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Chinese League 2nd Stage Round 3 November 26th

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November 26, 2015

A Group:

The round featured a clash between the last two unbeaten teams as Shanghai just edged Beijing on the road 60-56.  Xinjiang went to Shanxi and won 74-63 as Tina Charles could not be stopped despite a great all-around performance from Penny Taylor.  With Yelena Leuchanka just finishing in Belarus, Shenyang and Guangdong featured all Chinese players with Li Meng leading the army club to the win.

Beijing vs. Shanghai 56-60 BJ Fowles 18/7r Zhou 15 SH Cambage 23/7r Shi 22

Shanxi vs. Xinjiang 63-74 SN Taylor 26/9r/7a/7s Wei 14 XJ Charles 35/13r Ma 12

Shenyang vs. Guangdong 81-64 SY Li 26 Jin 14/6r GD Huang 20/11r Yu 10

Standings:

  1. Shanghai 3-0
  2. Beijing 2-1
  3. Xinjiang 2-1
  4. Shenyang 1-2
  5. Guangdong 1-2
  6. Shanxi 0-3

B Group:

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EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers Round 2

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November 25, 2015

A handful of new teams made their debuts in this format after not playing on Saturday.  Slovenia, Belgium, and Finland joined in as Latvia, Poland, and Sweden did not play.  All of the other groups have seen all teams playing two games now.

Group A:

Slovenia saw their first action, controlling the second half in Kedainiai to record a key 73-64 road win in Lithuania.

Lithuania vs. Slovenia 73-64 LTU Sulciute 16/6r Gutkauskaite 11 Nacickaite 10 Petronyte 8/9r Okockyte 8 Kuktiene 7 Solopova 4 Grigalauskyte 0 Paugaite 0 Pikciute 0 Siksniute 0 Visgaudaite DNP SLO Erkic 19 Oblak 16 Lisec 12 Baric 11 Pirsic 9/8r Trebec 4 Zdolsek 2 Ljubenovic 0 Rupnik DNP Jakovina DNP Gjerkes DNP Prezelj DNP

Standings: Slovenia 1-0 Latvia 1-0 Lithuania 0-2

Group B:

Croatia shook off a sluggish start in Tallinn to win 67-55 in Estonia as Shavonte Zellous led the way.  France eventually pulled away from the Netherlands to win 76-52 in Amsterdam.

Estonia vs. Croatia 55-67 EST Nikolai 13 Koster 12 Puu 6 Anderson 6 Mesila-Kaarmann 6 Bratka 5 Pokk 3 Sokman 2 Piibur 2 Rosenfeldt DNP Kosk DNP Perv DNP CRO Zellous 21 Ciglar 14 Rezan 11 Sandric 6 Premasunac 5/9r Ivankovic 4/6r Ivezic 4 Dzankic 2 Begic 0/6r Dojkic 0 Borovic 0 Packovski 0

Netherlands vs. France 52-76 NED Treffers 14/7r Broring 11 Halman 9 Van Den Adel 6 Butter 5 Klein 4 Van Grinsven 2 Bettonvil 1 Ligthart 0 Klerx 0 Ndiba 0 Bettonvil 0 FRA Miyem 16/8r Johannes 15 Amant 10 Skrela 9 Ayayi 7/11r Gaye 6 Dumerc 6 Ciak 4 Gomis-Halilovic 3 Lardy 0 Michel 0 Kamba 0

Standings: France 2-0 Croatia 1-1 Netherlands 1-1 Estonia 0-2 [Read more…]

Chinese League 2nd Stage Round 2 November 24th

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A Group

This group saw the much anticipated clash of Australian foreigners with Elizabeth Cambage beating Penny Taylor and Shanxi 71-58.  Shenyang felt the disadvantage of not having a foreign player as Sylvia Fowles led Beijing past them 78-53.  Xinjiang barely scraped by Guangdong 64-62 despite the advantage of having a foreign player at their disposal.

