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Group A
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TEO Vilnius (Lithuania) - Quanitra Hollingsworth and Renee Montgomery
Qualifying Round Schedule
Oct. 28, 2009 @ UMMC Ekaterinburg Nov. 4, 2009 vs. Ros Casares (Montaņana)
Nov. 12, 2009 @ Galatasaray (Augustus)
Nov. 18, 2009 vs. TTT Riga
Nov. 25, 2009 vs. Cras Basket Taranto
Dec. 2, 2009 vs. UMMC Ekaterinburg
Dec. 9, 2009 @ Ros Casares (Montaņana)
Dec. 17, 2009 vs. Galatasaray (Augustus)
Jan. 13, 2010 @ TTT Riga
Jan. 20 2010 @ Cras Basket Taranto
2008-09: The 08-09 version of TEO Vilnius, featuring 2009 WNBA Most Improved Player Crystal Langhorne, finished 5-5 in Qualifying Round action, good enough for fourth in Group D and to advance to the 2009 Eighth-Final Playoffs. Matched up with Russian power and eventual 2009 EuroLeague Final Four participant UMMC Ekaterinburg, the Lithuanian club was outmatched, falling 2-0 in the best-of-three series.
2009-10: TEO Vilnius returns to the EuroLeague in 2009-10 for its 10th consecutive campaign. Renee Montgomery, Quanitra Hollingsworth and company received a tough draw, as they were placed in the same group as 2009 EuroLeague Final Four participant UMMC Ekaterinburg, 2009 EuroLeague QuarterFinal club Ros Casares, and 2009 EuroCup Champion Galatasaray. Also in Group A is Cras Basket Taranto, who moves over to the EuroLeague after falling in the 2009 EuroCup Finals to Seimone Augustus and Galatasaray. Latvian club TTT Riga rounds out the group. The top four finishers after Qualifying Round action will move on to the Eight-Final Playoffs in February.
Lynx Connection: Playing overseas for the first time, Lynx rookies Renee Montgomery and Quanitra Hollingsworth will face-off against Lynx teammate Anna Montaņana two times in the Qualifying Round: Nov. 4, 2009 in Vilnius, Lithuania, and Dec. 9, 2009 in Valencia, Spain.
Ros Casares (Spain) - Anna Montaņana
Qualifying Round Schedule
Oct. 28, 2009 vs. TTT Riga
Nov. 4, 2009 @ TEO Vilnius (Hollingsworth & Montgomery)
Nov. 11, 2009 vs. UMMC Ekaterinburg
Nov. 18, 2009 @ Cras Basket Taranto
Nov. 25, 2009 @ Galatasaray (Augustus)
Dec. 2, 2009 @ TTT Riga
Dec. 9, 2009 vs. TEO Vilnius (Hollingsworth & Montgomery)
Dec. 16, 2009 @ UMMC Ekaterinburg
Jan. 13, 2010 vs. Cras Basket Taranto
Jan. 20, 2010 vs. Galatasaray (Augustus)
2008-09: Ros Casares, featuring Lynx star Candice Wiggins and the L.A. Sparks' Delisha Milton Jones, stormed through Qualifying Round action in Group C, going 8-2 to advance to the Eighth-Final Playoffs, where it defeated Slovakian club Broker Kosice 2-0. That set up a Quarter-Final Playoffs matchup with eventual 2009 EuroLeague champion Spartak Moscow. After winning Game 1, Ros could not earn the deciding victory, falling to the Russian power two games to one.
Montaņana's 2008-09 EuroLeague Statistics (Ros Casares, Spain): 15 games, 7.7 ppg, 2.5 rpg and 2.1 apg in 19.8 mpg
2009-10: New to this year's Ros Casares squad are WNBA player Belinda Snell. Along with Montaņana, back is 2009 WNBA All-Star Erika De Souza and Spanish star Amaya Valdemoro. Though in a tough group, Ros Casares should advance beyond Qualifying Round action where it will look to repeat its success from 2009.
Lynx Connection: Competing in her fifth consecutive EuroLeague campaign, Montaņana will play Renee Montgomery, Quanitra Hollingsworth and Teo Vilnius two times in the Qualifying Round: Nov. 4, 2009 in Vilnius, Lithuania, and Dec. 9, 2009 in Valencia, Spain.
Group D
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Tarbes (France) - Charde Houston Qualifying Round Schedule Oct. 28, 2009 vs. Szeviep
Nov. 5, 2009 @ Lotos Gdynia
Nov. 11, 2009 vs. Frisco Sika Brno
Nov. 18, 2009 @ Spartak Moscow (Miller)
Nov. 25, 2009 vs. Fenerbahce
Dec. 2, 2009 @ Szeviep
Dec. 9, 2009 vs. Lotos Gdynia
Dec. 16, 2009 @ Frisco Sika Brno
Jan. 13, 2010 vs. Spartak Moscow (Miller)
Jan. 20, 2010 @ Fenerbahce
2008-09: Tarbes competed in the 2008-09 EuroCup competition, advancing through the Preliminary Round and the Sixteenth-Finals before falling to Italian club Cras Basket Taranto 148-135 in the two-game, total point Eighth-Final series.
Houston's 2008-09 EuroLeague Statistics (Raanana Hertzliya, Israel): Six games, 21.5 ppg, 9.5 rpg in 30.7 mpg
2009-10: After spending the last four seasons competing in the EuroCup, the 2009-10 season will be Tarbes' first in the EuroLeague since 2005. Though Tarbes finds itself paired up with three-time defending EuroLeague champion Spartak Moscow and Turkish club Fenerbahce, the path to the Eighth-Finals seems open for the French squad. Czech club Frisco Sika Brno, Hungarian team Szeviep and Lotos Gdynia of Poland round out the group.
