France posted third rout of Italy in as many games. France pulled away from Italy with a 13-0 run to end the first quarter. By the fourth quarter their lead reached 33 points. Sandrine Gruda led France this time with 19 points, Endene Miyem had 17 points. Francesca Dotto was the top Italian player with 9 points. Serbia lost the ... Read More »
France routed Italy for the second time in two days, this time holding them to 39 points. Italians finished the game better than they played it for most part – they scored 23 points in the first 30 minutes of regulation. Ana Cata Chitiga led France with 12 points. Endene Miyem had 11, Marielle Amant – 8. Gaia Gorini led ... Read More »
EuroBasket Women 2013 hosts France opened their pre-tournament games with a convincing win over another EBW participant Italy. France made their big run in the second half of second quarter. After Italy pulled within one point they outscored them 13-1 in the final 5+ minutes of the half. In the third quarter France didn’t allow Italy to get the deficit ... Read More »
After the end of their domestic league season, Italian Basketball Federation has released a list of 18 candidates for the Italian NT this summer. The roster features all twelve players who were instrumental, under the guidance of Roberto Richini, in Italian qualification for the tournament. Italians will gather for camp on May 12. From May 18 to 20, Italy will ... Read More »
Turkish club Istanbul Universitesi has announced signing of Israeli guard Liron Cohen. Read More »
Famila Schio finished the Italian league finals by sweeping Gesam Gas Lucca with a convincing game three win. After trading baskets at the start of the game, Schio finished the first quarter on a 11-0 run, which turned out to be game deciding. Lucca would not get closer than within three shots in the game. Jantel Lavender led Schio with ... Read More »
Famila Schio held Lucca to 4 points in the fourth quarter to claim win in game two of the Italian league finals. Schio blew 8 point halftime lead, finding themselves trailing by a point in the third quarter. Kathy Wambe had 14 points (12 of them in the first half) for Schio, as did Laura Macchi. Marie Ruzickova led Lucca ... Read More »
Famila Schio blew a 11 point lead in the third quarter, but they bounced back in the fourth quarter to win the first game of Italian finals. Lucca outscored Schio 14-2 to end the third quarter. In the fourth quarter Lucca’s lead reached 4 points. Schio got back in the game quickly and it was even throughout the end. Down ... Read More »
Both Famila Schio and Gesam Gas Lucca finished their series sweeps and advanced to the finals. After going 7 of 30 in the first two games, D’Andra Moss had her high scoring one in the third round. She finished the game with 30 points on 13 of 22 shooting. That still wasn’t good enough for Umbertide to win against Schio. ... Read More »
Schio and Lucca have gone ahead in their best of five semifinal series with a score 2-0. Schio started slow but pulled away from Umbertide in the second half for another double-digit victory. Jantel Lavender led Schio with 18 points and 14 rebounds. Raffaella Masciadri had 13 points. Naomi Halman led Umbertide with 14 points, while D’Andra Moss was 3 ... Read More »
Famila Schio obliterated Umbertide in their semifinal opener. Schio obtained a 20 point lead in the first quarter and it was plain sailing the rest of the way. Jantel Lavender led Schio with 17 points, Jennifer Nadalin added 15. D’Andra Moss was the only Umbertide player to reach double-digits with 13 points. A strong second quarter carried Gesam Gas Lucca ... Read More »
All four quarterfinal series concluded on Sunday, which means that defending champions Goldbet Taranto have been eliminated from further title contention. Difference in that game between Umbertide and Taranto turned out to be Courtney Willis who hit the game winner – just her second made shot (of 3 attempted) in 32 minutes on the floor. D’Andra Moss led Umbertide in ... Read More »
It’s currently unconfirmed by the team, but reports are coming from Schio that American wing Danielle McCray has torn her Achilles. Read More »
Best of three quarterfinal series in Italian A1 league started on Thursday. Defending champions Goldbet Taranto blew a double digit second half lead, going scoreless in the final five minutes, getting outscored 9-0 by Umbertide. D’Andra Moss led Umbertide with 24 points on 6 of 9 shooting from the field and 10 of 10 from the freethrow line. Nicole Antibe ... Read More »
Final round of regular season for most part was about the final place in the playoffs. Orvieto notched it by narrowly defeating CUS Chieti and after GMA Pozzuoli lost to Schio. Shamela Hampton led orvieto with 16 pints in the win. Serbian center Jefimija Karakasevic led Chieti with 21 points. Jantel Lavender scored 25 points and 11 rebounds in Schio’s ... Read More »
On Wednesday Schio, once again, led by Jantel Lavender secured the top place in Italian league. They defeated CUS Cagliari. Lavender led the way for Schio with 18 points. Elin Eldebrink had 22 points for Cagliari. Lucca held Orvieto to 39 points as they cruised to their win that secured them second place. Marie Ruzickova scored 14 points for Lucca. ... Read More »
With a change in the schedule due to Schio advancing to the next round of ELW, only 3 of the four round 17 games were played this week. Orvieto instead of hosting Prioli, played a game against Schio which was scheduled for Round 19 in two weeks. In the three round 17 games that were played, the winner was determined ... Read More »
Famila Schio defeated Gesam Gas Lucca in the final of Italian Cup, which was their seventh Cup win and third in the last four seasons. In the final their opponents did not put up much resistance as Schio’s lead grew steadily throughout the game. Top contributor in the win was Jantel Lavender who had 26 points on 11 of 15 ... Read More »
Defending Italian champions Goldbet Taranto have announced the signing of Italian American guard Michelle Greco. Read More »
Jantel Lavender recorded 25 points and 11 rebounds as Schio continue to dominate Italian league with a win against Priolo. CUS Chieti made a big step towards a top 8 spot with an overtime win against Umbertide. 19 points in the win for Jazmine Sepulveda. In a battle for the third place Goldbet Taranto led for the first three quarters, ... Read More »
With ELW playoffs looming Schio played their Round 19 game with Orvieto two weeks ago. In that game Schio defeated Orvieto with Jantel Lavender scoring 22 points. Jillian Harmon had 29 points, Sonja Kireta scored 24 points and 14 rebounds as Lavezzini Parma held off Pozzuoli in a high scoring game. Darxia Morris led Pozzuoli with 27 points. Kelley Cain ... Read More »
Kalana Greene had her best outing of the season as she led Pozzuoli to a win against Chieti with 21 points and 6 steals. In a game that was played on Wednesday Schio beat Umbertide. Danielle McCray had 13 points in the win, Jantel Lavender – 12. Barbora Fabianova and Cinzia Arioli each had 18 points, Elin Eldebrink was one ... Read More »
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