Two teams had three games to play and they took care of their Round 25 game against each other on Friday. Neither team had their full roster, but there was an opportunity for messages to be sent about a possible championship meeting and it went back and forth in Girona before Magali Mendy led the hosts to a 79-78 win over Avenida. The originally scheduled final round with simultaneous tipoffs was played on Sunday even with two games Tuesday. Valencia was happy to get one player back in a 75-61 win over Araski. After a fast start in Lugo, it got a little close for Girona, but they still won 75-69 over Ensino. Bembibre found themselves trailing after a quarter to a Ferrol team just playing out the string, but they controlled the rest of the game to win 80-47 to leave themselves checking other scores to see if they secured safety. Zaragoza has some momentum heading into the playoffs as Merritt Hempe and Sierra Calhoun led them to an 81-64 win over Jovana Nogic and Promete. Leganes started well, but got no help from their neighbors as Begona De Santiago and Melisa Gretter led Estudiantes to a 74-68 win. Gernika sewed up the last playoff spot with a 63-52 win over Sedis. That was not the help that Gran Canaria needed and they ended up losing to Leonor Rodriguez Avenida 79-55 anyway. Theresa Plaisance did everything that she could for Tenerife, but it was not enough to avoid the drop as they lost to Gipuzkoa 82-76. The first game Tuesday was from Round 26 with Girona winning at Gernika 82-75. Leganes had a wild season mercifully ended with their Round 28 game, an 80-48 loss to Avenida.
April 15, 2022
Girona vs. Avenida 79-78 GIR Mendy 23 Burke 19 Reisingerova 10 Flores 7 AVE Samuelson 15 Rodriguez 12 Hof 10 Cazorla 10 Vilaro 8 Elonu 6 Alarie 5 Fasoula 2
April 17, 2022
Valencia vs. Araski 75-61 VAL Romero 19 Gulich 15/8r Allen 13/11r Carrera 7 ARA Dongue 17/6r Atkinson 16/6r Zec 6 Seda 2 Christinaki 0
Ensino vs. Girona 69-75 ENS Van Den Adel 19 White 14/9r Silva 13 Prieto 6 Lizarazu 2 Abalde 0 GIR Burke 18/6r Mendy 15 Reisingerova 13 Gardner 10 Flores 5/7r
Ferrol vs. Bembibre 47-80 FER Gari 16 Cabrera 12 Koenen 10/10r Grande 5 Swart 4/9r BEM N’Diaye 12 Melgoza 11 Miller 10/16r Jakovina 10/7r Lass 8 Kalin 6
Zaragoza vs. Promete 81-64 ZAR Hempe 22 Calhoun 20/8r Bettencourt 16/7r Gimeno 12 Kostourkova 0 PRO Nogic 20 Geldof 15 Diarra 6/7r Ayuso 4 Perez 0
Estudiantes vs. Leganes 74-68 EST De Santiago 24/9r Gretter 22/6r/7a Fingall 13/10r LEG Hermida 17 Palenikova 16 Tate 15/9r Pierre-Louis 10 Hartmann 3 Koizar 0 Jespersen 0
Gernika vs. Sedis 63-52 Stats not available yet
Avenida vs. Gran Canaria 79-55 AVE Rodriguez 22 Samuelson 17 Vilaro 13/6r Cazorla 9/7a Elonu 5 Fasoula 2 Alarie 2 Hof 2 GRA Nesbitt 17 Giomi 15/13r Fall 12/6r Jorge 8 Millan 3 Obouh Fegue 0
Gipuzkoa vs. Tenerife 82-76 GIP Diaz 14 Coulibaly 13/8r Cox 13/7r Cvitkovic 11 Brown 10/8r Cornelius 9/6a Harden 4 TEN Plaisance 32/13r Gorecki 19/6r Hruscakova 15
April 19, 2022
Gernika vs. Girona 75-82 GER Buch 16 Ginzo 14/6r Brcaninovic 12 Higgs 12 Silva 9/6a Moore 6 Roundtree 2 GIR Araujo 16/6r Drammeh 15 Mendy 14 Burke 10 Labuckiene 10 Flores 9 Reisingerova 4
Avenida vs. Leganes 80-48 AVE Rodriguez 19 Fasoula 14/8r Kat. Samuelson 12 Kar. Samuelson 11 Alarie 8 Elonu 6 Cazorla 4 Vilaro 2/10r Hof 2 LEG Dembele 14 Pierre-Louis 11 Tate 7 Koizar 6
Standings:
- Avenida 28-2
- Valencia 25-5
- Girona 25-5
- Sedis 19-11
- Zaragoza 18-12
- Gipuzkoa 17-13
- Estudiantes 15-15
- Gernika 14-16
- Gran Canaria 12-18
- Ensino 12-18
- Promete 11-19
- Araski 11-19
- Leganes 9-21
- Bembibre 9-21
- Tenerife 9-21
- Ferrol 6-24
Leaders:
Scoring: 1. Atkinson 16.4, 2. Caldwell 15.5, 3. Plaisance 15.3, 4. Coulibaly 15.3, 5. Burke 15.1, 6. Gardner 14.7, 7. Dongue 14.5, 8. Koenen 13.9, 9. Etxarri 13.9, 10. Pierre-Louis 13.7
Rebounding: 1. Kone 11.3, 2. Plaisance 9.6, 3. Giomi 8.5, 4. Diarra 8.3, 5. Etxarri 8.2, 6. Coulibaly 8.2, 7. Pierre-Louis 8.0, 8. Fingall 7.4, 9. Koenen 7.3, 10. Dongue 6.4
Assists: 1. Ouvina 4.7, 2. Gretter 4.5, 3. Palau 4.1, 4. Cazorla 4.1, 5. Ayuso 4.0, 6. Nesbitt 4.0, 7. Dominguez 3.9, 8. Ocete 3.5, 9. Buch 3.0, 10. Carter 2.9