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Weekly Report #16
Americas Another week of games in Puerto Rico started with a barnburner last Monday as it took overtime for Juana Diaz to get past Caguas. On Tuesday, Santurce was the first team to nine wins after getting past Manati. There were three games scheduled for Wednesday, but Yauco’s home game against Caguas had to be…
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Italian Supercup
The season started on Saturday with the semifinals of the Supercup. Stephanie Mavunga and Venezia had the advantage of a couple of continental games under their belt and raced past San Martino di Lupari, which got professional debuts from Liz Scott, Tova Sabel, and Jordan Hobbs, 83-38. That meant a big showdown in the championship…
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Spanish Supercup
Huesca is the site of this year’s Supercup to start the season with the semifinals being played on Saturday. Hind Ben Abdelkader and Valencia fended off Avenida in the first game and Merritt Hempe and Zaragoza rolled past Jairis later. That set up a championship series rematch on Sunday and Zaragoza was able to avenge…
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Polish Supercup
The season opening event was played on Sunday as the game was a rematch of the championship series from last year. Gorzow, which lost that series, but won the cup competition, got an impressive debut at the top level from young Magdalena Kloska to take the 78-69 win. Mathilda Ekh made her professional debut for…
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Hungarian League Round 1 September 27th-28th
This was the first weekend of the season with all but one of the games taking place on Saturday. There was a big surprise immediately when BEAC stunned Gyor 65-59 as Zyheima Swint made her professional debut. Alberte Rimdal had Csata looking to pull off their own upset in her professional debut alongside Jada Walker,…
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Asia Medal Games September 28th
Both medal games were played on Sunday, starting with the contest for the bronze. Amari Robinson and the Ulaanbaatar Amazons had the lead early, but Lee So-Hee and Busan rallied in the fourth quarter to get the 79-74 win. The championship game was close for a quarter, but hosts Guangdong were able to build a…