Overseas League Updates May 11th

Hungarian League Finals Game 3 April 22nd

Both teams were looking for the advantage on Tuesday with the winner set to move within a game of the championship. Sopron had the lead early at home, but Kaila Charles and DVTK flipped the script by halftime to win 73-64, giving themselves the change to clinch the championship at home in Miskolc.

https://hunbasket.hu/merkozes/x2425/whun_ply/whun_ply_120151
Sopron [64]: Papp 16 Reid 13 Borondy 11 Krivacevic 5 Brooks 4 Monroe 4 Pavlopoulou 0
DVTK [73]: Charles 20/7r Lelik 12 Tadic 11 Gulbe 10 Aho 2
DVTK leads series 2-1

French League Quarterfinals Game 2

Two series concluded on Tuesday and Angers looked set to hang on to the lead they built at home, but Monique Akoa-Makani led the charge, helping Charnay win the game by just enough at the end 62-50 to advance on aggregate 119-118. Bourges had a narrow lead from their road win and figured to be ready to take care of business at home with a first half advantage. Murjanatu Musa helped Tarbes seize the initiative in the second half and the visitors won 82-79, knocking out the top seed in stunning fashion 156-155. On Wednesday, Lattes Montpellier overturned the deficit that they faced from the away game and looked ready to advance, but Charleville-Mezieres had a strong fourth quarter to only lost 80-68, which had them progress 158-152 on aggregate to get some momentum ahead of the cup final. The other game started with the teams nearly even and went back and forth before Landes took the lead for good in the second half, winning 69-61 and getting past Lyon 138-129.

April 22

https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/812894-charnay-angers
Charnay [62]: Akoa-Makani 22/10a/8s Thomas 16/8r Djaldi-Tabdi 8/6r Strautmane 2 Balogun 0
Angers [50]: Alston 13 Ngo Ndjock 10/9r Kaba 9/8r Adams 7/9r Tahane 5
Charnay advances 119-118

https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/812895-bourges-tarbes
Bourges [79]: Pouye 19 Okonkwo 13 Astier 10/7a Diaby 7/9r Spanou 6 Green 3
Tarbes [82]: Musa 28/11r Miyem 19 Mendy 10 Sivka 6 Cooper 2 Ewodo 0
Tarbes advances 156-155

April 23

https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/812896-lattes-montpellier-charleville-mezieres
Lattes Montpellier [80]: Rabot 16 Bernies 16 Naigre 11 Fankam Mendjiadeu 10/6r Bailey 6/9r
Charleville-Mezieres [68]: Dongue 15/6r Chevaugeon 15 Bouderra 12/8a Clarke 6 Chidom 4
Charleville-Mezieres advances 158-152

https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/812897-basket-landes-lyon
Landes [69]: Slocum 16 Ewodo 13/10r Geiselsoder 12/7r Djaldi-Tabdi 12/7r Lacan 9/6r/6a
Lyon [61]: Malonga 13/7r Wojta 12 Jocyte 11 Harris 10 Lucet 0
Landes advances 138-129

French League Playdowns Game 2 April 23rd

The second set of games in this group was on Wednesday and Villeneuve-d’Ascq let all of their WNBA-bound players go after securing safety and looked like they would be fine without them before needing to fend off Landerneau late 66-63. Roche had their own chance to secure safety with a win, but Chartres got the 72-69 victory they needed to still hold on to some hopes of an escape.

https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/812900-villeneuve-d-ascq-landerneau
Villeneuve-d’Ascq [66]: Foppossi 18/6r Paget 12 Hampton 11 Hirsch 7/8r Sissoko 7 Clark 4
Landerneau [63]: Woolfolk 15/8r Trasi 13 Baker 10 Akhator 9/9r Kane 0

https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/812901-roche-vendee-chartres
Roche [69]: Gomis 15/6r/6a McCarty-Williams 12 Ousfar 11/8r Silatsa 10/9r Phillips 0
Chartres [72]: Le Seyec 15/9r Colley 13 Enabosi 10/8r Elenga 9

Standings: Villeneuve-d’Ascq 7-1, Roche 4-4, Landerneau 4-4, Chartres 1-7

Italian League Game 3 April 23rd

The first game on Wednesday was the decider in the playout and Sassari played like they were a team not expected to be in this series early, using big games from Sparkle Taylor and Debora Carangelo to coast to a 76-67 win over Alpo. In the semifinals, San Martino di Lupari tried to grind out a win to avoid elimination, but Schio managed to escape with a 53-50 win and the sweep. The other game was close too, but there was a little more scoring as both teams fought for the advantage and it was Venezia getting the 86-79 overtime win over Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah and Campobasso to restore homecourt advantage.

Playout

https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53214
Sassari [76]: Taylor 24/6r Carangelo 22/8r/6a Natali 11 Grattini 4
Alpo [67]: Ejiofor 12/9r Frustaci 11 Moriconi 10 Tulonen 10
Sassari wins series 2-1

Semifinals

https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53202
San Martino di Lupari [50]: D’Alie 14/8r Bickle 9/6r Robinson 9 Simon 7
Schio [53]: Andre’ 18/10r Laksa 9/8r Salaun 8 Dojkic 6
Schio wins series 3-0

https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53203
Campobasso [79]: Akpanah 20/20r Madera 14 Quinonez 14 Trimboli 11/6a Morrison 8
Venezia [86]: Smalls 16 Santucci 13 Kuier 12 Cubaj 12 Pan 10 Villa 6/6r Mompremier 4 Berkani 2
Venezia leads series 2-1

Hungarian League Playout Game 5

Darazsak tried to pick up their first win of the season again on Wednesday, but Mar’Shay Moore refused to let it happen in the second half, firing BEAC to the 70-64 win. Hannah Little was brilliant on Thursday for Szigetszentmiklos as they took the lead after halftime on their way on an 82-75 win over David Kornei.

