Spartak Moscow won Euroleague !!!!
Spartak Moscow Region won the most important trophy in
women club basketball in Europe - Euroleague
Championship. They defeated on the home court Ros
Casares Valencia 76-62. Spartak was lead by their two
imports
Diana Taurasi (180-G-82, college:
Connecticut) and
Tina Thompson (188-F-75, college:
USC), who controlled the game from the first
minutes. Thompson was voted MVP of the Final Four where
she scored 24 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. Interesting
that Spartak is not even the leader in domestic league
as together with Dynamo Moscow is placed second after
CSKA Moscow. Spartak surprisingly defeated CSKA in the
Euroleague semifinals 90-76. The game was opportunity
for two Polish international to face each other, despite
no Polish team advanced to the Final Four.
Agnieszka Bibrzycka (184-F/G-82, college:
Abilene Christian) of Spartak celebrated the victory
over
Malgorzata Dydek (213-C-74) of Ros Casares.
All-Star Game
Lead by
Cappie Pondexter (176-G-83,
college:
Rutgers) (17 points),
the Rest of the World
defeated Europe by a large
gap.
Nevriye Yilmaz (196-C-80)
was the European top scorer
(14), but the �home� team
suffered the opponent
precision from the
perimeter, trailed by 18
points (42-60) at halftime
and could not recover.
French Caroline
Koechlin-Aubert (168-G-80,
college:
Colorado) claimed
three-point crown beating
Nicole Powell (188-G/F-82,
college:
Stanford) in the final
contest, netting 14 out of a
possible 20 points.
Europe - Rest of the
World 80-93 (20-28, 42-60,
62-82)
EUROPE: Bibrzycka 7,
Caroline Koechlin-Aubert
11, Maltsi 2, Volnaya 3,
Ivanyi 7, Gruda 10, Aguilar,
Stepanova 10, Cserny 6,
Valdemoro 8, Viteckova 2,
Nevriye Yilmaz 14.
REST OF THE WORLD:
Dominique Canty (175-G/F-77,
college:
Alabama) 7, Johnson 10,
Harrower 3, Milton-Jones
dnp, Nolan 6, Ford 6, Taylor
7, Douglas, Gaither 14,
Whitmore 11,
Nicole Powell 12,
Pondexter 17.
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Spartak Moscow Regiona won Euroleague 2007 (Photo: FIBA)
Cappie Pondexter was the MVP of the All-Star Game (Photo: FIBA)
