Where are the Valkyries? 2/10 Edition

With the Valkyries officially signing additional players over the past week, this column has expanded to include their recent games.

Stephanie Talbot

The Adelaide Lightning had two games this week, starting on Wednesday with a 90-63 loss to the Townsville Fire. Stephanie Talbot had 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists in 34 minutes. The team played again on Sunday and lost to the Southside Flyers 84-78 with Talbot providing 15 points and 3 blocks in 35 minutes.

https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/wnbl/2516043/bs.html
https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/wnbl/2516049/bs.html

Laeticia Amihere

The Perth Lynx played for the first time since Laeticia Amihere joined the Valkyries and defeated Geelong 95-77 on Friday. Amihere has had a strong season playing center for the team as they are definitely in the playoffs and looking to contend for the title. She had 14 points and 6 rebounds in 26 minutes in this game.

https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/wnbl/2516062/bs.html

Janelle Salaun, Carla Leite, and Iliana Rupert

France officially qualified for EuroBasket on Thursday even before getting a win over an overmatched Ireland team 125-24. Janelle Salaun had 19 points and 6 rebounds in 18 minutes after getting the start, Iliana Rupert had 15 points and 7 rebounds in 17 minutes off the bench, and Carla Leite had 13 points and 3 steals in 18 minutes in her first competitive game for the team. France finished the qualifying process on Sunday with a 100-39 win over Israel in a game played in Riga, Latvia. Rupert had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists in 22 minutes, Salaun had 12 points and 4 rebounds in 17 minutes, and Leite had 9 points in 14 minutes.

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120094-FRA-IRL#boxscore
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120096-ISR-FRA#boxscore

Julie Vanloo and Kyara Linskens

Belgium hosted Azerbaijan in a EuroBasket qualifier on Thursday and won 97-24. Kyara Linskens had game highs of 17 points and 12 rebounds in 15 minutes and Julie Vanloo added 4 points to game highs of 9 assists and 6 steals in 21 minutes. They officially qualified on Sunday after a 70-69 comeback win in Lithuania. Vanloo had 17 points in 35 minutes and Linskens had 16 points and 11 rebounds in 27 minutes.

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120070-BEL-AZE#boxscore
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120072-LTU-BEL#boxscore

Temi Fagbenle

Great Britain got closer to qualifying for EuroBasket after a 93-42 win over Estonia on Thursday. Temi Fagbenle had 10 points in 13 minutes. They officially qualified on Sunday after a 75-58 win over Denmark, but Fagbenle did not end up playing due to injury concerns even though she dressed.

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120082-GBR-EST#boxscore

Cecilia Zandalasini

Italy already qualified for EuroBasket as one of the host countries and hosted Germany on Thursday as all of those teams play each other. They won 79-60 with Cecilia Zandalasini providing 8 points and 6 assists in 27 minutes. They lost 74-69 to the Czech national team on Sunday with Zandalasini contributing 9 points and 4 rebounds in 27 minutes.

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120142-ITA-GER#boxscore
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-womens-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/120144-CZE-ITA#boxscore

Kate Martin and Tiffany Hayes

Tiffany Hayes and Kate Martin were set to play on Saturday for the Laces as WNBA teammates for the second year in a row officially as well as playing Unrivaled together. Unfortunately, the game had to be postponed due to the team not having enough available players. They were both set to play the 1-on-1 tournament portion of the season that started Monday, but neither ended up being able to play there either.

Upcoming Game Videos (times PST)

We will start including additional video links for these players’ teams, but it is possible that players are rested due to roster rules and will not end up appearing. Some leagues do not have their video links posted early so we will include those videos after the fact in our recap if we did not link them before.

Iliana Rupert, Wednesday 2:30am:

Julie Vanloo and Cecilia Zandalasini, Wednesday 5:00am:

Elissa Cunane, Wednesday 9:00am:

http://embed.tvcom.cz/7b49252e-6b42-42d1-a28a-d49e6f400e4f/

Veronica Burton, Friday 8:30pm:

Iliana Rupert, Saturday 5:00am:

Stephanie Talbot, Saturday 5:30pm:

Laeticia Amihere, Saturday 8:00pm:

Elissa Cunane, Sunday 1:30am:

http://embed.tvcom.cz/d2eb0c86-d153-483b-aa22-93ddd9eeaea5/

Temi Fagbenle vs Julie Vanloo and Cecilia Zandalasini, Sunday 7:00am: