January Team of the Month: Meesseman, Mabrey, Gil, Guirantes, Burke
MUNICH (Germany) - There were several stellar individual performances during January, with five players all putting their respective names up in lights to make the EuroLeague Women Team of the Month.
MUNICH (Germany) - There were several stellar individual performances during January, with five players all putting their respective names up in lights to make the EuroLeague Women Team of the Month.
As well as taking their place in the coveted lineup, they also now have the opportunity to land January MVP honors. All fans have the chance to have their say by casting a vote below and the poll results will be taken into account alongside the views of our expert panel before the big reveal of the monthly award winner.
Emma Meesseman already has the November MVP accolade on her list of accomplishments this season and now has a shot at picking up another after continuing to post excellent displays. Despite Fenerbahce Alagoz Holding having already made it into the Play-Offs back in December, Meesseman kept her foot on the gas with a sky-high performance efficiency valuation of 27.8, coming from 18.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.
Meanwhile, Marina Mabrey has continued her exceptional form and provided the main thrust for Cukurova Basketbol Mersin to make their way into the Quarter-Finals of the competition. The guard has been the difference-maker in so many games and produced an eye-catching 23.0 performance efficiency valuation, plus 18.5 points, 8.3 assists and 5.3 rebounds per outing.
The quality and veteran know-how of Laura Gil was instrumental in Perfumerias Avenida winning their last three games and that was enough to send them into the last eight of the competition. The Spaniard has been on fire lately and racked up an average performance efficiency valuation of 19.8. having dropped 16.0 points and 7.8 rebounds.
Arella Guirantes has continued to expertly orchestrate the plays for Beretta Famila Schio and they are safely into the Quarter-Finals as a result. The Puerto Rico national team star inked a performance efficiency valuation of 18.3 behind an average of 17.8 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists for the Italian club.
It's consecutive Team of the Month appearances for Kennedy Burke after inspiring Villeneuve d'Ascq LM to a historic first Quarter-Finals ticket. She kept up her high level of displays for the French club in the last games of the Regular Season and harvested a performance efficiency valuation of 18.0 after recording 17.3 points, 4.3 boards. 3.8 steals and 2.8 assists per game over the month.
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