April 23

https://hunbasket.hu/merkozes/x2425/whun_plya/whun_plya_117821
Darazsak [64]: Bago-Kovacs 15 R. Toman 12/8r D. Toman 11/10r
BEAC [70]: Moore 33/12r Drahos 10

April 24

https://hunbasket.hu/merkozes/x2425/whun_plya/whun_plya_117841
David Kornei [75]: Marisa 19 Laufer 18 Johnson 12/15r Hegedus 2
Szigetszentmiklos [82]: Little 30/17r/7s Mingo 18/6r Vincze 14 Vari 13/6r

Standings: David Kornei 9-18, BEAC 9-18, Szigetszentmiklos 6-21, Darazsak 0-27

Spanish League Quarterfinals Game 1 April 24th

All of the series started on Thursday with action tipping off in Madrid as Sika Kone and Avenida took the lead in the fourth quarter for a 65-60 win over Estudiantes. Top seed Girona will have to try to navigate the playoffs without three players and they took the lead early at Ferrol for a 71-60. Leonie Fiebich and Valencia will not be bringing back quite as large of a lead as they were hoping, but fended off Joventut Badalona 64-60. The visitors were able to bolster their backcourt by immediately giving Mama Dembele a professional debut after just finishing her college career. The day ended in Murcia and Jairis was able to turn around a late deficit and become the only home winner 70-68 over Zaragoza. All of the series will conclude on Sunday.

https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2468963
Estudiantes [60]: Whittle 17 Topuzovic 12 Camilion 11/6r Alonso de Armino 11 Buhner 5 Salvadores 0
Avenida [65]: Kone 21/15r Dominguez 13 Carter 8 Vilaro 0 Jespersen 0

https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2468959
Ferrol [60]: Millan 16 Pospisilova 12/7r Melia 7 Joiner 7 Sanchez Ramos 7 Mestres 4 Davis 2
Girona [71]: Tate 14 Guerrero 14 Hristova 14 Lopez 11 Pierre-Louis 3

https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2468961
Joventut Badalona [60]: Dembele 18/11r Coulibaly 14/13r Cruz 13 Piera 5 Geldof 0
Valencia [64]: Fiebich 23 Torrens 16/7a Alexander 13/9r Fingall 8 Carrera 4 Mavunga 0/6r Turner 0/9a Dembele 0

https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2468965
Jairis [70]: Ayuso 17/8r/7a Lopez Senechal 14/7r Bertsch 8 Eldebrink 6 Holesinska 6 Gray 4 Alarcon 3 Grande 3
Zaragoza [68]: Hempe 18 Fraser 17 Atkinson 7 Flores 3 Evans 3 Pueyo 2

Hungarian League Finals Game 4 April 25th

Sopron needed a win on Friday to extend the season and they looked strong early, but Kaila Charles and DVTK fought back in their bid to win the championship at home. The visitors held on in the second half though and Sopron gets to host the deciding game after a 66-64 win.

https://hunbasket.hu/merkozes/x2425/whun_ply/whun_ply_120161
DVTK [64]: Charles 26/10r Kanyasi 14 Tadic 12/8r Gulbe 9 Aho 2
Sopron [66]: Brooks 13/7r Friskovec 11 Monroe 10 Reid 9/11r Pavlopoulou 5 Krivacevic 0
Series tied 2-2

Italian League Semifinals Game 4 April 25th

A fantastic series continued on Friday with Campobasso looking to extend their season at home. It remained close, but Venezia avoided having to return home for a deciding game and left with a 61-59 win.

https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53205
Campobasso [59]: Kunaiyi-Akpanah 17/12r Morrison 8 Scalia 5
Venezia [61]: Kuier 17 Villa 13 Berkani 13 Cubaj 4/7r Smalls 4 Pan 4 Santucci 2 Mompremier 2
Venezia wins series 3-1

French Cup Final April 26th

It was cup final weekend in France with six trophies awarded. Friday’s night’s games included the senior team women’s cup for clubs in amateur leagues and Rouen defeated Monaco 60-52. The youth cup final was on Saturday with several big names and Lyon got the 62-55 win over Bourges. That set the stage for the pro cup championship and Charleville-Mezieres took the lead early in the first half with their momentum from this week. Kariata Diaby and Bourges wanted to end the season on a winning note and fought back in the second half, but could not finish the job, losing 70-67 to leave plenty of uncertainty about their continental fate for next season as they watch the rest of the playoffs at home.

https://coupedefrance.ffbb.com/match/810703-bourges-charleville-mezieres
Bourges [67]: Diaby 25/6r Okonkwo 14/11r Pouye 12/11r Green 2 Spanou 0
Charleville-Mezieres [70]: Chevaugeon 18 Dongue 14 Brochant 11 Bankole 10/9r Clarke 6 Chidom 2

Hungarian League Playout Game 6

The double round-robin concluded this weekend and Saturday’s game would determine which team would be at the top of the group. Two of the stronger scorers in the league faced off and it was Makena Marisa and David Kornei that got the 75-70 win over Mar’Shay Moore and BEAC. The season ended with this group’s finale on Sunday and Darazsak had one last chance to at least win one game, but their efforts late fell short 75-71 against Szigetszentmiklos.

