November 9, 2019

All the game in this round were on Saturday because of the international break, starting with Sara Bocchetti and Vigarano beating Palermo 88-75.  Lucca edged Sesto San Giovanni 67-65.  Jaime Nared and Broni beat Ilaria Milazzo and Torino 78-73.  Schio kept KK Houser and Battipaglia winless 63-47.  Giulia Rulli helped Costa Magnasa win a battle of two of the league’s newcomers 73-67 over Bologna.  The big game of the day was between the last two undefeated teams and it was Dearica Hamby and Ashley Walker making sure that Ragusa stayed in the top spot, beating Venezia 83-60.

Vigarano vs. Palermo 88-75 VIG Bocchetti 27 Miccoli 17/7r Bolden 12 Kunaiyi-Akpanah 10/22r Attura 8 PAL Verona 16/6r Flores 14 Miccio 13/8r Gatling 11/6r Cooper 7

Lucca vs. Sesto San Giovanni 67-65 LUC Jeffery 17/6r Jakubcova 14/10r Zempare 6/10r Ravelli 6 SES Williams 15 Oroszova 11/8r Verona 11 Brunner 6/7r

Broni vs. Torino 78-73 BRO Nared 23 Ngo Ndjock 19/13r Tikvic 11 TOR Milazzo 22 Brcaninovic 13/10r Kinard 13 Salvini 10 Barberis 10

Schio vs. Battipaglia 63-47 SCH Gruda 14/6r DeShields 13/6r Harmon 8/9r BAT Houser 20 Tagliamento 15/8r Gomez 6

Bologna vs. Costa Masnaga 67-73 BOL Salvadores 15 Begic 11/8r Tassinari 10 Tava 10 Williams 7/7r D’Alie 5 COS Rulli 23/7r Baldelli 18 Frost 8/12r Davis 5

Empoli vs. San Martino di Lupari 52-83 EMP Ramo 11 Stepanova 11 Mathias 10 Morris 8/6r SAM Filippi 19 Bjorklund 18 Ostarello 16/10r Tonello 12

Ragusa vs. Venezia 83-60 RAG Hamby 34 Walker 24/10r Ibekwe 5/8r Romeo 3 VEN Steinberga 11 Petronyte 10/7r De Pretto 10 Anderson 8/7r Penna 4 Macchi 0

Standings:

1. Ragusa 6-0
2. Venezia 5-1
3. San Martino di Lupari 5-1
4. Schio 5-1
5. Lucca 4-2
6. Sesto San Giovanni 3-3
7. Vigarano 3-3
8. Broni 3-3
9. Empoli 3-3
10. Costa Masnaga 2-4
11. Palermo 1-5
12. Torino 1-5
13. Bologna 1-5
14. Battipaglia 0-6

The round started on Saturday with Costa Masnaga controlling the fourth quarter to beat Jaime Nared and Broni 73-67 and pick up their first win.  On Sunday, Brooque Williams led Sesto San Giovanni to a shockingly easy win over Bologna.  Dearica Hamby and Martina Kacerik kept Ragusa at the top of the standings with a 97-66 win over Markeisha Gatling and Palermo.  Schio beat Vigarano 89-57.  Venezia won a battle of undefeated team with San Martino di Lupari 75-62.  Battipaglia is the only winless team after a 77-64 loss to Lucca.  The day ended with Empoli beating Torino 83-69.

November 2, 2019

Costa Masnaga vs. Broni 73-67 COS Davis 19/6a Frost 14/13r Pavel 14/8r Baldelli 14 BRO Nared 23/7r Orazzo 12 Premasunac 11/9r Spreafico 11

November 3, 2019

Sesto San Giovanni vs. Bologna 103-66 SES Williams 26/8r Crudo 16 Oroszova 14 Panzera 13 Brunner 4/6r Botteghi 4 BOL Begic 14/7r Williams 14 Salvadores 12/8r Micovic 10/6r D’Alie 0

Palermo vs. Ragusa 66-97 PAL Gatling 23/7r Russo 16 Cupido 10/6r Flores 0 RAG Hamby 21/9r Kacerik 20 Romeo 17 Consolini 15/7r Walker 10

Schio vs. Vigarano 89-57 SCH Andre’ 14/8r Gruda 14/6r DeShields 12 Keys 10/12r Harmon 8 VIG Bocchetti 17 Bolden 12 Attura 9 Kunaiyi-Akpanah 1/10r

