On Tuesday, Nolan Smith and Cedevita Zagreb looked to win the title in Croatia on their home court and managed to do so by completing the sweep with an 87-76 win. Nolan had 14 points in 29 minutes. Goran Suton led all scorers with 23 points. In the loss, ex-UNLV player Jerel Blassingame had 18 points and 6 assists. Nolan completes his debut overseas season on a winning note and while he looks to return to the NBA next season, he has also left an impression in the basketball community in Europe, leading his team to a successful season.
Here is the boxscore:
http://stats.stilu.net/stats.php?gameid=1663&sez=prv
Here are Nolan's statistics in domestic competitions:
http://stats.stilu.net/igraci.php?id=2979
Here are Nolan's Adriatic League statistics:
http://www.abaliga.com/player/2259/Nolan_Derek_Smith
Here are Nolan's EuroCup statistics:
http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=CED&pcode=004918&seasoncode=U2013
On Wednesday, DeMarcus Nelson and Red Star Belgrade looked to advance to the finals as they had Game 2 at Mega Vizura. They trailed early, but kept the game close and took the lead in the second half on the way to a 101-95 win. DeMarcus had 22 points and 6 rebounds in 29 minutes. Charles Jenkins added 21 points. In the loss, ex-NBA player Ratko Varda had 20 points.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.kls.rs/box.php?id=242
Taylor King's team in the regional league in Mexico had their season ended after choking away a playoff lead in the quarterfinals. Taylor had previously finished his season with the Los Mochis Pioneers due to an injury. While he did not play for the entire campaign, he did compile solid statistics that should help him find a new place as soon as the next fall season after he finishes healing.
Here are his statistics:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/team_info.cgi?pID=197819488
On Friday, Kathleen Scheer and the Hobart Chargers returned to action for their first game with a new coach and beat their Tasmanian rivals, the Launceston Tornadoes 82-62. Kathleen had 23 points in 38 minutes. Izzy Chilcott had 30 points and 13 rebounds. In the loss, ex-Iowa State player Lauren Mansfield had 12 points.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.foxsportspulse.com/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=462027753&c=1-3363-0-284003-0&pool=2
On Saturday, the Norwood Flames looked to bounce back from their first loss as they played the Southern Tigers without Jess Foley again and prevailed 92-58. Amy Lewis took the lead again with 23 points and 7 rebounds and ex-UMass player Marisa Stabile, who joined the team late again this season, had 10 points.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.foxsportspulse.com/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=462189611&c=1-3656-0-289296-0&pool=1
Nick Horvath and the Manawatu Jets beat the Hawke's Bay Hawks 88-84. Nick had 13 points and 15 rebounds in 36 minutes. Paul Jones had 29 points and 6 rebounds and Brandon Jenkins had 13 points and 6 assists. In the loss, ex-College of Charleston player Dustin Scott had 18 points and 9 rebounds and ex-Cincinnati player Kareem Johnson had 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.foxsportspulse.com/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=462154889&c=0-8336-0-298804-0&pool=-1
DeMarcus Nelson and Red Star Belgrade had Game 1 of the finals against their fierce rivals Partizan Belgrade. The team took a lead and held it into the fourth quarter before a big fight that heavily involved DeMarcus broke out, stopping the game until officials could determine which player needed to be ejected and so the stands could be cleared of unruly fans. When the game started again with DeMarcus among the players thrown out, Red Star had five remaining players and Partizan only had three. Red Star kept their lead, although they lost one more player after he fouled out, holding on to a 97-88 win. DeMarcus had 12 points in 24 minutes as Charles Jenkins took command after the fight to finish with 16 points. In the loss, Joffrey Lauvergne, the 55th pick of the Memphis Grizzlies in the last draft before a draft day trade to the Denver Nuggets, had 26 points and 13 rebounds.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.kls.rs/box.php?id=243
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