USA college grads won the third of three tournaments against U19 National Teams. Australia defeated China to take the second place. While their scorers from that game are unknown, Casey Samuels had a good tournament with 19 & 26 points scored in the second and third games. Gong Li and Yang Hengyu were the top players for China as both ... Read More »
Brazilian NT team without Erika and Iziane were not match for an Atlanta Dream squad that played without Erika, Angel McCoughtry and Sancho Lyttle. Brazil were somewhat respectable in the first half, trailing by just fifteen points, but it all got much worse in the second one as the Dream outscored them 56-21 to claim a 50 point win. Courtney ... Read More »
Chinese and Australian U19 National Teams handed defeats to USA in the second of three tournaments that are held in China. Thanks to win in the game between both of them China won the tournament and was the best U19 team for the second time. Only defeat for the Chinese came at the hands of the lowly Brazil. Yang Hengyu ... Read More »
A team of American college graduates won the first of three tournaments held in China which features U19 NT’s from China, Australia and Brazil. Two of those wins were narrow one point ones against China and Australia. Of the U19 teams, the hosts were the most successful team. They defeated Brazil by 16 points and Australia by 12. Among the ... Read More »
Brazilian club Americana has announced the signing of young Brazilian center Damiris Dantas and Paraguayan guard Paola Ferrari, Globo Esporte writes. Read More »
Brazilian Basketball Federation has released a list of twelve players that will head to China to play in three mini tournaments with China, USA and Australia. Barring injuries these players should be among the favorites to play in U19 World Championship that in July will be played in Lithuania. Best player on the Brazilian U18 NT last summer, Ramona Lyra Macedo, ... Read More »
Newly appointed Brazilian National Team head coach Luiz Augsto Zanon has announced a list of 14 players who will go to USA for two games against WNBA’s Atlanta Dream and Washington Mystics. Read More »
Defending Brazilian league champions Sport Recife have announced the signings of Brazilian forward Izabela Andrade and American post Sandora Irvin. Read More »
Brazilian champions Sport Recife have extended their captain Adriana Moises Pinto and signed Tatiane Pacheco and Nadia Colhado. Read More »
Just like last week Recife defeated Americana in a closely fought up and down game, pulling out the win only in the final minutes of regulation when they opened an eight point lead. It was too much for Americana to overcome in front of a capacity crowd at Recife. Veterans Adriana Moises Pinto and Erika de Souza led Recife with ... Read More »
Holding their opponents to five points in the final quarter sealed the all important first victory in the best of three Brazilian league series for Sport Club do Recife. American forward Alex Mongtomery led Recife with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Erika de Souza had 10 points and 12 rebounds for Recife. Clarissa dos Santos led Americana with 17 points ... Read More »
Brazilian Basketball Federation has named Luiz Augusto Zanon the new head coach of the women’s National Team. Read More »
SC do Recife and Americana clinched their finals spots with wins in their best of three semifinal series. Erika de Souza scored 24 points and had 14 rebounds as Recife pulled away from Sao Jose in the final quarter. Adriana Moises Pinto and Palmira Cristina Marcal had 14 points apiece in the win. Patricia Teixeira Ribeiro led Sao Jose with ... Read More »
Best of three semifinal series in Brazilian league tipped off this weekend. Regular season winners Recife finally started their postseason with a win at Sao Jose Colinas Shopping. Erika de Souza led Recife with 21 points, Adriana Moises Pinto had 16. 23 year old forward Tatiane Pacheco Nascimento led Sao Jose with 19 points on 7 of 14 shooting. Iziane ... Read More »
A double overtime was required to determine the final semifinalist as Sao Jose Colinas Shopping prevailed on their home court. Patricia Teixeira Ribeiro led Sao Jose with 18 points, Cristina Souza de Carvalho added 17. Fabiana Kelly Silva de Oliveira led Santo Andre with 35 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists. In the semis that start this weekend, Sao Jose ... Read More »
Americana and Maranhao have advanced to the semifinals of Brazilian league with wins in the second games of the series. Sao Jose Colinas meanwhile extended the series against Santo Andre Semasa, forcing the deciding third game on Tuesday. Karla Costa scored 21 points and Clarissa dos Santos added 20 in Americana’s rout of Ourinhos. Kelly Santos had 19 points in ... Read More »
After a very brief 12 round season, first round of the quarterfinals in the Brazilian league started last Saturday finished yesterday. First round saw Americana roll past Ourinhos Basquete with Karla Costa leading the way with 18 points. Clarissa Cristina dos Santos added 15 points and 11 rebounds in the win. Iziane Castro Marques went off for 41 points as ... Read More »
Brazilian Liga de Basquete Feminino team Americana yesterday presented it’s newest signing - American guard Roneeka Hodges. Read More »
According to the league site, Brazilian club Sport Recife has signed American forward Alex Montgomery for the upcoming season. Read More »
Brazilian squad Sport Recife has announced the signing of American guard Skylar Collins. Read More »
In addition to signing Damiris Dantas, Brazilian squad Ourinhos Basquete also announced signing of American center Abi Olajuwon. Read More »
Young Brazilian talent Damiris Dantas is set to return to Brazil after a season in Spain after signing with Ourinhos Basquete. Read More »
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