April 26

https://hunbasket.hu/merkozes/x2425/whun_plya/whun_plya_117831
BEAC [70]: Moore 28 Drahos 19/6r Koch 10/8r
David Kornei [75]: Marisa 32/9r Laufer 14/8r Johnson 13/14r Hegedus 8

April 27

https://hunbasket.hu/merkozes/x2425/whun_plya/whun_plya_117841
Szigetszentmiklos [75]: Vincze 17 Little 15/11r Mingo 5/6a
Darazsak [71]: Sinka-Palinkas 13/9r Gergo 10

Standings: David Kornei 10-18, BEAC 9-19, Szigetszentmiklos 7-21, Darazsak 0-28

Hungarian League Finals Game 5 April 27th

The championship came down to one deciding game on Sunday and neither team could get much of an advantage in the first three quarters. The scoring picked up in the fourth quarter as Kaila Charles and DVTK tried to overcome a deficit, but Sopron held on to a 54-48 win to return to the summit.

https://hunbasket.hu/merkozes/x2425/whun_ply/whun_ply_120171
Sopron [54]: Reid 14 Krivacevic 8 Brooks 7 Pavlopoulou 6 Monroe 2
DVTK [48]: Charles 20/13r Lelik 11 Gulbe 2 Aho 2
Sopron wins series 3-2

Spanish League Quarterfinals Game 2 April 27th

All of the series concluded on Sunday, starting in Salamanca with Avenida defeating Estudiantes 61-54 for a 126-114 final margin. Girona already had a lead from the first game, but it took until the second half before they built a lead in this game, winning 72-62 for a 143-122 margin over Ferrol. Brianna Fraser and Zaragoza trailed at home from the first game, but turned it around for a 78-66 win and a 146-136 margin against Jairis. The last game of the day was close throughout, but Alba Torrens and Valencia were able to get the 88-81 win over Mariam Coulibaly and Joventut Badalona that they needed to advance 152-141.

https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2468964
Avenida [61]: Carter 11/7r Martin 11 Kone 10/13r Jespersen 6 Vilaro 5
Estudiantes [54]: Whittle 12 Buhner 8 Camilion 7/6r Salvadores 6 Alonso de Armino 2
Avenida advances 126-114

https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2468960
Girona [72]: Pierre-Louis 16/7r Lundquist 14 Hristova 13 Canella 12 Tate 2
Ferrol [62]: Sanchez Ramos 11 Mataix 11 Pospisilova 10/6r Joiner 10 Melia 7 Millan 5 Mestres 3
Girona advances 143-122

https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2468966
Zaragoza [78]: Fraser 22/6r Pueyo 15 Hempe 14/6r Flores 4 Evans 2 Nystrom 0
Jairis [66]: Eldebrink 16 Holesinska 14 Ayuso 13/8r Gray 6/8r Lopez Senechal 4 Alarcon 0
Zaragoza advances 146-136

https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2468962
Valencia [88]: Torrens 24 Alexander 13/6r Turner 13 Fiebich 11 Mavunga 8 Carrera 7 Fingall 4/9r Iagupova 3 Dembele 0
Joventut Badalona [81]: Coulibaly 27 Dembele 18/6r Cruz 12/7r Piera 8 Geldof 3
Valencia advances 152-141

World of Basketball

Asia

The finals are set in Kazakhstan now after Turan finished their sweep of Okzhetpes on Friday to join Astana. The pod of games in the second division also concluded with full slates on Monday and Tuesday. Karaganda not only failed to pick up a win, but only had six players to field on Monday, meaning that they had to play more than half of the final quarter with only four players on the floor after a second foul out disqualification.

The playoffs started in Taiwan with the second and third place teams playing for the chance to meet Taiyuan Textile in the finals. As was expected from the regular season results, Cathay Life won on both Friday and Saturday to sweep Chunghwa Telecom.

Australia

A second straight holiday weekend in Australia had more basketball this time around as NBL1 had a busy schedule. Lou Brown was the leading scorer in the South conference after a 31 point game. There were two triple-doubles as Laina Snyder had 26 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists and Maddison Rocci had 18 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists. The West conference also featured a triple-double as Zitina Aokuso had 20 points, 12 rebounds, and 13 assists. Natalie Chou and Teige Morrell each had a 31 point games. The Central conference had a double-round week.

There were big statlines in the East conference as Nicole Munger had the highest scoring game with 38 points. Tahlia Tupaea had a 33 point game, Sydney Hunter had a 31 point game, and Abigail Curtin had a 30 point game. Mia Heide grabbed 23 rebounds in a loss and Carla Pitman had a 16 point, 13 rebound, 10 assist triple-double.

Big V also resumed across all three divisions and the top tier included a 32 point game from Briana Bailey and a 30 point game from Emmonie Henderson. In the middle division, Anna Burrows led the way with a 35 point effort. Kelly Foster paced the bottom division with a 32 point game.

In North West Tasmania, Burnie kept their firm hold on first place after Mariah Payne had 32 points in their win over Somerset. Ulverstone kept Smithton in last place and Penguin stifled Wynyard. Most of the games were on Tuesday, but the round finished on Thursday with Devonport climbing above Latrobe after a dominant win.

Americas

Libelulas needed to win at home on Wednesday to extend the finals in Mexico and it was a great game, but Mieleras was able to complete the sweep with a better fourth quarter.

A new week in Brazil started with an easy win for Corinthians over Maringa early on Monday. Mesquita trailed Santo Andre at halftime, but used a massive second half to end up with a comfortable win on Tuesday. Campinas defeated Ourinhos in Wednesday’s game. Blumenau looked set to win on Thursday, but Cerrado had one last run in the fourth quarter to leave with the victory. Friday’s game was wild with Santo Andre looking strong at home only to have Sao Jose dos Campos complete a huge comeback late for the win. There was no such drama on Saturday when Araraquara defeated Mesquita. The halfway point was reached after Sunday’s games as Corinthians defeated Ourinhos and Campinas defeated Maringa. Sampaio is tied for first after prevailing against winless Blumenau.