Shanghai vs. Shanxi 71-58 SH Cambage 27/11r Shi 18 SN Taylor 18/12r Ma 16/9

Shenyang vs. Beijing 53-78 SY Li 15/6r Jin 14 BJ Fowles 27/11r Shao 16

Xinjiang vs. Guangdong 64-62 XJ Charles 17/8r Wang 12/11r GD Huang 16/8r Zhu 14/9r

B Group

Henan beat Heilongjiang 75-66 and Liaoning beat Shandong 84-69.  Bayi and Jiangsu ended up as basically a matchup of domestic players with Bayi winning 82-79.

Henan vs. Heilongjiang 75-66 HA Parker 19/14r Sun 19 HL McIntyre 20/12r Liu 12/6r

Liaoning vs. Shandong 84-69 LN Liang 24 Cheng 20 Braxton 6 SD Ji 16/9r Yu 14 Paris 13/9r

Bayi vs. Jiangsu 82-79 81 Sun 22/7r Lu 19/8r JS Li 28 Chen 22 Breland 0

Australian League Round 7

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australian flagThe round started with high scoring games on Friday.  Townsville won 88-85 at SEQ behind a big Suzy Batkovic performance.  In Perth, Samantha Whitcomb out-dueled Leilani Mitchell as Perty beat Adelaide 93-85.  On Saturday, Katie-Rae Ebzery fired Sydney past SEQ to keep the tie at the top of the standings, wasting a second straight strong effort from Nadeen Payne.  Melbourne beat Bendigo 78-58.  On Sunday, Suzy Batkovic showed no signs of slowing down and Renee Montgomery could not help Canberra record their first win.  The round closed with Bendigo beating Dandenong 63-49.

November 20, 2015

SEQ Stars vs. Townsville Fire 85-88 SEQ Payne 26 Mansfield 20 Lewis 14/8r Ibekwe 8 Allen 7 Jarry 6/7r/8a Stallworth 4 Farley 0 TSV Batkovic 30/7r George 15/15r Tatham 15/6r Cocks 13 Novosel 8 Gaze 0

Perth Lynx vs. Adelaide Lightning 93-85 PER Whitcomb 28 Laney 15/10r Mijovic 15 Burton 11 Tomlinson 10 Chilcott 3 Wischer 0 ADL Mitchell 26 Bowen 15 Ruef 14/7r Standish 12 [Read more…]

Chinese League 2nd Stage Round 1 November 21st

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The next stage of the season started in China with teams divided into two groups based on performances in the first stage.  This stage is also a double round robin among the six teams in each group.

A Group

The group of top teams started off with a set of great games.  Shanghai needed a comeback in the second half to beat Shenyang 79-73 as Elizabeth Cambage led the way.  Despite a big Penny Taylor performance, Shanxi could not take advantage of Yelena Leuchanka’s absence from Guangdong for international duty and lost 81-80.  Beijing beat Xinjiang 80-74 to show the best team from the first stage that things will get tougher now.  Shao Ting had the best performance of a local player in the win while Tina Charles had another solid outing in the loss.

Shanghai vs. Shenyang 79-73 SH Cambage 30/14r Shi 17 SY Jin 19/7 Li 15

Guangdong vs. Shanxi 81-80 GD Yu 18/7r Yang 17 SN Taylor 30/11r Wei 14/9r

Xinjiang vs. Beijing 74-80 XJ Charles 29/8r Zhang 13 BJ Shao 27 Fowles 14/13r

B Group

In the other group, Liaoning won 80-72 at Henan with help from their domestic players.  Jessica Breland led Jiangsu past Heilongjiang 89-76.  Sun Mengxin had the biggest scoring day of any player in either group as Bayi beat Shandong 88-74.

Henan vs. Liaoning 72-80 HA Chen 20 Parker 19/13r LN Wang 27/7r Hu 18/8r Braxton 9/9

Jiangsu vs. Heilongjiang 89-76 JS Breland 25/11r Jin 21 HL Ji 22 Liu 20/6r McIntyre 5/6r

Bayi vs. Shandong 88-74 81 Sun 32/10r Lu 22/10r SD Paris 14/11r Wang 14/6r

EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers Round 1

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November 21, 2015

Group A:

Latvia was one of the teams hoping to benefit from having a full strength team in the middle of the season and they beat their neighbors Lithuania 65-62 at home in Riga.

