Austria registered its first win at U18 EuroBasket Division B in Strumica. They handed 75-57 loss to Israel for 1-1 record in Preliminary Group A. Thanks to this win Austria has a nice chance to reach the Qualifying Round. At the other side, Israel dropped to 0-2 with no chance to advance. Sigrid Koizar (173-PG-95) led the winners with 16 points and 6 rebounds. Camilla Neumann (183-F-94) (9 rebs) and Aleksandra Novakovic (172-PG-94) (8 rebs) helped with 12 points each. In defeat, Nof Kedem (170-SG-94) was better than the others with 18 points and 5 rebs, and May Dayan (170-PG-94) scored 10 pts. Austria exploded in the second period and later had no troubles to keep the comfortable lead. Quarters: 22-20, 26-9, 12-12, 15-16. Both teams will take a rest today. On Monday, Austria will meet Hungary, while Israel will play against Portugal.
Flying Foxes ease to another AWBL title - Apr 12, 2013
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Flying Foxes - BC Vienna 87 83:51
Flying Foxes celebrated the seventh AWBL title in a row. They overcame BC Vienna in the third game of the title series to complete the sweep. Elisabeth Pavel (192-C-90) came up with 22 points to lead the winners.
Flying Foxes dominated from the start. They accumulated a 22:13 lead after the opening quarter. Flying Foxes extended their lead to 10 points at halftime 40:30. The hosts went on a stinging rally in the third frame [read more]
Flying Foxes - BC Vienna 87 83:51
Flying Foxes celebrated the seventh AWBL title in a row. They overcame BC Vienna in the third game of the title series to complete the sweep. Elisabeth Pavel (192-C-90) came up with 22 points to lead the winners. Flying Foxes dominated from the start. They accumulated a 22:13 lead after the opening quarter. Flying Foxes extended their lead to 10 points at halftime 40:30. The hosts went on a stinging rally in the third frame. Flying Foxes ignited a 25:10 spurt to take a 25-point lead at the final break. The home team did not loosen the grasp in the fourth period and raced to the win at the end. Ceira Ricketts (175-G-90, agency: Two Points, college: Arkansas) netted 16 points for the winning team. Sigrid Koizar (173-PG-95) answered with 11 points for BC Vienna. Denise Damian (92) and Agnes Roth (186-F/C-86) had 10 points each in the loss. Petra Steger (177-SG-87) was named the Finals MVP, while Ceira Ricketts grabbed AWBL MVP award.
Georgia De Leeuw wins the title abroad - Apr 9, 2013
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Georgia De Leeuw (176-G-90) wins the title abroad as her Swedish Norrkoping sweep the series to win 2012/2013 Finals against Solna. Norrkoping won 72:59 in Game 3 and became the Champion.
Both teams scored 17 points each in the first period. Norrkoping pushed the tempo in the rest of the quarter and won the second frame 24-12. Solna Vikings replied with 16-15 rally in the third frame, but could not come closer. Norrkoping added 16-14 in the last stanza to seal the trophy [read more]
Georgia De Leeuw (176-G-90) wins the title abroad as her Swedish Norrkoping sweep the series to win 2012/2013 Finals against Solna. Norrkoping won 72:59 in Game 3 and became the Champion. Both teams scored 17 points each in the first period. Norrkoping pushed the tempo in the rest of the quarter and won the second frame 24-12. Solna Vikings replied with 16-15 rally in the third frame, but could not come closer. Norrkoping added 16-14 in the last stanza to seal the trophy. It was a great evening for American forward Lykendra Johnson who led her team to a victory with a double-double by scoring 22 points and 12 rebounds. The former international forward Elisabeth Egnell helped adding 20 points and 6 rebounds. The best for the losing side was the former international center Katarina Andersson with 12 points and 9 rebounds and Eureka Brooks scored 13 points and 6 rebounds.
Flying Foxes earn second straight win, BK Duchess clinch Bronze - Apr 8, 2013
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Flying Foxes celebrated the second straight win in the Finals. They shot down BC Vienna 87 77:54 on the road to gain 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series. Petra Steger (177-SG-87) came up with 28 points to put the defending champions within one win of the AWBL title. Flying Foxes got to the storming start of the game. They ensured a 29:13 lead after ten minutes. The visitors accumulated a 41:21 halftime lead [read more]
Flying Foxes celebrated the second straight win in the Finals. They shot down BC Vienna 87 77:54 on the road to gain 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series. Petra Steger (177-SG-87) came up with 28 points to put the defending champions within one win of the AWBL title. Flying Foxes got to the storming start of the game. They ensured a 29:13 lead after ten minutes. The visitors accumulated a 41:21 halftime lead. BC Vienna stopped the rot in the third term outscoring the visitors but it was too little to change the complexion of the encounter. Flying Foxes regained control in the fourth period and rallied to the win at the end. Elisabeth Pavel (192-C-90) produced 14 points for Flying Foxes. Agnes Roth (186-F/C-86) answered with 21 points for BC Vienna. Pia Zderadicka (174-G/F-91) chipped in 14 points in the losing case. BK Duchess claimed the AWBL Bronze medals in the meantime. They swept the best-of-three series against Basket Flames. BK Duchess earned a 79:75 win in the second game on the road. The visitors led by a single point 34:33 at halftime. They stretched the gap to 3 points at the final break and never looked back en route to the win. Sophia Plank (178-G/F-83) produced 18 points, while Suritsch netted 13 points for BK Duchess. Colin Fuchs-Robetin (189-F-95) answered with 24 points for Basket Flames. Lujza Burianova (171-G-92) chipped in 15 points in defeat.
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