Week 1 Top Performers: Jenkins, Peters, Taylor, Petronyte, Walker-Kimbrough
MUNICH (Germany) - The first week of EuroCup Women Regular Season action witnessed a string of dramatic games and some superb displays that featured sky-high performance efficiency valuations.
MUNICH (Germany) - The first week of EuroCup Women Regular Season action witnessed a string of dramatic games and some superb displays that featured sky-high performance efficiency valuations.
It proved to be the ultimate bitter-sweet night for Alisia Jenkins of Ramat Hasharon as she went off against Crvena Zvezda MTS with a stellar performance efficiency valuation of 44. She harvested 31 points, 17 rebounds and 5 assists in a superb display, but was left disappointed after her team was pipped 88-87.
In contrast, Haley Peters of BLMA had the joy of coming out on top in a similarly tense and epic game as her team won 90-87 in double overtime at Zabiny Brno. She was on absolute fire and finished with 34 points and 14 rebounds.
Sparkle Taylor did everything she could to inspire Polskie Przetwory Bydgoszcz to a win by claiming 27 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, but her team were undone 86-78 by Polish rivals VBW Arka Gdynia.
Lithuanian national team anchor Gintare Petronyte used all of her experience and quality to take Kibirkstis to a fabulous 69-64 win at Botas Spor. Her 28 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists took her team to a memorable road victory.
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough did it all for Maccabi Bnot Ashdod as she posted a dazzling 29 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, but couldn't prevent her team from an agonizing 73-72 home defeat to Uni Gyor.
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