Latvia vs. Lithuania 65-62 LAT Teilane 15/6r Jekabsone-Zogota 15 Basko-Melnbarde 12 Steinberga 9 Rozenberga 6 Putnina 5 Babkina 3 Melnika 0 Krastina 0 Eibele DNP Priede DNP Vitola DNP LTU Nacickaite 14 Okocyte 11/8a Sulciute 11 Petronyte 10 Kuktiene 7/9r Siksniute 4 Paugaite 4 Gutkauskaite 1 Grigalauskyte 0 Solopova 0 Pikciute 0 Skadaite DNP

 

Group B:

Endene Miyem led France past Estonia 69-41 in Bourges.  In Amsterdam, the hosts controlled the second half to upend Croatia 76-67 win Zera Butter leading the way.

France vs. Estonia 69-41 FRA Miyem 22 Ciak 13/6r Amant 9 Ayayi 8 Kamba 5 Skrela 4 Bernies 2 Dumerc 2 Salagnac 2 Tanqueray 2 Gaye 0 Michel 0 EST Pokk 12/6r Puu 7 Anderson 7 Mesila-Kaarmann 4 Piibur 4 Nikolai 3 Perv 2 Koster 2 Bratka 0/6r Rosenfeldt 0 Kosk DNP Maaring DNP

Netherlands vs. Croatia 76-67 NED Butter 23 Treffers 14/6r Halman 14 Van Grinsven 8 Van Den Adel 5 Ligthart 4 Klein 4 Bettonvil 2 Broring 2 Ndiba 0 Kuijt 0 Bettonvil 0 CRO Ciglar 19/7a Ivezic 14/7r Sandric 9 Rezan 7/7r Premasunac 7 Zellous 6 Ivankovic 5 Begic 0 Borovic DNP Dzankic DNP Dojkic DNP Packovski DNP [Read more…]

EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers Preview

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A new qualification scheme for EuroBasket comes into place as teams look to earn spots in the summer of 2017.  As before, hosts qualify automatically, so the Czech Republic knows that it will be one of sixteen teams there.  Unlike previous editions, all of the other countries who wish to join must go through the qualifying process.  This is possible because qualification is held during the club season instead of the summer. Teams that were involved in global tournaments used to be given a break from qualifying to represent the continent on a wider scale.  The teams have been divided into nine groups with three groups containing three teams and six groups containing four teams.  Each winner of the group’s  double round robin advances.  The second place teams are then ranked with six of the nine taking the final places in the tournament.  In order to ensure a fair comparison between groups of different sizes, results against fourth place teams are removed before comparing teams.  The first two rounds of games will take place this Saturday and Wednesday.  There will also be two rounds of games in February with the qualification process wrapping up with two more rounds in November. [Read more…]

Chinese League Cross-Divisional Playoff

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After divisional play, the third and fourth place team in each division played a two game series against a team from each division. The two winners joined group A in the next round and the two losers fell to group B.

Both Game 1s took place on Saturday.  The fourth place team in the North Division beat the third place team in the South Division as Sylvia Fowles led Beijing past Jiangsu 78-62.  The other game also went to the North Division team as Penny Taylor could not be stopped in Shanxi’s 71-66 win at Bayi.  Hosting flipped for the second game of each series.

The second games were both on Tuesday.  Shanxi also beat Bayi in the second game 78-72 to win the series outright.  The other series was much more dramatic as Jiangsu used home court advantage, shrinking the deficit but coming up just short with only a 67-54 win.  Beijing advances 132-129 to complete the groupings for the next round, which starts on Saturday.

