On Wednesday, DeMarcus Nelson and Red Star Belgrade started the EuroCup Semifinals at home against Russia's Unics Kazan. Following the same format as the last two rounds, the team played in front of another large crowd and used a brilliant fourth quarter defensive effort to carry a 63-52 lead into the next game. DeMarcus had 9 points and 6 rebounds in 32 minutes. Tadija Dragicevic had 10 points and 11 rebounds and Charles Jenkins had 10 points. In the loss, ex-College of Charleston player Andrew Goudelock had 18 points.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/games/results/showgame?gamecode=361&seasoncode=U2013#!boxscore
David McClure missed another game for Siauliai as they fell late 78-77 to Pieno Zvaigzdes in domestic league play. Travis Leslie had 20 points and 9 rebounds.
Here is the boxscore:
http://lkl.lt/lt/top/rungtynes/?game_id=2788079&season_id=87901#mbt:73-400$t&0=1
Mistie Bass and Lyon held on in a wild game as they won 88-84 at Nantes. Mistie led her team with 19 points in 27 minutes.
Here is the boxscore:
http://old.ffbb.com/_livestats/prod/pdf/lsg316613.pdf
Chante Black and Umbertide looked to complete a sweep and proceed to the semifinals, but let a narrow lead slip in the second half as they lost 57-48 at Parma, forcing a deciding Game 3 in the quarterfinals. Chante had 15 points and 8 rebounds in 28 minutes. Ashleigh Fontenette added 11 points. In the win, ex-Stanford player Jillian Harmon had 18 points and 11 rebounds and rookie Victoria Macaulay from Temple had 11 points and 11 rebounds.
Here is the boxscore:
http://legabasketfemminile.dataproject-stats.com/Tabellino.asp?IdGara=14713
On Thursday, Nolan Smith and Cedevita started their domestic league season in Croatia against Zadar. As two of the teams in the Adriatic League, the teams did not play in the first stage of the national league, but join now for the later part of the season. In this game, the team lost 85-72. Nolan led all scorers with 19 points in 30 minutes. Tomislav Zubcic added 18 points and 8 rebounds. In the win, rookie Andrew Lawrence from the College of Charleston had 17 points and 6 assists and rookie Mark Lyons from Arizona had 19 points and 6 assists.
Here is the boxscore:
http://stats.stilu.net/stats.php?gameid=1601&sez=prv
Karima Christmas and Maccabi Ramat Hen were fighting to continue their season in Game 4 of the semifinals at home, but could not keep up with Elitzur Ramla and lost 82-68. Karima had 22 points and 7 rebounds in 37 minutes. Ashley Shields had 17 points and Brittany Denson had 13 points and 9 rebounds. In the win, ex-LSU player Allison Hightower had 24 points and 7 assists, ex-Miami player Tamara James had 22 points and 9 rebounds, and ex-Boston University player Michal Epstein had 13 points. Karima has completed another season in Israel, showing again that she is one of the best players in the league with a statistically dominant season.
Here is the boxscore:
http://widgets.baskethotel.com/site/ibba/games.php?league_id=undefined&season_id=87999&game_id=2890395#mbt:213-400$t&0=1
Here are Karima's statistics for each game:
http://widgets.baskethotel.com/site/ibba/players.php?league_id=undefined&season_id=87999&player_id=2442163
On Friday, Marty Pocius and Zalgiris Kaunas had a EuroLeague game in Serbia with both teams just playing for pride as they lost 78-67 to Partizan Belgrade. Marty had 11 points in 28 minutes. In the win, Davis Bertans, the 42nd pick of the Indiana Pacers in 2011 before a draft day trade to the San Antonio Spurs, had 17 points and 10 rebounds and Joffrey Lauvergne, who was just drafted 55th pick the Memphis Grizzlies and shipped to the Denver Nuggets on draft day, had 11 points.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamecode=223&seasoncode=E2013#!boxscore
While players who started their college careers at Duke before transferring to another school do not get regular coverage here, they do get the occasional update. Chelsea Hopkins finished her first overseas season in Israel with Bnot Herzliya as one of the top point guards in the league, both scoring at a high clip and setting up her teammates. Eric Boateng started his season in Argentina with La Union Formosa and and then moved to Pau-Lacq-Orthez in France. Jamal Boykin has had quite an adventure. He signed a short term deal with Wurzburg in Germany as an injury replacement, but was not retained. Next he signed with Cherkasy in the Ukraine, outlasting most other foreign players after unrest hit the country and continuing to play well for his team in the middle of the crisis. Finally, he found a new destination and left the country, for New Zealand, where he recently debuted for the Nelson Giants. Taylor King has recently found a new home as well, playing for in Mexico's premier regional league for Los Mochis Pioneros.
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