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World Cup Quarterfinals
All of the quarterfinals were played on Thursday and the first game was not close as the United rolled past Hungary 108-56. The next game was not much more competitive as France eliminated Han Xu and China 90-61. Belgium knew that it would be tough to defeat the hosts, but Emma Meesseman was hoping to…
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World Cup Knockout Round
The knockout rounds started with two games on Tuesday and two games on Wednesday. In the first game, Hungary took the lead early and held it for pretty much the entire help until Japan tied it briefly before halftime. They had a great second half and got the 84-63 win with Reka Lelik leading the…
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World Cup Game 3
Group C Monday’s action started in this group as the final day of group play involved simultaneous tipoffs in the event that the results of both games would affect each other, although that only ended up being the case in one group. In this group, one of the games would determine which team took first…
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Weekly Report #65
Arab Club Championship Seven teams are contesting this year’s Arab Club Championship in Alexandria, a historically prestigious event in the region. The tournament being in Egypt led to significant representation from the country, starting with Al Ahly winning the opener on Thursday against Sharjah of the United Arab Emirates behind 31 points from Nadine Soliman.…
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World Cup Game 2
Group A Play on Saturday started in this group as Iyana Martin and Spain were looking to build on the momentum from their opener. Mali had other ideas as they were looking to record a historic result, getting an early lead and then seizing it back after halftime for the massive 82-73 win. The other…
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World Cup Game 1
The group stages started on Friday with all teams playing on the opening day. Each team will play three games during this stage with the last place in each group getting eliminated. The team in the top spot of each group will advance directly to the quarterfinals while the teams in second and third place…