The playoffs in El Salvador started this week with the top two teams getting a bye in this round and the next four teams trying to join them in the semifinals. Openers were on Tuesday with the next games on Friday and PSN swept Batanecas despite a 22 rebound effort from Rachel Contreras for Batanecas in the first game. A deciding game was needed for the other series on Saturday before Santa Ana could get past Monsenor Romero. The visitors got 25 and 23 rebound games from Enriqueta Neyra and a 23 rebound game from Yadira Polanco.

Europe

Celje finished a sweep of Triglav on Wednesday to win the championship in Slovenia. Piestanske Cajky finished a sweep of Slavia Banska Bystrica on Saturday to win the championship in Slovakia. Ruzomberok defeated Young Angels Kosice for the bronze medal and Slovan Bratislava took fifth place. Red Star finished their sweep of Kraljevo on Wednesday to win the championship in Serbia. Buducnost defeated Trebjesa again on Wednesday to win the championship in Montenegro. Keltern defeated Saarlouis again on both Monday and Friday to complete a sweep and win the championship in Germany. USK Praha avoided any upsets in the Czech finals this year, defeating Brno again on Tuesday and Friday to complete Natalia Hejkova’s fantastic coaching career. Braine won the championship in Belgium after defeating Mechelen in the deciding game on Tuesday. Flamurtari finished a sweep of Tirana on Wednesday to win the championship in Albania.

After losing the first game, Nyon finally broke through and won the championship in Switzerland after three straight wins on Monday, Thursday, and Sunday over Fribourg, getting 20 rebounds from Sam Breen in the clincher. Lulea defeated Hogbo on Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday to sweep the finals in Sweden, getting a 22 point, 11 rebound, 10 assist triple-double from Mehryn Kraker in the opener. After losing the first game, Nyon finally broke through and won the championship in Switzerland after three straight wins on Monday, Thursday, and Sunday over Fribourg, getting 20 rebounds from Sam Breen in the clincher. Lulea defeated Hogbo on Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday to sweep the finals in Sweden, getting a 22 point, 11 rebound, 10 assist triple-double from Mehryn Kraker in the opener. Alexus Johnson had 35 points and 23 rebounds on Wednesday to clinch the championship in Luxembourg for Grengewald Hueschtert in a sweep.

The championship in Romania will come down to a deciding game, but Arad defeated Rapid for the bronze medal and Agronomia defeated Brasov for seventh place. The finals are set in Iceland after Lore Devos had 32 points to send her team through and Brittany Dinkins had 36 points and Paulina Hersler had 30 points to help their team offset 37 points from Jasmine Dickey. Carolina Rahkonen had a 33 point game in the playoffs in Estonia. The regular season concluded in the British league and Danni Williams had 30 points and Lauren Saiki dished out 15 assists.

Chase for Promotion

The top six teams in Ukraine’s second division had the playoffs with games starting on Wednesday. Kateryna Shtyk had 31 and 34 point games in losses, the latter coming in the 5th place game after Valeria Kutsenko had 33 points for the opposition. Rivne defeated Frankivsk in the championship game. It was the final weekend in Lithuania’s second division and Alytaus won Sunday’s championship game over Lithuanian Sports University after Kibirkstis’s reserve team defeated the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences in the bronze medal game. Uliana Datsko had a 20 rebound game in the semifinals. KR won the playoff series in Iceland’s second division after completing a sweep on Monday and Cheah Rael-Whitsitt had 29 rebounds to clinch as Abby Beeman recorded a 15 point, 12 rebound, 11 assist triple-double in defeat.

The regular season concluded in Spain’s second and third divisions, leaving promotion spots to be decided in the upcoming playoffs. Emma Huff had 33 points in Portugal’s second division, which had the final weekend before the playoffs. Ana Ramos had 36 points in an overtime win to help her team finish at the top of their relegation group. The playoffs continued in Italy’s second division despite a break for mourning and Carlotta Gianolla had 30 points to help Udine advance. The playout semifinals were all sweeps as Rhodigium, Giussano, Moncalieri, and Ancona secured safety on Wednesday. Ludovica Sammartino had 21 rebounds in the clincher. The quarterfinals were completed in Germany’s second division to determine who would get the final chance at promotion as Bochum, Wurzburg, Bad Homburg, and Osnabruck advanced. The playdowns also continued with Bamberg securing safety along with Oberhausen, which needed three overtimes and 39 points from Sarah Zierhut.

French League Semifinals Game 1 April 30th

Both semifinals started on Wednesday and Tarbes was looking for a second straight upset, starting well at home in the first half. Charleville-Mezieres may still have been celebrating their cup win from the weekend, but did recover in the second half to leave with a 60-56 win. Charnay lost a key player between series, but got the home win over Landes 67-63 as the series conclude on Sunday.

https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/814487-tarbes-charleville-mezieres
Tarbes [56]: Zodia 19/10r Musa 14/11r Miyem 7 Sivka 2 Cooper 2 Ewodo 0
Charleville-Mezieres [60]: Franchelin 11/6a Clarke 10/6r Chidom 5

https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/814488-charnay-basket-landes
Charnay [67]: Balogun 17 Thomas 16/7r Daramy 11 Djaldi-Tabdi 7/12r Strautmane 2
Landes [63]: Ewodo 12/6r Treffers 12 Lacan 9 Slocum 5 Geiselsoder 4/8r

French League Playdowns Game 3 April 30th

The halfway point of the additional games was reached on Wednesday and Villeneuve-d’Ascq just had pride to play for, but continued to affect the standings with a 66-60 win over Brooke McCarty-Williams and Roche. The possibility of a miracle escape remained in play for Chartres after Nicole Enabosi led them to a 64-59 win over Landerneau.

