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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

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Australian League Round 5

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The round started on Friday as Sydney looked to move to the top of the standings. They kept Canberra winless by taking the game between the university-sponsored teams 68-45.  On Saturday, Dandenong kept pace by beating Melbourne 75-69.  Gabrielle Richards had the weekend’s most impressive performance as Bendigo beat SEQ 84-79.  On Sunday, Sydney won again, this time 73-70 at Townsville.  SEQ kept pace with them after winning in Melbourne 78-63.  Perth kept pace and heaped further misery on Adelaide with a 65-52 win, making it a road team sweep in the final three games after home teams won all the earlier games.

November 6th, 2015

Sydney Uni Flames vs. University of Canberra Capitals 68-45 SYD Swords 17/10r Ebzery 15 Tinkle 12/6r Boag 3/10r Seebohm 0 UCC Talbot 19/11r Montgomery 6 Bibby 4 Haynes 2 Bishop 2 Coddington 0

November 7th, 2015

Dandenong Rangers vs. Melbourne Boomers 75-69 DAN Blicavs 16/9r Cumming 15 Pickrel 11/8r Todhunter 11 MEL Madgen 21 Smart 18 Penaluna 10/10r Oliver 6/7r Veal 2

Bendigo Spirit vs. SEQ Stars 84-79 BEN Richards 33/10r Snell 15/6r Wilson 11/7r/8a Griffin 10/10r Burke 4 Oliver 1 SEQ Mansfield 22 Jarry 19 Stallworth 11/6r Ibekwe 9/13r Lewis 5 Farley 2

November 8th, 2015

Townsville Fire vs. Sydney Uni Flames 70-73 TSV Batkovic 25/7r George 13/14r Novosel 10 Tatham 6 Cocks 5 Gaze 0 Paalvast 0 SYD Ebzery 24 Swords 14/11r Tupaea 14 Boag 6/9r Tinkle 6

Melbourne Boomers vs. SEQ Stars 63-78 MEL Kunek 17 Garrick 15 Madgen 12 Oliver 6 Smart 0 Veal 0 SEQ Ibekwe 20 Mansfield 17/8a Jarry 14 Payne 10/6r Stallworth 6/7r Lewis 6 Allen 5/8r Farley 0

Adelaide Lightning vs. Perth Lynx 52-65 ADL Ruef 14/12r Mitchell 6 Bowen 4/6r Bygate 4 McKendrick 0 PER Lavey 16 Laney 12/11/6a Whitcomb 12 Tomlinson 10/6r Mijovic 6 Wischer 2 Barr 1 Chilcott 0

Standings:

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Czech Republic Round 10

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There was an extra game on Wednesday to finish Round 6 as Strakonice stayed winless after losing to Kara Trutnov.  Round 10 is one in which USK Praha is not participating.  They remain undefeated alongside Nymburk, which had a tricky game at Brno, but won.  Hradec Kralove beat Slavia Prague.  On Sunday, Julia Reisingerova had the strongest individual performance of the week in a Karlovy Vary win over VS Praha.  Kara Trutnov won at Ostrava and Valosun Brno won at Slovanka.

November 4th, 2015

Strakonice vs. Kara Trutnov 65-92 STR Gaislerova 20/6r Krejcova 18 Musilova 10 KAT Pazderova 22/8r Uhrova 21 Nagyova 12 Vondrackova 11 Fall 9/12r Cady 6

November 7th, 2015

Sokol Hradec Kralove vs. BLK Slavia Praha 77-67 HRA Zavazalova 16 Krizova 14 Stara 12/7r Kuthanova 12 SLA Vaughn 19/12r Johnson 19/11r Beronja 15

Zabiny Brno vs. Nymburk 65-70 BRN Vucurovic 17/9r Kasparkova 11 NYM Kuster 19/12r Bortelova 15 Taylor 6

November 8th, 2015

Karlovy Vary vs. VS Praha 71-60 KAV Reisingerova 28/10r Kuslitova 16 VSP Pudlakova 15 Mircova 11 Bakajsova 10/6r Novakova 10

SBS Ostrava vs. Kara Trutnov 49-60 OST Dusanic 13 Vojtikova 9/10r KAT Uhrova 20 Fall 8/8r Cady 6/12r

Slovanka MB vs. Valosun Brno 57-67 SLO Vorlova 24/7r Gobeljic 14 Warner 6 VAL Svrdlikova 19 Sedlakova 13/10r Sanford 8

Standings:

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Chinese League Round 9 November 7th

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With one game left in this phase of the season, the picture is much more clear for the next round.  In the North Division, Beijing handed Xinjiang their first loss despite Tina Charles leading the round in scoring.  The other two teams looking to move on also won as Shenyang beat Heilongjiang and Shanxi beat Liaoning.  In the South Division, Jiangsu beat Shanghai to shake up the picture at the top.  Guangdong took advantage by beating Bayi to pull into a tie for first place.  Henan kept Shandong winless to round out the day.

