Seeking to bounce back from the unfortunate loss to Singapore Min Chong Sports Club last week, Team JUMPSHOT approached its fourth game of the season against Stackers with renewed desire and intensity, and the return of point guard Samantha Ang as well as Samantha Tan at the high post certainly did not hurt their cause. Team JUMPSHOT was ready to [...]
After finishing fourth in the Women’s Basketball Open Championship (WBOC) 2012, Team Jumpshot entered this year’s edition of the Women’s National Basketball Championship (WNBC) with high hopes and high morale. While the previous season’s focus was on development and granting the necessary exposure to younger players so that they can gain more experience, the stakes are higher for this [...]
In hopes of capitalizing on recent success in FIBA tournament play, the burgeoning women’s basketball program in Armenia may be able to add a pair of college ballers from the diaspora currently enjoying some success in the U.S. in the college ranks. Kate Kevorken is playing her senior year with the University of Nevada, producing nicely for the Wolfpack after [...]
It is Thailand’s first title in the women’s basketball for 16 years after they were triumphant at the 1995 tournament in Chiang Mai. In a five-team round-robin tournament in Jakarta, the Philippines seemed to be heading for a win when they led 64-61 with seconds to go. However, Juthamas Jantakarn then hit a three-pointer to shock the Southeast Asian powerhouses [...]
After eight years on the sidelines, Indonesia made its return to women’s basketball in the Southeast Asian Games on Monday. Its return was not triumphant, though, as it lost 86-78 to Burma in Britama Arena at Kelapa Gading Sports Mall. Indonesia showed plenty of fight, rallying from a 24-21 deficit after one quarter to lead 42-36 at halftime. Burma’s shooting [...]
China have reserved themselves a place at the London Olympic Games with a heart-stopping 65-62 victory over Korea in the gold medal game at the FIBA Asia Championship for Women in Omura, Japan. Korea and China had produced a double overtime classic earlier in the tournament, and this final could easily have gone the same way had Lee Younhoa’s three-pointer [...]
They say in basketball, numbers do not tell the whole story. That is, until you meet 6-foot-8-inch Brittney Griner, with her 7-foot-3 wingspan and hands that are larger than LeBron James’. Meet the most dominant post player in women’s college basketball ever. 14. That was how old Brittney Griner was when she first started playing organised basketball. A little late, [...]
Turning Point: In their role as underdogs, it was important Turkey got off to a good start so they could build confidence. However they failed as Russia enjoyed another blistering opening meaning Turkey were always chasing the game. Game Hero: Turkey had no answer to the dominant Maria Stepanova who claimed a fantastic double-double of 18 points and 12 rebounds. [...]
Six foot tall, versatile and hyper athletic (yes, guys, she can dunk), Maya Moore is the do-everything superstar who has to catapult women’s basketball into the public conscious. Daunting? Maya is not the least bit fazed. After enduring six straight losing seasons without a single playoff appearance, the Minnesota Lynx have been infused with a renewed sense of hope and [...]
Slightly belated congratulations from BallinEurope go out to the women of Elitzur Ramla for their recent coronation as 2011 FIBA Eurocup Women champions by dint of a 61-53 victory over Arras Pays d’Artois in France. In the match, second leg in the two-game playoff format, Elitzur dug themselves an eight-point hole early but stormed back with a 20-2 run in [...]
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