November 14, 2015

Beijing vs. Jiangsu 78-62 BEI Fowles 21/14r Gao 18 JIA Chen 21 Jin 14 Breland 4

Bayi vs. Shanxi 66-71 BAY Sun 18/11r Zhang 14 SHA Taylor 30/11r/6s Huang 10/13r

November 17, 2015

Jiangsu vs. Beijing 67-54 JIA Breland 20/13r Chen 14 BEI Fowles 15/14r Zhang 15/6r

Shanxi vs. Bayi 78-72 SHA Taylor 25/11r Wei 19 BAY Zuo 18/8a Sun 11

Australian League Round 6

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The round started on Friday with Perth and SEQ picking up wins again. Perth won 83-66 over Dandenong and  SEQ beat Melbourne 78-62. Sydney held off Adelaide 84-79 to keep up with the other two teams at the top.  On Saturday, Adelaide had a quick turnaround and kept Canberra winless 78-71.  On Sunday, Townsville eased past Melbourne 85-57.  Perth won 86-73 at Bendigo to create a three way tie at the top of the standings.

November 13, 2015

Perth Lynx vs. Dandenong Rangers 83-66 PER Mijovic 21 Whitcomb 16/6r Laney 16 Tomlinson 11/9r Burton 6 Chilcott 6 Wischer 0 DAN Kennedy 12 Blicavs 11/11r Pickrel 11 Cunningham 0

Sydney University Flames vs. Adelaide Lightning 84-79 SYD Tupaea 24 Ebzery 19/7r Boag 10/7r Swords 8 Tinkle 6 ADL Ruef 18/9r Mitchell 17/6r/7a Dombkins 15 Robinson 11/7r Standish 10 Bowen 5 Bygate 0

SEQ Stars vs. Melbourne Boomers 78-62 SEQ Ibekwe 20/13r Jarry 14/7r Stallworth 14 Mansfield 10/6r Lewis 8 Allen 5/6r Farley 0 MEL Madgen 18 Garrick 17 Penaluna 12 Oliver 6 Smart 2

November 14, 2015

University of Canberra Capitals vs. Adelaide Lightning 71-78 UCC Bibby 20 Bishop 19/11r Montgomery 14 Talbot 6/8r Coddington 0 Haynes 0 ADL Standish 20/10r Bowen 14/9r Mitchell 12 Ruef 8/13r Bygate 0

November 15, 2015

Townsville Fire vs. Melbourne Boomers 85-57 TSV Batkovic 17/9r Cocks 15 George 11/13r Tatham 9 Novosel 6 Gaze 3 Paalvast 2 MEL Madgen 21/6a Penaluna 18/6r Smart 5 Oliver 4

Bendigo Spirit vs. Perth Lynx 73-86 BEN Snell 16 Griffin 15 Harrington 13 Richards 11/13r Oliver 7 Burke 1 Spencer 0 PER Whitcomb 17 Tomlinson 17 Mijovic 16 Lavey 11/7r Chilcott 9 Laney 8/6r Burton 6 Wischer 2

Standings:

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Chinese League Round 10 November 10th

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This stage of the season is now complete in China.  In the South Division, the two division leaders won easily as Shanghai beat Henan 70-54 and Guangdong beat Shandong 79-63.  Jiangsu beat Bayi 66-57 in an important game for placement in the cross-divisional playoff.  In the North Division,  Shenyang beat Beijing 76-67 to move into the key second spot.  Xinjiang had a surprisingly tough time with Liaoning, but Tina Charles carried the team along for a 72-65 win.  Penny Taylor needed to be at her best as well in order to lead Shanxi to a 74-71 win over Heilongjiang so that her team could take the third spot.  Heilongjiang and Shandong finish this stage winless.

Shanghai vs. Henan 70-54 Shanghai Cambage 25/13r Shi 14 Henan Sun 19 Parker 12/11r

Guangdong vs. Shandong 79-63 Guangdong Leuchanka 24/17r Huang 11/11r Shandong Wang 17 Paris 9/11r

Jiangsu vs. Bayi 66-57 Jiangsu Breland 18/12r Chen 18 Bayi Sun 17 Zhang 13/6r

Shenyang vs. Beijing 76-67 Shenyang Li 27/7r Jin 22 Beijing Fowles 27/7r Sun 13

Liaoning vs. Xinjiang 65-72 Liaoning Cheng 29/7r Wang 12/6r Xinjiang Charles 42/10r Hua 10/11r

Heilongjiang vs. Shanxi 71-74 Heilongjiang Ji 24 McIntyre 15/6r Shangxi Taylor 38 Ma 11

Standings:

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