FIBA
Week in Review
By Cheryl Coward at 3 October, 2009, 2:33 am
WNBL
Kristi Harrower
Australia’s WNBL kicked off their 30th season this week in Bulleen, north of Melbourne. Kristi Harrower of the Los Angeles Sparks signed to play with the Bendigo Bank Spirit. So far, she has short-term contract. The team had to raise money to fund her salary. Shortly after arriving from Los Angeles, she led Bendigo in a win over the Dandenong Jayco Rangers with a 23 point effort.
Former WNBA player Margo Twigg (known more by her maiden Dydek) and sister Marta are signed to play on the same team, the Logan Thunder. Margo is the tallest active women’s professional basketball player at 7′2". She holds the record for most blocks in a WNBA career, with 877 blocks in 323 games. Her sister Marta is 6′6" and played for the University of Texas-El Paso.
WNBA Awards
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Read More >>Top high school hoopsters compete at FIBA Americas U16 Championship for Women
By Cheryl Coward at 8 August, 2009, 11:35 am
The USA Women’s U16 National Team landed in Mexico City yesterday for the 2009 FIBA Americas U16 Championship. The tournament is a qualifier for the 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship scheduled for July 16-25 in France.
The team plays its first game Aug. 10 against the Dominican Republic, followed by Puerto Rico on Aug. 11 and Argentina on Aug. 12. The top two finishing teams in each preliminary round group will advance to the semifinals on Aug. 13.
A draw placed the USA in Group B along with Argentina, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Group A includes Canada, Brazil, Guatemala and host country Mexico
The bottom two teams from each group will play for 5th through 8th places. The gold medal game will be played Friday, Aug. 14.
The 2009 USA U16 National Team includes:
- Jordan Adams (Mater Dei H.S./Irvine, Calif.)
- Cierra Burdick (Butler H.S./Mathews, N.C.)
- Bashaara Graves
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Read More >>Preliminary round scores from the FIBA U19 World Championship for Women in Thailand
By Cheryl Coward at 24 July, 2009, 7:28 am
July 23
Preliminary Round
- France 89 Korea 47
- Japan 85 Tunisia 64
- Australia 75 Argentina 51
- Russia 54 Canada 46
- Spain 90 USA 86
- Brazil 104 Thailand 45
- Czech Republic 84 Lithuania 72
- China 86 Mali 60
The USA take on China today.
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Read More >>France beats Russia to win European Women’s Basketball Championship
By Cheryl Coward at 20 June, 2009, 3:50 pm
France overcame a fourth-quarter run by basketball powerhouse Russia to win the European Women’s Basketball Championship, 57-53, in Riga, Latvia.
Center Sandrine Gruda had 12 points and seven rebounds for France. Emmeline Ndongue added 11 points.
French basketball legend Cathy Melain was scheduled to retire from competition this year, but put off leaving the game to compete in this year’s EuroBasket. She finished with two points and six rebounds.
France returned to the final in only their second appearance in the tournament since they won the gold medal in 2001 when they beat Russia, 73-68.
They qualified for the final after beating Belarus, 64-56, in Friday’s semifinals.
In the fourth quarter, Russia did not make it easy for France to maintain the lead they held for the previous three periods. France led at the half, 30-19.
In the fourth quarter, with less than two minutes to go, Russia came within…
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