Americas
The week in El Salvador started on Tuesday as Elisa Dominguez had 31 points in San Salvador’s win over Monsenor Romero. Salvadorenas got the win over Santa Tecla on Thursday, but lost on Saturday when Rachel Contreras had 32 rebounds for Santa Ana. Monsenor Romero defeated Capitalinas on Sunday. San Salvador stayed perfect on Monday with a win over Santa Tecla.
The week in Puerto Rico started on Tuesday with an Isabela win over Hatillo. There were three games on Wednesday as Caguas won at Ponce and Santurce won at Fajardo. Manati used a second half comeback to defeat Moca. On Thursday, Carolina rolled past Hatillo and then it took overtime for Juana Diaz to get a win over Isabela. Santurce won at Moca on Friday and then an overtime game went to Manati over Caguas. Saturday started with Juana Diaz’s 66-54 win over Hatillo even though Imani McGee-Stafford grabbed 22 rebounds. Ponce defeated Fajardo in an overtime game. Sunday’s games had Santurce defeating Moca, Manati defeating Caguas, and Carolina winning at Isabela.
New Zealand
The week started with a game on Friday as the Hoiho edged the reserve game and then defeated the Whai in the main game as well. Two games on Sunday started with the Kahu winning the reserve game decisively before the Hoiho won the main game. The Pouakai won the reserve game and then it was Mikayla Vaughn who had 32 points to lead them to a massive win in the main game even with the Queens getting their full starting lineup together.
Europe
AEL Limassol won the Super Cup to start the season in Cyprus. Claire Pikett had a 24 point, 11 rebound, 10 steal triple-double to start the cup in Malta. More leagues started in Europe, including Germany, Greece, Slovenia, Sweden. The Baltic and British leagues also started play. Opening weekend in Croatia included a 33 point game from Katarina Trehub and a 37 point game from Amyah Allen in her professional debut. Opening week in Finland included a 34 point game from Kelly Moten. Timisoara only managed 13 points to start the season in Romania, a total that Cameron Thomas, Gabriela Munteanu, Bride Kennedy-Hopoate, Ellen Jarvinen, and Nicoleta Ghita all exceeded for Targoviste. There was a big duel to start the season in Portugal as Macy Smith had 34 points in the win while Taylor Langan reached that mark in the loss.
Ivona Pilic scored 33 points in Austria. Lauren Van Kleunen had 32 points in Luxembourg while a great duel saw Desiree Ramos score 35 points in the win while Akilah Bethel had 30 points on the other side. A busy week in Switzerland saw Lashonda Monk have games of 33 and 43 points in losses, the latter coming when Madison Torresin scored 32 points for the opposition. Louise Forsyth also had a 32 point game. Kiara Letlow had 30 points in Germany’s second division. Shawnteanna Tillman’s 34 point game in Iceland’s second division sealed a win.
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