MBK Ruzomberok announced signing 23-year-old point guard Janka Mincikova (172-PG-89, agency: Josep and Nicolas). Mincikova returns back to Slovakia after three seasons spent in Spain. She played for ADBA Aviles, Mencey Uni Tenerife and Hondarribia-Irun. Mincikova belonged among best three-point-shooters in Spanish Liga Femenina. She has also some EuroLeague experiences. In season 2008-2009 she participated in the league with Good Angels Kosice, although she didn't get a considerable court time. The former member of Slovak U16, U18, U19 and U20 joined Slovak Women NT in qualification for France 2013 and helped the team to qualify directly for the championship. She averaged 2 points and 0,4 rebounds per game.
In Ruzomberok, Mincikova replaces veteran point guard and former captain of the squad Slavka Frniakova-Bucakova (167-PG-79) who retired from basketball.
Umana Reyer bolstered their frontcourt. They added Marie Ruzickova (189-C-86, agency: LBM Management) to the roster. The Slovakian centre spent the last two seasons with Lucca. Last season Marie Ruzickova posted 12.7 points, 7.2 boards and 2.4 steals per game. She earned All-Italian A1 Honourable Mention. Marie Ruzickova was named into A1 All-Bosmans Team in 2012. Previously she had spells in Slovak Republic, Italy, France and Hungary [read more]
Umana Reyer bolstered their frontcourt. They added Marie Ruzickova (189-C-86, agency: LBM Management) to the roster. The Slovakian centre spent the last two seasons with Lucca. Last season Marie Ruzickova posted 12.7 points, 7.2 boards and 2.4 steals per game. She earned All-Italian A1 Honourable Mention. Marie Ruzickova was named into A1 All-Bosmans Team in 2012. Previously she had spells in Slovak Republic, Italy, France and Hungary. Marie Ruzickova made it into All-French LF2 2nd Team in 2011. The centre was the member of the Slovakian National Team in 2003-08 seasons. She participated at the 2003 EuroBasket in Greece.
Milan Spiner's team compete in Mersch - May 22, 2013
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Milan Spiner's team compete in Mersch at the Dussmann Trophy that took place from 18th-20th May in Luxembourg. Slovakia U16 posted one victory and finished third at the tournament. The French side posted three victories and clinched the top place.
In Day 1 Slovakia outscored Luxembourg 54:50. The guests took 18-12 lead after the first period and added 15-14 in the second frame [read more]
Milan Spiner's team compete in Mersch at the Dussmann Trophy that took place from 18th-20th May in Luxembourg. Slovakia U16 posted one victory and finished third at the tournament. The French side posted three victories and clinched the top place. In Day 1 Slovakia outscored Luxembourg 54:50. The guests took 18-12 lead after the first period and added 15-14 in the second frame. Moreover Slovakia posted 17-14 rally in the third quarter but managed to save only 4-point win as Luxembourg won the last period 10-4. In Day 2 France outscored Slovakia 67:59. France controlled the majority of the game and reached the second straight win. In Day 3 Belgium overcame Slovakia 59:54, but finished last. Both teams as well as Luxembourg finished with 1-2 record. France rolled over Luxembourg 66:49 and posted the third victory.
Serbia -Slovakia 83:65
Serbia revenge against Slovakia in the second game between two sides in Kranjska Gora. After a 68:74 loss few days ago, the Serbian side posted a comfortable 83:65 victory.
Slovakia looked better again in the start of the game and took 16-14 lead after the first 10 minutes of the game. The rest of the game belonged however to another team, Serbia. The latter posted a 27-17 surge in the second frame and took 8-point halftime advantage [read more]
Serbia -Slovakia 83:65
Serbia revenge against Slovakia in the second game between two sides in Kranjska Gora. After a 68:74 loss few days ago, the Serbian side posted a comfortable 83:65 victory. Slovakia looked better again in the start of the game and took 16-14 lead after the first 10 minutes of the game. The rest of the game belonged however to another team, Serbia. The latter posted a 27-17 surge in the second frame and took 8-point halftime advantage. Moreover they added 24-14 rally in the third quarter and increased to 18 points. Both teams posted the same number of points in the last stanza for the final result. Jovana Rad (187-PF-87, agency: Josep and Nicolas) paced all the winners with 13 points and Jelena Milovanovic (190-PF-89) notched 12. Popovic delivered 10, whilst Bojana Vulic (191-F/C-84) scored 9. Lucia Kupcikova (184-F-84) answered with 15 points in the losing effort and Vinucalova posted 8. Gabriela Kubatova (171-G-84) followed them with 7 and Krcturbova scored 6.
Good Angels: took 1st place (9-3) in Group B of the Regular Season, took 2nd
place (2-1) in Group A of Final Eight, lost to Fenerbahce 56-68 in the
Semifinals, lost to Burges (FRA) 57-65 in the 3rd place game !!!
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