Venezia vs. San Martino di Lupari 75-62 VEN Petronyte 15/15r Carangelo 15/6r Penna 15 Steinberga 14/11r Anderson 7 Macchi 0/6a SAM Ostarello 16/9r Sulciute 15 Bjorklund 15

Battipaglia vs. Lucca 64-77 BAT Houser 19/7a Jarosz 16/10r Tagliamento 13/6r Gomez 5 LUC Jeffery 14/7a Jakubcova 12/10r Ravelli 10 Zempare 7/18r

Torino vs. Empoli 69-83 TOR Milazzo 16/6r Brcaninovic 15/17r Del Pero 13 Kinard 12 Barberis 10 EMP Stepanova 19/10r Morris 18/6r Mathias 11/6r Madonna 11/11a Narviciute 10

Standings:

1. Ragusa 5-0
2. Venezia 5-0
3. Schio 4-1
4. San Martino di Lupari 4-1
5. Sesto San Giovanni 3-2
6. Lucca 3-2
7. Empoli 3-2
8. Broni 2-3
9. Vigarano 2-3
10. Palermo 1-4
11. Torino 1-4
12. Costa Masnaga 1-4
13. Bologna 1-4
14. Battipaglia 0-5

The round started with Palermo getting to host Venezia, but losing 79-60 on Tuesday.  The rest of the games were on Wednesday, including a 76-65 win at Vigarano for Sesto San Giovanni.  Schio had another slow start, but were dominant in the second half to beat Torino 76-42.  Costa found their top division start to be tough again after an 82-51 loss to San Martino di Lupari.  The teams that were helped by the expansion of the league faced off and Tayara Madonna led Empoli past Battipaglia 79-54.  Angela Salvadores led Bologna again, but they fell to Ragusa 76-68.

October 8, 2019

Palermo vs. Venezia 60-79 PAL Russo 12 Gatling 10/6r Flores 10 Cupido 10 Miccio 10 VEN Steinberga 17/8r Anderson 13 Bestagno 11 Penna 8 Ciabattoni 7 Macchi 2

October 9, 2019

Vigarano vs. Sesto San Giovanni 65-76 VIG Bolden 14 Kunaiyi-Akpanah 10/14r Attura 10/6r Miccoli 10/6r Bocchetti 10 SES Ercoli 14 Orosoza 12/7r Panzera 10/7r Brunner 9/9r Williams 9 Botteghi 2

Torino vs. Schio 42-76 TOR Brcaninovic 9 Kinard 5/6r SCH Lisec 12/11r Harmon 12/7r Gruda 11/9r

San Martino di Lupari vs. Costa 82-51 SAM Bjorklund 19/8r Filippi 15 Sulciute 11/7r Toffolo 11 Ostarello 9/9r COS Davis 17 Pavel 12 Frost 10/6r

Empoli vs. Battipaglia 79-54 EMP Madonna 28 Morris 13 Ramo 10 Mathias 7/7r BAT Tagliamento 19 Houser 18/9r Gomez 2

Ragusa vs. Bologna 76-68 RAG Romeo 19 Nicolodi 14/11r Walker 14 Consolini 12 Ibekwe 10 BOL Salvadores 23 Williams 15 Begic 11/9r D’Alie 9

Broni vs. Lucca 74-82 BRO Nared 19 Spreafico 19 LUC Jeffery 19/6r Jakubcova 13/10r Orsili 11 Zempare 10/6r Bonasia 10 Ravelli 10

The season started on Saturday with the entire weekend of games at a neutral site.  Schio took a while to look like champions against Empoli, but got the 73-57 win even though Maci Morris made her professional debut.  Venezia continued their momentum with an 81-64 win over Torino, which handed professional debuts to Moesha Kinard and Alexis Jennings.  League expansion meant that more teams were able to secure promotion from the second division including Palermo, which lost to Sesto San Giovanni 70-57.  Ragusa beat Lucca 73-54 as both teams try to establish themselves again near the top of the standings.  On Sunday, ambitious Bologna got a great first game from Angela Salvadores, but fell to Jaime Nared and Broni 79-76.  Marta Gomez made her professional debut and KK Houser had a big game for Battipaglia, but they lost to San Martino di Lupari.  Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah helped Vigarano win 83-77 in her professional debut as Elisabeth Pavel tried to get Costa, which got their own professional debut from Reyna Frost, a win for one of the promoted clubs, but fell short.

