Where are the Valkyries? 12/31 Edition

While many leagues, especially in Europe, take time off for Christmas and New Year’s Day, some players and their teams had games over the past week.

Iliana Rupert

With no continental games in the middle of the week, the Turkish league was able to play a set of games during that time instead, including right on Christmas. Cukurova is trying to improve their place in the standings, but ended up having a very tough game that they just managed to win 83-82 with Iliana Rupert providing 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists in 37 minutes. The team got out to a bigger lead early in their game on Sunday, winning 87-76 over Nesibe Aydin with 22 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks in 34 minutes from Rupert.

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Julie Vanloo and Cecilia Zandalasini

Galatasaray played their midweek game on Thursday, easily winning 92-68 against Tarsus. Julie Vanloo had 12 points and 6 assists in 26 minutes, but Cecilia Zandalasini was chosen as one of the foreign players to be left out of the lineup for this game. Zandalasini was back in the lineup on Sunday as they defeated Orman 80-58. She had 12 points in 26 minutes and Vanloo led the team with 21 points and 10 assists in 28 minutes.

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Veronica Burton

The first game for the Bendigo Spirit this round was against the Adelaide Lightning so Veronica Burton got to go up against a possible future teammate. The team bounced back from a couple of tough games with a 95-67 win and Burton had 8 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists in 27 minutes. They won again on Tuesday to close out the year by getting past the Townsville Fire 76-65. Burton had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks in 37 minutes.

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Stephanie Talbot

The only game for the Adelaide Lightning this round was Friday’s game against the Bendigo Spirit. The loss was tough for the team after trying to build momentum from recent wins and Talbot had 11 points and 10 rebounds in 34 minutes.

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Monique Billings

Guangdong played on more game without Monique Billings on Saturday in an easy 90-46 win over Xinjiang. She was able to return for 6 minutes off the bench on Monday in their 77-74 win over Shanxi when she had 2 points.

Upcoming Games (times PST)

Veronica Burton, Wednesday 10:00pm:

Stephanie Talbot, Thursday 10:30pm:

Maria Conde, Saturday 8:00am:

https://embed.tvcom.cz/0bd4f845-2598-44a8-a957-e6c4aa70d208

Stephanie Talbot, Saturday 9:00pm: