The first round of the new year marked the halfway point in the regular season in Italy. It started off with Gintare Petronyte leading Napoli past Sesto San Giovanni 71-64. In the battle for the last spots in the playoffs, Jasmine Bailey helped San Martino beat Umbertide 68-52. Some of Schio’s stars were rested, allowing Martina Bestagno to take center stage as they beat Orvieto 82-62. Ragusa eventually pulled away from Venezia for a 70-49 win as they battled to stay in first place. Yvonne Anderson took the honors as the top scorer of the round after leading Torino past Reshanda Gray and Battipaglia 84-76. A terrific battle inside saw Sam Ostarello and Vigarano beat Uju Ugoka and Parma 80-67. The only game that was not on Sunday came on Wednesday, as Jillian Harmon helped Lucca keep pace with the league lead in an 86-70 win over Samantha Prahalis and Cagliari.
January 3, 2016
Sesto San Giovanni vs. Napoli 64-71 SES Mandache 18 Brown 16 Ercoli 10/9r NAP Petronyte 23/18r Pastore 17 Quinn 8/10r Burdick 4
San Martino vs. Umbertide 68-52 SAN Bailey 23/11r Pascalau 13/8r Davis 10 Sbrissa 4 UMB Simmons 17 Agunbiade 8/12r
Orvieto vs. Schio 62-82 ORV Dietrick 16 Wicijowski 12/15r Mancinelli 12 Baldelli 10 SCH Bestagno 22/6r Sottana 15 Walker 13/7r Anderson 13/7r Masciadri 9 Ress 0
Ragusa vs. Venezia 70-49 RAG Little 19/8r Micovic 11 Nadalin 10 Brunson 4/8r VEN Christmas 16/9r Fontenette 7
Battipaglia vs. Torino 76-84 BAT Gray 21/15r Treffers 18/6r Bonasia 12/6r Tagliamento 10 Boyd 6 TOR Anderson 31 Smith 19/12r Sotiriou 14 Puliti 11/6r Mitongu 7/9r
Vigarano vs. Parma 80-67 VIG Ostarello 20/19r Crudo 16 Cigliani 12 Tognalini 11/7r D’Alie 7/7r Orrange 7 PAR Ugoka 19/23r Spreafico 11 Clark 10/7r
January 6, 2016
Cagliari vs. Lucca 70-86 CAG Prahalis 23 Milic 19/8r Benic 12 LUC Harmon 30/6s Reggiani 15 Wojta 12/13r Dotto 11 Pedersen 8
Standings:
- Ragusa 12-1
- Lucca 12-1
- Schio 11-2
- Venezia 10-3
- Napoli 7-6
- San Martino 7-6
- Umbertide 6-7
- Battipaglia 5-8
- Parma 5-8
- Torino 4-9
- Sesto San Giovanni 3-10
- Vigarano 3-10
- Orvieto 3-10
- Cagliari 3-10
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