https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/812902-roche-vendee-villeneuve-d-ascq
Roche [60]: McCarty-Williams 23 Balayera 11/7r Phillips 6/7r
Villeneuve-d’Ascq [66]: Foppossi 17 Gueye 12/10r Clark 8 Hirsch 6 Hampton 5/7r Sissoko 0

https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/812903-chartres-landerneau
Chartres [64]: Enabosi 26/8r Cooper 6 Colley 5/6r Elenga 2
Landerneau [59]: Akhator 12/6r Baker 11/6r Stervinou 11 Woolfolk 8 Trasi 5/8r

Standings: Villeneuve-d’Ascq 8-1, Landerneau 4-5, Roche 4-5, Chartres 2-7

Spanish League Semifinals Game 1 May 1st

Both semifinals series started on Thursday and each matchup had its level of intrigue. The two big names clashed in Salamanca and it was close in the first half before Avenida took the lead in the third quarter. Raquel Carrera and Valencia roared back though and forced a 76-76 tie for their home game on Sunday. Girona might be too shorthanded to advance any further as they fell at Zaragoza 69-50.

https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2469658
Avenida [76]: Carter 18 Martin 17/6r Kone 16/7r Fasoula 8 Vilaro 3 Jespersen 0
Valencia [76]: Carrera 29/7r Turner 12 Fingall 9 Iagupova 8/7a Fiebich 7 Alexander 4 Torrens 3 Mavunga 2 Romero 0 Dembele 0

https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/Partido.aspx?p=2469656
Zaragoza [69]: Pueyo 14/9r Mawuli 14/8r Hempe 10/8r Flores 9 Evans 5 Nystrom 2
Girona [50]: Hristova 15 Canella 11/8r Pierre-Louis 7 Tate 3

Italian League Finals Game 1 May 2nd

The top two teams started the championship series on Friday with Schio hosting the first two games. Venezia took the lead by halftime, but the hosts had the better second half to win 72-62.

https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53199
Schio [72]: Laksa 19 Verona 17 Salaun 11 Juhasz 9/8r Dojkic 5
Venezia [62]: Kuier 18 Villa 15 Smalls 11/7r Cubaj 11 Santucci 5 Pan 2 Stankovic 0 Berkani 0

French League Playdowns Game 4 May 3rd

The second half of this stage started on Saturday with hopes fading for Nicole Enabosi and Chartres after losing to Marie-Paule Foppossi and Villeneuve-d’Ascq 81-75. That result meant that Landerneau would be able to secure safety with a win in the other game. Roche did enough in the second half to win 69-65 to leave all three teams at the bottom still needing to wait for the next set of games on Wednesday.

https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/812904-villeneuve-d-ascq-chartres
Villeneuve-d’Ascq [81]: Foppossi 21 Paget 19 Hampton 16/8r Hirsch 4 Clark 3 Sissoko 2
Chartres [75]: Enabosi 23 Debaut 15 Cooper 7 Elenga 3 Colley 0

https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/812905-roche-vendee-landerneau
Roche [69]: McCarty-Williams 16 Gomis 11 Phillips 10
Landerneau [65]: Akhator 17/15r Baker 16/6r/8a Woolfolk 14 Trasi 6/8r

Standings: Villeneuve-d’Ascq 9-1, Roche 5-5, Landerneau 4-6, Chartres 2-8

French League Semifinals Game 2 May 4th

Both series concluded on Sunday and Charleville-Mezieres maintained their lead early at home, but Tarbes dominated the rest of the game, using a 73-45 win to flip the aggregate to their favor 129-105 and advance to the finals as the 8 seed. The other game ended up being exciting in a different order as Landes erased their deficit early, but nearly lost it at the end, just hanging on 56-50 to get past Charnay 119-117 on aggregate.

https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/814489-charleville-mezieres-tarbes
Charleville-Mezieres [45]: Franchelin 11/7a Dongue 10 Clarke 10 Chidom 2
Tarbes [73]: Mendy 18 Miyem 16 Musa 9/17r Sivka 4 Cooper 2 Ewodo 0
Tarbes advances 129-105

https://basketlfb.com/laboulangerewonderligue/match/814490-basket-landes-charnay
Landes [56]: Geiselsoder 13/8r Pardon 12 Treffers 11 Slocum 9 Lacan 4
Charnay [50]: Daramy 15 Thomas 12 Balogun 11 Djaldi-Tabdi 7/11r Strautmane 3
Landes advances 119-117

Italian League Finals Game 2 May 4th

Schio hosted the second game of the finals on Sunday. Lisa Berkani and Venezia looked ready to win in the second half after seeing a lead slip away in the opener, but found themselves forced into overtime. The hosts controlled the extra period and got the 86-79 win to move within a game of the championship. Venezia must win at home on Thursday to extend the series.

https://www.legabasketfemminile.com/MatchStats.aspx?ID=307&MID=53208
Schio [86]: Salaun 16/7r Andre’ 16 Sottana 15 Laksa 13/6r Juhasz 9/9r Dojkic 2
Venezia [79]: Berkani 27 Cubaj 12/7r Pan 9 Villa 8 Kuier 7/7r Smalls 5 Stankovic 4 Santucci 0
Schio leads series 2-0

Spanish League Semifinals Game 2 May 4th

Both of these series concluded on Sunday and top seed Girona worked on overturning their deficit immediately. They almost measured it out to perfect by the end of the game, but Mariona Ortiz and Zaragoza forced overtime, getting the edge in the extra frame to only lose 88-75, enough to advance 144-138 on aggregate. No math would be needed in the other game as the winner would advance after the tie in their opener. It was close in the first half, but Valencia seized the lead in the second half to win 75-62 and eliminate Avenida 151-138.

