Pre-tournament schedule

GSimas wrote:Great Britain 74-56 Crotia (it's over.)

Holy cow. Chantelle Handy going off for 23 and 12 on 10/15 shooting. I was sat behind her family last week at the games in Guildford and their support and enthusiasm was infectious. They'll be going bonkers. Maybe our small forward spot isn't quite so horrible without Leedham after all (although I'd be more than happy to see her out there at the 2 with Handy).

Two really good wins for us this week, anyway.

Turkey 51-72 Montenegro

Turkey:
Nevin Nevlin 13 points
Montenegro:
Jelena Dubgevic 23 points 6 reb 5 asists
Iva Perovanovic 23 points 10 reb
Eshaya Murphy 13 points

Kepez Tournament is over. Tournament's champions Turkey ( 2 win 1 lose)

Spain 61-50 Cuba

Spain
Montanana 12 points & 9 reb
Alba Torrens 11 points & 3 reb & 3 asists
Dominguez 10 points

Cuba
O.Gelis 13 points
M.Cepeda 10 points 12 reb

Box Scores from Druskininkai :

Belarus - Ukraine 61:45
Lithuania - Finland 81:58

Thanks to JohnyK I paste here a link to the game bween Poland and Russia:
http://online-prenosy.tvcom.cz/video/8880-rossia-vs-poland-basketball-women-test-match-karlovy-vary.htm

Czech Republic - Latvia 77:64, and some stats here: http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/8627/03/57/74/34lpvgl2KMdM/

Linares Tournament ( in Spain)
2 June Spain-Crotia
2 June Turkey-Belarus
3June Spain-Turkey
3 June Crotia-Belarus
4 June Spain-Crotia
4 June Crotia-Turkey

İstanbul Tournament (in Turkey)
9 June Spain-Greece
9 June Turkey-Montenegro
10 June Spain-Montenegro
10 June Turkey-Greece
11 June Greece-Montenegro
11 June Turkey-Spain

France 76 - 40 Israel

Belgium 84 - 80 Greece (that's JohnyK's fault )

Hmm, I should try to do the same for my own team, otherwise they look as helpless.

Karlovy Vary tournament:

Latvia - Czech Republic 64:77
Russia - Poland 74:66

Druskininkai tournament:

Lithuania - Ukraine 90:58
Belarus - Finland 48:45

Segovia Tournament

Canada - Cuba 59:62

Leedham expected to be ready to play by the time we get to Latvia, according to Tom Maher.

Belgium 80 - 51 Israel

France 79 - 62 Greece
Céline Dumerc who shot poorly yesterday was 4 for 4 today, all 3 pointers

Tournament record:
France 3-0
Belgium 2-1
Greece 1-2
Israel 0-3

ETA: Those four 3-pointers by Dumerc... that was in 1:30min of play only

I'm officially going on record saying that Latvia will get blown out in all three games in Eurobasket!

At half-time at the WNBA game I am bordering on being unpatriotic and saying the same thing about GB but I am NOT giving up yet - they have had a rouugh schedule I guess

I said that being patriotic - look what happened to Belgium when I assured they don't have a chance to qualify.

You're not allowed to use your powers for your own country

Karlovy Vary Tournament
Poland - Latvia 59:60 OT
Czech rep - Russia 70:62

Final Standings:
1. Czech rep 2/1 195:177
2. Russia 2/1 207:205
3. Latvia 1/2 193:207
4. Poland 1/2 176:182

Paulball Nilsen wrote:At half-time at the WNBA game I am bordering on being unpatriotic and saying the same thing about GB but I am NOT giving up yet - they have had a rouugh schedule I guess

Took me until I was walking out the door to properly realise that I'm pretty sure that was you I met in the interview room after the game . My apologies for not being a bit more responsive, but I hadn't left the building since shootaround at 10am, and I think I was going a bit stir-crazy by that point.

Not a great night for Team GB, but well, I think most European national teams would struggle with the Dream, even the understrength version we just played - especially when Coco Miller has one of her 1-in-10 nights.

Hey Richyyy - yep, that was me but no need to apologise for anything - respect for getting there early it was nice to meet a fellow forum member in the flesh

How is it possible for ADF and Murphy to play side by side for Montenegro? Only one "stolen" player is allowed to play right? Does this rule only apply in official tournaments?

przemoe wrote:How is it possible for ADF and Murphy to play side by side for Montenegro? Only one "stolen" player is allowed to play right? Does this rule only apply in official tournaments?

Montenegro try to integrate those Americans in a team.
In official game will be allowed to play only one American.

przemoe wrote:How is it possible for ADF and Murphy to play side by side for Montenegro? Only one "stolen" player is allowed to play right? Does this rule only apply in official tournaments?

Yeah, seems like you can play pretty much anyone you like in these friendly games (same way your nationality is only 'locked in' when you actually play in an official FIBA competition). GB have been doing the same thing with Natalie Stafford and Steph Gandy, assuming Gandy counts as naturalised (I've given up trying to work out these rules - we've got two other players on the roster who weren't born here either, and why neither counts as 'naturalised' I don't know).

Segovia tournament:

Spain - Canada 66:59

Druskininkai tournament:

Lithuania - Belarus 76:69
Ukraine - Finland 74:67