Bulgaria defeated Poland by 15 points in the first game of their best of two series. Bulgarians opened a double-digit lead in the second quarter and spent the rest of the game successfully defending it. Bulgarians were led by the forward Radostina Dimitrova, who had 22 points on 10 of 15 shooting. Double-digit scoring efforts also for Milena Tomova and ... Read More »
Greece and Bulgaria are the final two teams to book a place in best of two semifinal series in EuroBasket Women 2015 qualification first round. Greece will play Israel while Poland will face Bulgaria in the semis that will start on Saturday. Group A Greece got through in the first game of the day by defeating Estonians. Unlike in their ... Read More »
EuroBasket Women 2015 qualification for teams that will not participate in the 2013 tournament started today. 14 teams are playing for one spot. Only the group winners will advance to semifinals. Only surprise of the first day could be Greece almost blowing 8 point lead in less than 30 seconds to Netherlands. Group A Greece quite masterfully almost blew an ... Read More »
Latvia overcame a seven point fourth quarter deficit to defeat Lithuania in the now third annual breast cancer awareness game in Riga. After five unanswered points to start the quarter, Lithuania had a seven point lead over the hosts two minutes in the final quarter. Unfortunately for them they scored just four points the rest of the way while the ... Read More »
Italy won their first game by narrowly defeating Bulgaria in Frosinone. Winning shot in the game belonged to Sabrina Cinili who made the game winner with seconds remaining on the clock. Evelina Guneva missed her chance to take back the win for Bulgaria. Over the course of the low scoring game Italian lead was as big as 9 points. Cinili ... Read More »
French club Charleville-Mezieres has announced the re-signing of guards Ekaterina Dimitrova and Amel Bouderra as well as forward Yacine Sene. Read More »
Newly crowned German champions TSV 1880 Wasserburg have signed Latvian center Anita Teilane for the upcoming season, her agents inform. Read More »
Dunav 8806 controlled the fourth game of the finals and comfortably clinched their second consecutive Bulgarian league title. The breaking point in this game was the second quarter in which Dunav held Neftochimic to 8 points, extending their lead at halftime to seventeen points. Kristina Santiago and Radostina Dimitrova each had 19 points in the win for Dunav. Viive-Kai Rebane ... Read More »
Bulgaria last weak announced a list of 14 candidates for EuroBasket Women 2015 Qualifiers. Read More »
Big game by Kristina Santiago propelled Dunav 8806 to 2-1 series lead over Neftochimic 2010. Santiago scored 28 points on 11 of 18 shooting and had 17 rebounds for Dunav in the win. Neftochimic led by five in the first quarter in which Viive-Kai Rebane scored 14 of her 20 points. In the second half Dunav took the lead over ... Read More »
Neftochimic tied the Bulgarian finals against Dunav in the second game of series. Neftochimic led at home for most of the game by a couple of possessions. Estonian forward Viive-Kai Rebane led Neftochimic with 23 points and 13 rebounds. 17 points for Ashley Gayle, 15 – Olga Dubrovina. Kristina Santiago led Dunav with 17 points and 12 rebounds. Next game ... Read More »
Dunav 8806 began their title defense with a double overtime win over Neftochimic. Dunav started off better after a 11-2 start of the game and a 13 point lead after the first quarter. Neftochimic reduced the deficit slowly and methodically. They tied the game at the end of regulation and at the end of first overtime with Ashley Gayle and ... Read More »
Neftochimic completed comeback from being down 1-2 in the series to claim a series win 3-2 against Haskovo 2012. Neftochimic built their lead in the first two quarters and did not allow Haskovo to cut in to it in the second half. Both Olga Dubrovina and Ashley Gayle scored 22 points for Neftochimic. Gayle also led the team in rebounding ... Read More »
Dunav 8806 clinched their place in the finals while Neftochimic were able to tie the series against Haskovo. Dunav outscored Montana 51-29 in the second quarter to clinch their place in the finals. Kristina Santiago led her team with 30 points (14/22 FG) and 9 rebounds. 13 points apiece in the win for Zornitsa Kostova and Merike Anderson. Milena Tomova ... Read More »
Montana prevailed against Dunav in a double overtime game after three of Dunav’s starters fouled out. Amanda Johnson forced the second overtime with a successful attack in the final seconds of first OT. She finished with 22 points and 18 rebounds. Milena Tomova led Montana with 23 points and 14 rebounds. Montana won the game mostly on the fact they ... Read More »
Dunav overcame a 4-12 deficit at the start to narrowly defeat Montana. Estonian forward Merike Anderson led Dunav with 22 points, Kristina Santiago added 15 points and 10 rebounds. Haskovo surprised regular season leaders Neftochimic to even the series. Haskovo opened the second half with 13-0 run as their lead reached 14 points. At the end of the game Haskovo ... Read More »
Dunav 8806 and Neftochimic 2010 opened their best of five semifinal series with convincing victories. Kristina Santiago led Dunav with 26 points, Merike Anderson added 17. Milena Tomova was the top scorer for Montana with 20 points. Neftochimic won the opening quarter 32-19 and cruised the rest of the way. Olga Dubrovina was the top scorer for Neftochimic with 28 ... Read More »
Haskovo 2012 is the final team that has reached Bulgarian league quarterfinals. To do that they defeated Levski, playing on the road. Haskovo players were able to overcome a 7 point homeside lead by staging a 15-2 run in the final quarter. Serbian guard Nikolina Nikolic led Haskovo with 22 points on 7 of 17 shooting. 15 points and 22 ... Read More »
Spanish club Rivas Ecopolis has announced that Bulgarian forward Jaklin Zlatanova will undergo another surgery to fix a partial tear in her Achilles. Read More »
Dunav 8806 and Montana 2003 have punched their semifinal tickets and the only uncertainty that remains is whether Haskovo 2012 or Levski will join them in the semis. Bulgarian forward Tsvetomira Sharenkapova led the way with 18 points and 6 rebounds. 17 points and 10 boards for Kristina Santiago. Montana 2003 outscored Beroe Stara Zagora 9-0 in the final 70 ... Read More »
With Neftochimic 2010 awaiting in the semis, remaining six teams have started their 2013 playoff campaigns. Second ranked Dunav 8806 had absolutely no trouble defeating last placed Rilski Sportist. Kristina Santiago led Dunav with 21 points on 8 of 13 shooting. Impressive third quarter which Levski won with a score 33-15, propelled them to a victory against Haskovo 2012. Bulgarian ... Read More »
EuroCup Women squad from Bulgaria, Dunav 8806, won their fourth consecutive Bulgarian Cup by defeating Bulgarian league leaders Neftohimik 2010. Dunav reached a double-digit lead in the first half and never gave it up. Tournament MVP Amanda Johnson led Dunav in the final with 25 points. Kristina Santiago had 20 points. Johnson scored 18 points in the semi against Montana. ... Read More »
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