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Girona [88]: Pierre-Louis 14 Lopez 14 Hristova 13 Guerrero 13 Canella 12/10r Lundquist 11 Tate 6
Zaragoza [75]: Ortiz 24/8r Hempe 19 Mawuli 14 Pueyo 5 Flores 4 Nystrom 3 Evans 0
Zaragoza advances 144-138

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Valencia [75]: Alexander 16/12r Carrera 14 Turner 11/7s Iagupova 11/6a Romero 8 Mavunga 5/6r Fingall 4 Fiebich 3 Torrens 3 Dembele 0
Avenida [62]: Carter 17 Gil 11 Kone 8/14r Vilaro 3 Fasoula 2
Valencia advances 151-138

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Asia

The finals started in Taiwan with games on Saturday and Sunday. Taiyuan Textile used a great fourth quarter to take the opener, but Cathay Life evened the series the next day.

The regular season concluded in the middle of the week in Lebanon and there is a three-way tie at the top of the standings, led by Al Riyadi. Azour is there after getting a 20 point, 12 rebound, 11 assist triple-double from Amar Mansour. Homenetmen also won on the final day, withstanding a 35 point, 25 rebound game from Madjiguene Sene in overtime.

Australia

The last conference began play in NBL1 this week with one of the big stories in the North being Tiana Mangakahia’s return to play for the Southern Districts Spartans. A terrific battle between the Northside Wizards and the Brisbane Capitals had Courtney Woods score 37 points for the hosts in the win to offset a 38 point game from Ashley Arlen. Mia Loyd had a 19 point, 14 rebound, 10 assist triple-double for the Cairns Dolphins. Chelsey Perry closed the week with a 39 point effort for the Rockhampton Cyclones in a loss.

There were a trio of high scoring games in the South conference as Stephanie Reid led with a 37 point game. Sara Blicavs had a 36 point effort to secure a win for her team. Bonnie Deas, who is getting ready for her college career, closed the round with a 32 point game.

Erin Antosh had the highest scoring game in the West conference, pouring in 37 points to close out the round. Claire Jacobs had a 32 point game while rebounding was also a story after Teige Morrell grabbed 24 boards in a game and Patricia Brossmann reached the 22 rebound mark.

There was an overtime thriller in the East conference that saw Vanessa Panousis record a 36 point, 11 rebound, 12 assist triple-double in the loss. In the win, Tahlia Tupaea had 33 points and Mizuki Wakamatsu had 30 points. Tiahna Sears led the Central conference in scoring with a 31 point game.

It was a busy weekend in Big V and Emily Lytle had a 34 point game in the top division while Birgit Osk Snorradottir had a 31 point game. Emmie Gardner had a 22 rebound effort in the third division.

The games in North West Tasmania were on Tuesday and rebounding was the story on the individual front. Smithton pulled out of last place with their win over Wynyard, getting 25 boards from Rhonda Price and 20 boards from Savannah Au. Somerset got 20 rebounds from Vitolia Tuilave as they try to sneak into the top half. Burnie continued rolling towards the top seed after a win over Latrobe. Devonport won at Ulverstone.

Americas

The second half of the season in Brazil started on Thursday with Santo Andre defeating Sao Jose dos Campos. Blumenau won at Maringa on Friday. After a high-scoring first quarter, Ourinhos had to grind out a win over Campinas on Saturday. Sunday’s game was extremely close with Mesquita finally edging Cerrado.

The newer of Mexico’s national leagues started play with series conducted on a Friday-Saturday format. While some of their signings brought greater attention to the league season, the competition this year did not end up being at the scale that was hoped as the league had to scramble just to get to eight teams during a time when clubs that only field men’s teams are supposed to be fined if they do not field a women’s team. Newer to the league in general, Cancun completed the first series with a sweep over Veracruz. Chihuahua is expected to be tough again and swept Leon. Irapuato picked up a pair of wins over Tamaulipas and Aguascalientes finished the weekend with a sweep of Monterrey.

The semifinals were this week in El Salvador and neither series ended in a sweep on Saturday so deciding games were needed on Sunday. It took overtime for Salvadorenas to win after Mishelle Garcia had 33 points for PSN. The other series started with a San Salvador win with 33 points from Arlenys Romero. Santa Ana got 30 points from Dairis Tornell, but had to wait for their home game to pick up their first win. Tornell had 34 points in the finale, but San Salvador was able to pick up the win at home to advance.

Europe

Frankivsk defeated Odessa in the finals in Ukraine and Kyiv defeated Vinnytsia in the bronze medal series. Romania’s championship series came down to a deciding game on Wednesday and Sepsi did not have it easy this season with challenges from multiple teams, but got the win over Targoviste on the road. Kibirkstis won the championship in Lithuania on Wednesday with one last win over Neptunas and LCC International University swept the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences for the bronze medal. The championship in Israel came down to a deciding game on Sunday and Maccabi Ashdod bounced back from a big loss to defeat Hapoel Rishon Lezion. There was no fairytale ending to the long and tremendous career of Taru Tuukkanen after Torpan Pojat was one win away from the championship in Finland only to lose on both Monday and Tuesday to Peli-Karhut.

Ana Raimundo had 32 points to start the finals in Portugal, but Esgueira lost to Benfica. Janai Crooms had 20 rebounds to set up a deciding game for the championship in Malta. Brittany Dinkins had 30 points to start the finals in Iceland, but Njardvik lost the first two games to Haukar. Safiyyah Lee had 33 points to lead her team to the finals in the Bosnian league.

