On Tuesday, Daniel Ewing and Paris-Levallois returned to EuroCup play and had a solid start at home against Ulm from Germany before giving up their lead with a poor second quarter and falling 78-68. Daniel had 14 points in 30 minutes. Jawad Williams had 22 points and 8 rebounds and Elton Brown had 14 points. In the win, recent Iowa State graduate Will Clyburn had 11 points and ex-Louisville player Edgar Sosa had 10 points.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/games/results/showgame?gamecode=55&seasoncode=U2013#!boxscore
Alana Beard started her season in South Korea with the Shinhan Bank S-Birds. With increasing financial instability affecting paycheck reliability around Europe, South Korea has become an attractive option for American basketball players. The six teams in the league are all sponsored by corporations. With a limit of two foreigners per team in the Women's Korean Basketball League, there is a higher number of foreign players that want to join the league than there are available spots. Each team got to draft two players out of a pool of players that made themselves available for the league and Alana was one of the players selected. The other player that the team picked was former Tennessee player Shekinna Stricklen. In their first game of the season, they faced KDB Life Winnus and overcame an early deficit for an 89-78 win. Alana had 16 points and 7 rebounds in 18 minutes. Shekinna Stricklen had 14 points and 7 rebounds. In the loss, ex-Tennessee player Kelley Cain had 25 points and 15 rebounds.
Here is the boxscore (names are in Korean):
http://www.wkbl.or.kr/game/schedule/result.asp?season_gu=034&game_&game_no=2&ym=201310
On Wednesday, David McClure and Neptunas searched for a EuroCup win with a trip to Greece to face Panionios. They got off to a good start, but fell behind at the start of the second half, before surging out of the gates in the final quarter to win 91-86. David had a quiet 9 minutes. Valdas Vasylius had 23 points. In the loss, ex-TCU player Kevin Langford had 17 points, ex-NAIA player Errick McCollum had 16 points, and ex-Maryland player Landon Milbourne had 12 points and 6 rebounds.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/games/results/showgame?gamecode=71&seasoncode=U2013#!boxscore
Nolan Smith and Cedevita Zagreb traveled to Germany for their EuroCup game against Oldenburg and fell victim to a fourth quarter comeback that sent the game into overtime where they lost 92-90. Nolan had 22 points and 8 assists to keep his team going as he played a game high 43 minutes. Tomislav Zubcic had 22 points and 8 rebounds. In the win, ex-Georgia Southern player Julius Jenkins had 19 points, ex-Missouri player Rickey Paulding had 18 points, and ex-Portland player Robin Smeulders and ex-Princeton player Konrad Wysocki had 14 points each.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/games/results/showgame?gamecode=53&seasoncode=U2013#!boxscore
Monique Currie and the KB Stars started their season. Monique was one of the top foreigner draft picks in South Korea and the team also selected ex-Maryland player Marissa Coleman. The team had a solid start in their opener against KEB HanaBank as they won 66-46. Monique led all scorers with 30 points in only 21 minutes as she fouled out. Marissa Coleman added 10 points. In the loss, ex-Kansas player Nakia Sanford had 15 points and 8 rebounds and ex-Virginia player Monica Wright had 13 points.
Here is the boxscore (again names are in Korean):
http://www.wkbl.or.kr/game/schedule/result.asp?season_gu=034&game_&game_no=3&ym=201310
Mistie Bass and Lyon hosted Lattes Montpellier in the French Cup and need to go back on the comeback trail as they attempted to fight off elimination, coming up just short 66-62. Mistie had 19 points and 9 rebounds in 31 minutes to lead her team. In the win, ex-Arkansas player Shameka Christon had 23 points.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.ffbb.com/documents/actus/lyonmontpe.pdf
On Thursday, Marty Pocius and Zalgiris Kaunas hosted Strasbourg of France in EuroLeague action. Marty's offense helped his team start well as they ended up rolling to an 88-64 win. Marty led all scorers with 23 points in 24 minutes as he hit 7 of his 9 three pointers. Justin Dentmon had 15 points and Sarunas Jasikevicius had 13 points. In the loss, ex-NBA player Alexis Ajinca had 21 points and ex-Buffalo player Louis Campbell had 10 points.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamecode=29&seasoncode=E2013#!boxscore
On Friday, DeMarcus Nelson and Red Star Belgrade tried to secure that first EuroLeague win as they hosted Panathinaikos of Greece. They took a lead in the first half, but just could not hold in the second half, fighting back to force overtime before losing 90-86. DeMarcus had 1 point in 16 minutes. Blake Schilb had 19 points, Charles Jenkins had 17 points, and Ivan Radenovic had 10 points. In the loss, ex-Arizona State player Mike Batiste had 13 points.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamecode=35&seasoncode=E2013#!boxscore
Alana Beard and the Shinhan Bank S-Birds faced the Samsung Life Blue Minx and had a bit of trouble after a solid start to fall 73-63. Alana had 11 points in 20 minutes and Shekinna Stricklen had 13 points. In the win, recent Penn State graduate Nikki Greene had 26 points and 8 rebounds.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.wkbl.or.kr/game/schedule/result.asp?season_gu=034&game_&game_no=4&ym=201311
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