Americas
A quieter week in El Salvador started on Tuesday with Yenifer Jimenez scoring 41 points only for Monsenor Romero to come up short against Salvadorenas. Elisa Dominguez had 43 points on Thursday to outscore the opposition herself by a point as San Salvador stayed undefeated. Ahuachapan bounced back on Saturday though by edging Capitalinas to pick up their first win. The other game that day was Santa Ana’s win over Monsenor Romero.
The week in Puerto Rico started with three games on Wednesday, including Carolina’s comeback win over Fajardo. Santurce rolled past Ponce and Isabela escaped with a win over Moca. On Thursday, Juana Diaz’s strong start did not hold up in a loss to Caguas. A busy Friday started with Isabella’s win at Manati as Moca defeated Fajardo. Ponce’s big comeback got them the win over Santurce and then the day ended with Carolina’s narrow win at Hatillo. Caguas breezed past Juana Diaz on Saturday. Sunday started with a Manati win over Hatillo, followed by Carolina’s win over Santurce and Fajardo’s win over Ponce. Isabela defeated Moca on Monday to finish the week.
After hosting the confederation club championship, the season started in Chile this week with two teams facing off who had just competed in that event. Andrea Daley had 31 points in Sportiva Italiana’s overtime win after they came close to winning that title.
The new season also started in Argentina this weekend with all but one team playing a game. The teams are now divided into three regions instead of two. The last game on Monday saw Sofia Acevedo score 30 points to lead her team in a win.
New Zealand
This week of games started on Friday as the Whai prevailed in both the reserve and main games against the Pouakai. The Kahu doubled up the opposition in the reserve game on Sunday, but the Pouakai avenged that result in the main game later. The Queens won their reserve game, but 32 points from Charlisse Leger-Walker was not enough as the Hoiho won the main game.
Europe
Albania’s season started on Thursday with Flamutari defeating Tirana in the Supercup. the Supercup in Greece was played after the regular season had already started and Athinaikos got the win over Proteas Voulas on Wednesday. Play in the Baltic continued as Shug Dickson had 30 points in a loss while Georgia Woolley had a 32 point game. A double-overtime thriller saw Gintare Paulauskaite score 33 points in the win. Cup games in Germany saw Jarla Muller score 30 points and Maja Manten add 24 rebounds in a win while Andrea Jovicevic had 38 points to lead her team to victory. Leagues started elsewhere as well, including Estonia.
Chae Harris had 32 points in her professional debut in the Bosnian league as Miljana Dzombeta recorded a 16 point, 15 rebound, 16 assist triple-double and Marija Damjanovic grabbed 20 rebounds during the opening weekend. Danyel Middleton had 31 points in the first week of games in Bulgaria. Patience Williams had 32 points in her professional debut during opening week in Kosovo. The opening weekend in Norway included a 32 point game for Tatiana Thomas in her professional debut and a 35 point game from Stine Austgulen.
Pia Jurhar had a 21 rebound game in Austria. Emilie Hesseldal had a 10 point, 14 rebound, 11 assist, 10 steal quadruple-double in Denmark. In the British league, Alyssa Durazo-Frescas had 36 points and her teammate Ivory Finley had 30 points. Tanaya Atkinson had a 10 point, 12 rebound, 11 assist triple-double in Israel. Desiree Ramos had 33 points in a loss in Luxembourg. Becca Wann Taylor is back at it for Barcelos in Portugal and had 20 rebounds. Destiny Garrett had 39 points in a loss in Serbia and had 35 points in the next game only for them to lose in overtime. Sandra Frau-Garcia had 11 steals in Sweden.
Amyah Allen poured in another 36 points in Croatia and her teammate Edita Skec grabbed 24 rebounds while Zaay Green had a 32 point game. A double-round week in Finland included a 35 point game from Annika Aarrejoki and a 31 point game from Silja Viita. Brittany Dinkins had games of 36 and 30 points in Iceland as Rebekka Steingrimsdottir had 30 points for the opposition in the second game. In Switzerland, a double-round week had Kylie Lavelle delivering games of 32 and 34 points in losses while Caileigh Walsh had a 30 point game.
Lower divisions are also in full swing as teams try to play their way to the top division. The weekend in France’s second division included 33 points from Danielle Dibanzilua, 21 rebounds from Julie Tetart, and 15 assists from Emilie Raynaud. Iceland’s second division had some big statlines as Shawnteanna Tillman had 41 points while Asdis Jonsdottir and Emma Snaebjarnardottir had 33 points each. Summer Pahl had 20 rebounds in Portugal’s second division. Raluca Tivadar had 32 points in Romania’s second division when the opposition only managed 18 points while Bianca Stan dropped 50 points in another game. In Serbia’s second division, Natasa Bucevac had 22 rebounds in a loss and Jana Petrovic had a 12 steal game. Celia Garcia had a 30 point game in Spain’s second division. Lourdes Perez had 33 points in Spain’s third division. The opening weekend in Turkey’s second division included a 26 point, 12 rebound, 10 assist triple-double from Eda Sahin and a 30 point overseas debut from Zee Spearman.
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