October 5, 2019

Schio vs. Empoli 73-57 SCH Harmon 16/6r Gruda 15 Keys 13 EMP Stepanova 15/10r Morris 9 Mathias 9

Venezia vs. Torino 81-64 VEN Penna 16 Bestagno 15/8r Steinberga 10/6r De Pretto 10 Anderson 8 Ciabattoni 5/6r Macchi 3 TOR Del Pero 15 Kinard 11 Jennings 6/10r

Sesto San Giovanni vs. Palermo 70-57 SES Verona 18/8r Williams 13 Brunner 12 Panzera 12/9s Oroszova 3/9r Botteghi 0 PAL Miccio 14 Cupido 13 Gatling 11/12r Flores 7

Lucca vs. Ragusa 54-73 LUC Zempare 12/7r Jeffery 12 Ravelli 5 Jakubcova 4 RAG Walker 18 Ibekwe 14/8r Romeo 5

October 6, 2019

Bologna vs. Broni 76-79 BOL Salvadores 33 Williams 12/11r Begic 11 D’Alie 10/6r BRO Nared 22 Tikvic 17/11r Ngo Ndjock 12 Orazzo 12

Battipaglia vs. San Martino di Lupari 59-71 BAT Houser 23/7r/7a Galbiati 13 Tagliamento 11/8r Gomez 4 SAM Ostarello 16/9r Sulciute 10/9r Bjorklund 10 Fietta 10

Costa vs. Vigarano 77-83 COS Pavel 22/11r Rulli 13 Frost 12/8r Davis 12 VIG Kunaiyi-Akpanah 19/18r Attura 18 Bolden 16 Bocchetti 10

May 9, 2019

Ragusa tried to pull off another upset at home on Thursday and got a good game from Nicole Romeo, but Schio made sure that there would be no more drama as they built a lead early on their way to an 81-62 win.  There was plenty of drama in the regular season as multiple teams emerged trying to bring down the league giants, but the team that was expected to win it all did so with a strong playoffs.

Ragusa vs. Schio 62-81 RAG Romeo 22 Consolini 11 Hamby 11 Harmon 8/6r Kuster 4 SCH Lavender 17/9r Quigley 15 Gruda 15 Dotto 10/7a Battisodo 10 Masciadri 3

Schio wins series 3-1

May 7, 2019

On Tuesday, Ragusa needed a win at home to extend their season.  It was close throughout, but they maintained their edge on Schio to win 67-62 and force another game on Thursday.

Ragusa vs. Schio 67-62 RAG Hamby 18/9r Kuster 14 Romeo 13 Harmon 12/6r SCH Quigley 17 Gruda 14 Lavender 14 Masciadri 0

Schio leads series 2-1

May 3, 2019

Schio did not mess around on Friday, jumping out to a massive lead and rolling to a 65-47 win behind Jantel Lavender.  While they will be looking to close out the series on Tuesday, Ragusa did come back from the same deficit in the last round and will still feel like they fight their way back into contention when they host.

Schio vs. Ragusa 65-47 SCH Lavender 21/8r Gruda 12/8r Quigley 11 Dotto 10 Masciadri 0 RAG Romeo 13 Gianolla 10 Kuster 8 Hamby 6/10r Harmon 0

Schio leads series 2-0

May 1, 2019

The fight for the championship started on Wednesday.  Fresh off a dramatic series win to reach this point, Ragusa showed early that they were not going to back down from the favorites.  Schio recovered in the second half, dominating the final frame behind Allie Quigley to win 69-64.  The top seed will also get to host the next game on Friday.

Schio vs. Ragusa 69-64 SCH Quigley 21/6r Lavender 15/7r Gruda 12/10r RAG Kuster 14/6r Cinili 14 Harmon 13/6r Hamby 8/8r Romeo 7

April 27, 2019

There was only one deciding game played on Saturday.  Dearica Hamby and Ragusa started extremely well, but needed to fend off Venezia late to win 82-76, pulling off three straight wins after losing the first two games.

Venezia vs. Ragusa 76-82 VEN Steinberga 19/12r Carangelo 18/8r Macchi 13 Sanders 10 Gulich 5 RAG Hamby 25/9r Kuster 15 Harmon 12/6r Cinili 10 Romeo 8/7a

Ragusa wins series 3-2