Chase for Promotion

The finals started in Turkey’s second division to determine who would get the second promotion spot after 34 points from Danielle Adams was not enough for Adana to stay in the picture. Canakkale won the opener against Turgutlu as they hold homecourt advantage for the series. The battle to stay in Portugal’s second division continued with a double-overtime thriller and Ana Ramos scoring 31 points to get her team a win after Dorcas Adeyinka had 33 points for the opposition. The playoffs started and Fatumata Balde had 35 points to help Evora surprise Sporting in the opener. In Italy’s second division, Civitanova Marche won the first game of their Playout series after getting 11 steals from Veronica Perini.

It is a big step up from the second division to the first division in Greece with the need to recruit foreigners, but Neas Ionias grabbed one spot by sweeping Dafni Agiou Dimitriou. Germany’s second division concluded with the last four teams trying to win the championship and get priority for promotion. Bad Homburg lost to Osnabruck and Wurzburg lost to Bochum in the semifinals and then Bochum won the championship game. The championship series to get a spot in France’s top division is set now after Toulouse and Montbrison got sweeps.

French League Playdowns Game 5 May 7th

The critical games in this phase were on Wednesday. Villeneuve-d’Ascq looked ready to be a thorn in the side of all of the teams again, but Landerneau knew that a win would secure safety and Nausia Woolfolk and Evelyn Akhator made sure that happened 75-73. The possibility of that result simplified the math in the other game with Chartres trying to get a big enough win at home to flip the tiebreaker with Roche, which was looking to keep the margin close if they could not win outright. Nicole Enabosi led the hosts again, but Brooke McCarty-Williams led the way for Roche, meaning that a 74-67 loss was enough to secure their safety and send Chartres straight back down a level.

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Landerneau [75]: Woolfolk 23 Akhator 20/12r Trasi 14/6r Baker 6/9a
Villeneuve-d’Ascq [73]: Foppossi 18 Gueye 16/7r Heriaud 12/10a Paget 10 Hampton 9 Clark 6 Sissoko 2 Hirsch 0

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Chartres [74]: Enabosi 25/8r Cooper 18 Colas 13/11r Marie 11 Elenga 0
Roche [67]: McCarty-Williams 24 Balayera 12/6r Phillips 7/8r

Standings: Villeneuve-d’Ascq 9-2, Landerneau 5-6, Roche 5-6, Chartres 3-8

Italian League Finals Game 3 May 8th

Venezia needed a win at home on Thursday to avoid a sweep having been competitive in both games against Schio. It was close again in the first half, but the hosts built enough of a lead in the second half for a 67-57 win.

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Venezia [67]: Cubaj 12/6r Smalls 12 Kuier 11/9r Pan 11 Santucci 10 Villa 4/6a Stankovic 4 Berkani 3
Schio [57]: Verona 13/7r Salaun 12 Laksa 9 Juhasz 4/12r Dojkic 2
Schio leads series 2-1

Spanish League Finals Game 1 May 8th

The finals started on Thursday with two of the emerging powers in the league facing one another. Valencia hosted the opener and started well on their way to a 75-65 win, leaving Zaragoza needing a win at home to keep their championship hopes alive.

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Valencia [75]: Alexander 18/6r Fingall 12 Turner 12 Mavunga 9 Fiebich 8/7r Romero 7 Iagupova 5/7r Carrera 4/6r Torrens 0 Dembele 0
Zaragoza [65]: Mawuli 14 Ortiz 12 Nystrom 10 Evans 9 Hempe 7 Pueyo 5 Flores 0

French League Finals Game 1 May 10th

The championship series started on Saturday and Tarbes got to host the opener, trying to pull off a third straight seeding upset from the 8 seed. Landes had the lead early, but could not expand it, leaving the home team room for another second half move and the 56-51 win. Landes would now have to win twice at home to get the championship.

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Tarbes [56]: Sivka 10 Musa 8/10r Miyem 8 Ewodo 3 Cooper 0
Landes [51]: Geiselsoder 18 Lacan 6 Slocum 4

Italian League Finals Game 4 May 10th

Schio tried to clinch the championship on the road again on Saturday and started well. Awak Kuier and Venezie were not ready for elimination yet, fighting back for a 73-67 to force a deciding game on Tuesday.

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Venezia [73]: Kuier 24 Villa 12 Berkani 12 Pan 7 Smalls 6/8r Cubaj 6/6r Stankovic 4 Santucci 2
Schio [67]: Salaun 16 Keys 15 Juhasz 8 Laksa 8 Dojkic 5
Series tied 2-2

Spanish League Finals Game 2 May 11th

Zaragoza needed a win on Sunday to extend the series, but it was Valencia that took the lead on their way to a 71-63 sweep for the championship.

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Zaragoza [63]: Atkinson 14 Flores 7 Nystrom 6 Pueyo 5 Hempe 4 Evans 2
Valencia [71]: Alexander 15/8r Carrera 12 Fiebich 12 Iagupova 9 Torrens 9 Fingall 7/7r Romero 6 Turner 1 Mavunga 0
Valencia wins series 2-0

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Asia

The finals started in Kazakhstan with Astana hosting on both Saturday and Sunday. Turan struggled in the first game and kept it a little closer in the second game, but now faces a tough task when they get to host the next game.

The finals in Taiwan continued on Thursday with both teams trying to move within a game of the championship. Foreign players have not always had the biggest impact since their introduction, but Cayla George poured in 35 points to get Cathay Life the advantage for Saturday. Taiyuan Textile needed the win and tied the score entering the fourth quarter, but Cathay Life controlled the last period for the win and the title.

