
6. Joventut Badalona 15-13
7. Ferrol 15-12
8. Estudiantes 15-12
9. Gernika 13-15
10. Sedis 11-17
11. Ensino 11-17
12. Gran Canaria 10-18
13. Ibaeta 9-20
14. Araski 9-19
15. Celta 8-20
16. Ardoi 4-24
French League Round 22
With continental play looming, Bourges had their game moved up to Friday instead of a full set of simultaneous tipoffs on Sunday and defeated Angers 69-64. Charnay’s big second half let them leave Landerneau with an 84-57 win. Dominique Malonga had a strong game for Lyon in an 86-78 win over Charleville-Mezieres. Villeneuve-d’Ascq was still celebrating their continental win as they lost to Lattes Montpellier 73-59. Jess-Mine Zodia and Tarbes tried to gather as much momentum as possible for a difficult upcoming playoff series with an 84-66 win over Chartres. Landes sealed the second seed with a 71-65 win over Brooke McCarty-Williams and Roche.
April 4
https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/790110-angers-bourges
Angers [64]: Diarisso 13/6r Tahane 8 Kaba 8 Alston 7 Adams 3
Bourges [69]: Duchet 19 Diaby 18/6r Okonkwo 11 Spanou 8
April 6
https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/790109-landerneau-charnay
Landerneau [57]: Akhator 12/10r Trasi 10 Baker 5
Charnay [84]: Thomas 16/6r Akoa-Makani 16 Djaldi-Tabdi 15/9r Garrick 13/6r Daramy 10 Strautmane 3
https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/790111-lyon-charleville-mezieres
Lyon [86]: Malonga 27/9r Harris 17/6r Jocyte 14/6r Wojta 11 Lucet 10
Charleville-Mezieres [78]: Clarke 16 Chevaugeon 15 Brochant 14 Bankole 13 Bouderra 12/6a Chidom 0
https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/790112-villeneuve-d-ascq-lattes-montpellier
Villeneuve-d’Ascq [59]: Leite 17/7r/6a Peters 12/11r Hampton 10 Foppossi 5 Zellous 2 Sissoko 0 Clark 0
Lattes Montpellier [73]: Fankam Mendjiadeu 14/9r Bernies 13 Naigre 10 Bailey 9/8r
https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/790113-tarbes-chartres
Tarbes [84]: Zodia 20/7r Ewodo 15 Miyem 15 Droguet 10/7r/6a Cooper 10
Chartres [66]: Cooper 15 Legrand 11 Enabosi 10 Debaut 10 Elenga 4/6r
https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/790114-roche-vendee-basket-landes
Roche [65]: McCarty-Williams 22 Balayera 18/8r Phillips 4
Landes [71]: Geiselsoder 14/7r Slocum 14 Lacan 12 Djekoundade 10/6r
Standings:
1. Bourges 19-3
2. Landes 15-7
3. Charnay 15-7
4. Lattes Montpellier 15-7
5. Charleville-Mezieres 13-9
6. Angers 12-10
7. Lyon 11-11
8. Tarbes 9-13
9. Villeneuve-d’Ascq 7-15
10. Landerneau 7-15
11. Roche 6-16
12. Chartres 3-19
Leaders:
Scoring: 1. Leite 16.4, 2. Thomas 16.2, 3. Alston 15.6, 4. Malonga 15.4, 5. McCarty-Williams 15.3, 6. Woolfolk 15.0, 7. Musa 14.9, 8. Akoa-Makani 14.7, 9. Lacan 14.4, 10. Diaby 14.3
Rebounding: 1. Malonga 10.3, 2. Akhator 9.5, 3. Musa 9.4, 4. Fankam Mendjiadeu 8.4, 5. Adams 8.3, 6. Djaldi-Tabdi 7.5, 7. Diaby 7.4, 8. Geiselsoder 7.3, 9. Martinez 6.8, Peters 6.8
Assists: 1. Franchelin 6.9, 2. Asiter 6.3, 3. Droguet 5.7, 4. Akoa-Makani 5.4, 5. Marie 5.4, 6. Leite 5.1, 7. Bernies 4.5, 8. McCarty-Williams 4.3, 9. Green 4.1, 10. Suarez 4.1
Polish League
The championship series started on Saturday and Elena Tsineke and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough helped Gorzow keep up some momentum early, but Ruthy Hebard and Gdynia got the win 91-80. They also got to host the next game on Sunday and it was Hebard and Gdynia again that got the 84-57 win over Walker-Kimbrough and Gorzow. The bronze medal series started on Sunday and Sleza Wroclaw opened with an 83-64 win over Klaudia Wnorowska and Zaglebie Sosnowiec.
Finals Game 1
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/199112/vbw-gdynia—-polskastrefainwestycji-enea-ajp-gorzow-wlkp.html
Arka Gdynia [91]: Hebard 20/6r Kastanek 17 Jones 16/10r Ulan 12 Wrzesinski 11/8a
Gorzow [80]: Tsineke 30/7a Walker-Kimbrough 20 Lebiecka 13 Gertchen 11 Mikulasikova 4
Finals Game 2
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/199113/vbw-gdynia—-polskastrefainwestycji-enea-ajp-gorzow-wlkp.html
Arka Gdynia [84]: Hebard 24/10r Jones 17/10r Ulan 16/7r Kastanek 7
Gorzow [57]: Walker-Kimbrough 23 Tsineke 17 Mikulasikova 2
Bronze Medal Series Game 1
https://basketligakobiet.pl/mecz/199109/1ks-sleza-wroclaw—mb-zaglebie-sosnowiec.html
Sleza Wroclaw [83]: Mielnicka 18 Ryan 17 Gajda 16/6a Strautmane 12/6r Pyka 11 Nunn 3
Zaglebie Sosnowiec [64]: Wnorowska 21 Pszczolarska 13 Gustavsson 8/12r Calloway 5 Borkowska 4 Nikitinaite 2
Hungarian League Semifinals Game 1
All of the semifinals started on Sunday with championship and consolation bracket games. Kaila Charles and DVTK opened up with an 87-55 win over PEAC. Stephanie Reid and Sopron defeated Reka Dombai and their old rivals Gyor 93-73. Szekszard started the consolation bracket with a 91-52 win over Cegled. MTK got the 87-59 over Domonique Davis and Vasas.
Semifinals
https://hunbasket.hu/merkozes/x2425/whun_ply/whun_ply_117881
DVTK [87]: Charles 24/8r Lelik 18/8r/7a Miklos 13 N. Aho 2
PEAC [55]: Held 14 Reisingerova 6 Romeo 5
https://hunbasket.hu/merkozes/x2425/whun_ply/whun_ply_117851
Sopron [93]: Reid 25 Friskovec 15 Krivacevic 12 Varga 10/7r Borondy 10 Pavlopoulou 8 Brooks 5
Gyor [73]: Dombai 20/6r Bach 15 Telenga 14/9r Goree 11 Acs 0
Consolation Bracket
https://hunbasket.hu/merkozes/x2425/whun_ply/whun_ply_117911
Szekszard [91]: Boros 19 Westbeld 18/6r Bejedi 13 Higgins 10/6r
Cegled [52]: Mabrey 16 Szerelem-Kobolak 15/6r Blackwell 12/9r Farkas 0/8r
https://hunbasket.hu/merkozes/x2425/whun_ply/whun_ply_117941
MTK [87]: P. Dul 18 Manis 15/8r Toth 13/7r Szabo 5 Prechtel 4/7r
Vasas [59]: Davis 20
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