Henan vs. Shandong 79-58 Henan Huang 16/9r Sun 15 Parker 9/19r/6s Shandong Ji 16 Yu 14 Paris 4

Jiangsu vs. Shanghai 91-71 Jiangsu Breland 25 Chen 15/6a Shanghai Huang 24 Cambage 21/12r

Guangdong vs. Bayi 85-68 Guangdong Leuchanka 21/13r/8a Shen 15 Bayi Sun 19/7r Liu 14

Beijing vs. Xinjiang 87-65 Beijing Fowles 20/8r Shao 16/8a Xinjiang Charles 30/6r Hua 13/6r

Heilongjiang vs. Shenyang 73-83 Heilongjiang Ji 20 McIntyre 17/13r Shenyang Jin 18 Zhao 14

Liaoning vs. Shanxi 66-90 Liaoning Braxton 23/7r Wang 16 Shanxi Taylor 26 Huang 14/8r

Standings:

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Chinese League Round 8 November 5th

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It is near the end of the first stage of league play and there were several key games in the race for divisional positioning.  All teams except the two military-affiliated teams now have a foreign player after Ashley Paris joined Shandong.  The big battle in the South Division was won by Shanghai 70-64 as Elizabeth Cambage and Yelena Leuchanka battled to a draw individually.  Bayi beat winless Shandong 93-88 to stay in third place.  In a battle of Chicago Sky teammates, Jessica Breland and Jiangsu beat Cheyenne Parker and Henan 94-83.  The big game in the North Division saw Xinjiang remain undefeated by beating Shanxi 76-62.  Tina Charles put in the strongest individual performance [Read more…]

Chinese League Round 7 November 3rd

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chinese leagueOne team remains undefeated as Xinjiang took care of business at Shenyang with Wang Lili using a great shooting performance to be the leading non-foreign scorer in the round.  Penny Taylor took overall scoring honors for the day as Shanxi won a statement game against Beijing.  Also in the North Division, Liaoning kept Heilongjiang winless.  The two teams leading the South Division managed close wins as Guangdong beat Jiangsu and Shanghai had a tougher than expected time with winless Shandong.  Bayi beat Henan to stay in the top half of the division. [Read more…]

Australian League Round 4

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WNBLThe weekend of games started in exciting fashion as SEQ beat Sydney 97-89 in overtime to ensure that they would end the weekend atop the standings.  Also on Friday, Bendigo won in Perth 73-67.  On Saturday, Townsville won at Dandenong 83-75 and Melbourne won 91-63 in Canberra to continue the trend of strong showings for the road teams.  On Sunday, Adelaide surprised Bendigo 76-68 to record their first win.  The round of games finished Monday as Melbourne beat Townsville 84-75 despite the second impressive performance of the week by Suzy Batkovic. [Read more…]

Chinese League Round 6 October 31st

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It is now past the midway point of the first portion of the season in China.  Xinjiang remains the only unbeaten team, keeping Heilongjiang winless 96-58. Beijing tries to keep pace in the North as they beat Liaoning 66-53.  Shanxi continues to await their star as they lost 59-56 to Shenyang.  In the South, the two teams at the top are still tied.  Guangdong beat Henan 81-66 and Elizabeth Cambage was the leading scorer of the round again as Shanghai beat Bayi 82-75.  Jiangsu kept Shandong winless with an 81-60 win.

Guangdong vs. Henan 81-66 Guangdong Leuchanka 25/15r Huang 17/9r Henan Sun 18 Parker 12/9r

Bayi vs. Shanghai 75-82 Bayi Sun MX 22 Sun MR 17 Shanghai Cambage 29/11r Huang 18/6r

Jiangsu vs. Shandong 81-60 Jiangsu Jin 15 Chen 12 Breland 9/16r Shandong Wang 12 Yu 11

Liaoning vs. Beijing 53-66 Liaoning Wang 19/6r Braxton 17/7r Beijing Fowles 17/14r Zhang 12 Gao 12

Shanxi vs. Shenyang 56-59 Shanxi Wei 18/9r Taylor 12 Shenyang Liu 16 Jin 15/8r

Heilongjiang vs. Xinjiang 58-96 Heilongjiang Ji 20/7r McIntyre 14/8r Xinjiang Charles 27/11r Peng 22

Standings:

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EuroCup First Round Recap

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eurocup1After a pair of qualifying games determined the last team to play in the group stage, the main portion of the competition started this week with games spread across Wednesday and Thursday.  The 32 teams were divided roughly geographically with 16 teams from the more eastern half of Europe split among Groups A through D.  Group E through H consisted of 16 teams from the more western half of Europe.  In this round, each teams plays a six game double round robin schedule.  The top two teams in each group will advance to the next round.

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EuroLeague Third Round Recap

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euroleage 2Games this week got a rare Tuesday start as Castors Braine built a big lead on their Spanish visitors in Belgium on their way to a 73-60 win.  Defending champions USK Praha are still trying to get their healthy full strength roster together as they were unable to win in Orenburg in Russia as Nadezhda held on by a 58-54 margin.  The team they beat in the final, UMMC Ekaterinburg, remains the only unbeaten team after they dominated the second half in Poland to win 88-52 over Wisla Krakow, which stays winless.  An exciting game in France closed Wednesday Group B action as Bourges needed overtime to overcome their visitors from Abdullah Gul University 63-57, earning their first win of the season and handing the Turkish team their first loss.

All of the Group A games were on Wednesday, starting in Russia, where an overwhelming performance by Nneka Ogwumike powered Dynamo Kursk past their Italian visitors 63-58.  It was also close in Slovakia as Good Angels Kosice welcomed Turkey’s Galatasaray and won 54-59.  Sopron built an early lead in Hungary, but Spain’s Avenida fought back and nearly completed a comeback before losing 73-67.  Fenerbahce made the trip from Turkey to France and trailed heading into the final quarter at Villeneuve before a huge run helped them to a 69-55 win to close out another exciting week of EuroLeague action as teams continue to fight for quarterfinal spots.

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