The semifinals started in Lebanon this weekend and Al Riyadi was at the top of the tiebreaker, getting to face Sporting Club Beirut as the top seed. They won Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for a sweep. Azour won on Tuesday in overtime, but Homenetmen evened the series on Thursday. Azour won again on Saturday to take the lead.

Australia

All of the conferences were in action in NBL1 this weekend, including the South conference. Haliegh Reinoehl had the highest scoring game with 33 points and Rachel Antoniadou turned in a 31 point effort.

It was a weekend of triple-doubles in the North conference as Mia Loyd started it with a 23 point, 10 rebound, 10 assist effort. Erin Bollmann had 25 points, 14 rebounds, and 10 assists and Mikhaela Cann got in on the act with 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists. Monique Bobongie turned in the highest scoring game with a 37 point outburst.

In the West conference, Stacey Barr helped open the weekend with a 31 point game. Maddie Sutton had 22 rebounds in Joondalup’s first game and then they won again in overtime despite Cayla King’s 31 point effort. Anneli Maley quickly returned to Perth after her WNBA exit and had a 31 point game. Daniel Raber had 30 points in a win that saw Karly Murphy score 30 points and grab 21 rebounds for the opposition.

The East conference started out with a 30 point game from young Sitaya Fagan. Kristina Moore had the highest scoring game with a 35 point effort. Jordan Vazquez grabbed 21 rebounds in a game. Caitlyn Jones capped off an impressive weekend with a 30 point game. Kasey Neubert had 21 rebounds in a win where Elizajane Loader scored 30 points for the opposition.

A fun weekend in the Central conference had a 31 point game from Jordan Freer, a 32 point game from Jasmin Fejo, and a 31 point game from Olivia Levicki. While there is a four-way tie at the top of the standings, the Central Districts Lions are still looking for their first win after surrendering a 29 point, 13 rebound, 11 assist triple-double to Ke’shunan James.

The highest scoring game in the top division of Big V was Briana Bailey’s 30 point effort in a loss. Coach Louise Brown inserted herself into a game for the first time this season for the struggling Warrnambool Mermaids. Ashleigh Udesike had a 21 rebound game in the middle division. Emmie Gardner had a 31 point, 26 rebound performance in the bottom division.

The Burnie Tigers continued rolling in North West Tasmania after Millie Baker had 40 points in their win over the Ulverstone Redhoppers. Wynyard’s struggles continued with a loss that saw Lilly O’Neill record 11 steals for the Latrobe Demons. The Somerset Heat avoided falling too far behind after Sharna Appleby had 31 points in their win over the Devonport Warriors. The only game that was not on Tuesday was played Friday and Rhonda Price’s 30 points were not enough for the Smithton Saints against the Penguin Blues.

Americas

The week of games in Brazil started on Tuesday with Blumenau’s win over Sao Jose dos Campos. There were two games on Wednesday as Cerrado slammed the door on Maringa quickly in an easy win. It was a tougher test for Corinthians, but they did eventually leave Campinas with the win. Santo Andre got the win over Mesquita on Thursday. There were two games on Friday as Ourinhos won at Araraquara. Gabi Guimaraes had 32 points in Sampaio’s easy win over Maringa. Saturday also had two games as Cerrado rolled past Blumenau. Jenifer Munoz had 30 points to lead Sao Jose dos Campos in a win over Mesquita. Campinas edged Santo Andre on Sunday.

The series in Mexico were on a Wednesday-Thursday schedule for the second set of games and all teams have at least one win now, but Chihuahua is the only undefeated team after a sweep of Aguascalientes in the debut of their full lineup. A pair of winless teams met with Leon winning the first game at Tamaulipas before the hosts won the next game in decisive fashion. Veracruz picked up their first win behind 32 points from Naomi Davenport, but Irapuato bounced back in the next game. Cancun’s hot start continued in their opener, but Monterrey was able to close out the round with their first win.

There was a sweep in the finals in El Salvador as Anisleidy Galindo had 21 rebounds in the opening game on Wednesday. Salvadorenas could not get the win on Friday and San Salvador won the opening tournament.

Europe

It took overtime on Sunday, but Benfica completed their sweep of Esgueira to win the championship in Portugal. ASEM got 30 points from Xenia Alfiorova to win in the championship in Moldova. Depiro defeated Starlites in the deciding game of the finals in Malta, getting 23 rebounds from Janai Crooms. The championship in Iceland will come down to a deciding game on Tuesday after Njardvik got 20 rebounds from Emilie Hesseldal on Wednesday, withstanding a 35 point game from Lore Devos on Wednesday and then avoided elimination again on Saturday. Emma Gandini had 30 points to lead Sheffield to the British league final.

Chase for Promotion

The other spot in Turkey’s top division will come down to a deciding game on Tuesday. Canakkale won again at home on Monday, but Turgutlu staved off elimination twice with wins on Thursday and Saturday. The teams chasing promotion from Spain’s third division played four games in four days with Sunday’s final games awarding spots to the winners. Sevilla defeated Miralvalle in one game and then Uni Logrono defeated Maristas Coruna. Coimbroes and Sporting earned the promotion spots in Portugal’s second division with the former withstanding 31 points from Mya Burns and the latter getting a 31 point game from Hannah Pratt. The playouts in Italy’s second division ended in sweeps as Torino defeated Vigarano and Civitanova defeated Benevento. There are some question marks about the makeup of the division in Israel next season, but after Bnei Yehuda set up the deciding game with a win on Monday, Hapoel Beer Sheva won the second division on Thursday. The season also featured Lena Fedulova playing in the last regular season game at the age of 52. Toulouse is a game away from making the top division in France officially. The expansion of the second division also created a playoff series for a spot and Strasbourgh Illkirch-Graffenstaden won the first game at home against Le Havre.