Lynx Connection: Houston will battle her Lynx teammate Kelly Miller when Tarbes squares off against Spartak Moscow on Nov. 18, 2009 and Jan. 13, 2010. Spartak Moscow (Russia) - Kelly Miller
Qualifying Round Schedule
Oct. 28, 2009 vs. Frisco Sika Brno
Nov. 4, 2009 @ Szeviep
Nov. 11, 2009 @ Fenerbahce
Nov. 18, 2009 vs. Tarbes GB (Houston)
Nov. 26, 2009 @ Lotos Gdynia
Dec. 2, 2009 @ Frisco Sika Brno
Dec. 9, 2009 vs. Szeviep
Dec. 16, 2009 vs. Fenerbahce
Jan. 13, 2010 @ Tarbes GB (Houston)
Jan. 20, 2010 vs. Lotos Gdynia
2008-09: Spartak Moscow's route to the 2009 EuroLeague crown: Spartak Moscow went 9-1 in Qualifying Round action, defeated ZVVZ USK Prague 2-0 in the Eighth-Final Playoffs, overcame a 1-0 deficit to defeat Ros Casares 2-1 in the Quarter-Final Playoffs, beat UMMC Ekaterinburg 83-74 in the Semi-Finals, and beat Halcon Avenida 85-70 in the EuroLeague Championship to win the league for third consecutive year.
Miller's 2008-09 EuroLeague Statistics (Spartak Moscow, Russia): 17 games, 5.8 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.8 apg in 21.4 mpg
2009-10: Gone from last year's championship team is Lauren Jackson, but the additions of Janel McCarville, Anete Jekabsone-Zogota, Edwige Lawson-Wade and Russian star Ilona Korstin, to go along with returnees Sylvia Fowles and Diana Taurasi have this Russian power thinking four-peat.
Lynx Connection: Miller will battle her Lynx teammate Charde Houston when Spartak Moscow squares off against Tarbes on Nov. 18, 2009 and Jan. 13, 2010.
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TEO Vilnius (Lithuania) - Quanitra Hollingsworth and Renee Montgomery
Qualifying Round Schedule
Oct. 28, 2009 @ UMMC Ekaterinburg Nov. 4, 2009 vs. Ros Casares (Montaņana)
Nov. 12, 2009 @ Galatasaray (Augustus)
Nov. 18, 2009 vs. TTT Riga
Nov. 25, 2009 vs. Cras Basket Taranto
Dec. 2, 2009 vs. UMMC Ekaterinburg
Dec. 9, 2009 @ Ros Casares (Montaņana)
Dec. 17, 2009 vs. Galatasaray (Augustus)
Jan. 13, 2010 @ TTT Riga
Jan. 20 2010 @ Cras Basket Taranto
2008-09: The 08-09 version of TEO Vilnius, featuring 2009 WNBA Most Improved Player Crystal Langhorne, finished 5-5 in Qualifying Round action, good enough for fourth in Group D and to advance to the 2009 Eighth-Final Playoffs. Matched up with Russian power and eventual 2009 EuroLeague Final Four participant UMMC Ekaterinburg, the Lithuanian club was outmatched, falling 2-0 in the best-of-three series.
2009-10: TEO Vilnius returns to the EuroLeague in 2009-10 for its 10th consecutive campaign. Renee Montgomery, Quanitra Hollingsworth and company received a tough draw, as they were placed in the same group as 2009 EuroLeague Final Four participant UMMC Ekaterinburg, 2009 EuroLeague QuarterFinal club Ros Casares, and 2009 EuroCup Champion Galatasaray. Also in Group A is Cras Basket Taranto, who moves over to the EuroLeague after falling in the 2009 EuroCup Finals to Seimone Augustus and Galatasaray. Latvian club TTT Riga rounds out the group. The top four finishers after Qualifying Round action will move on to the Eight-Final Playoffs in February.
Lynx Connection: Playing overseas for the first time, Lynx rookies Renee Montgomery and Quanitra Hollingsworth will face-off against Lynx teammate Anna Montaņana two times in the Qualifying Round: Nov. 4, 2009 in Vilnius, Lithuania, and Dec. 9, 2009 in Valencia, Spain.
Ros Casares (Spain) - Anna Montaņana
Qualifying Round Schedule
Oct. 28, 2009 vs. TTT Riga
Nov. 4, 2009 @ TEO Vilnius (Hollingsworth & Montgomery)
Nov. 11, 2009 vs. UMMC Ekaterinburg
Nov. 18, 2009 @ Cras Basket Taranto
Nov. 25, 2009 @ Galatasaray (Augustus)
Dec. 2, 2009 @ TTT Riga
Dec. 9, 2009 vs. TEO Vilnius (Hollingsworth & Montgomery)
Dec. 16, 2009 @ UMMC Ekaterinburg
Jan. 13, 2010 vs. Cras Basket Taranto
Jan. 20, 2010 vs. Galatasaray (Augustus)
2008-09: Ros Casares, featuring Lynx star Candice Wiggins and the L.A. Sparks' Delisha Milton Jones, stormed through Qualifying Round action in Group C, going 8-2 to advance to the Eighth-Final Playoffs, where it defeated Slovakian club Broker Kosice 2-0. That set up a Quarter-Final Playoffs matchup with eventual 2009 EuroLeague champion Spartak Moscow. After winning Game 1, Ros could not earn the deciding victory, falling to the Russian power two games to one.
Montaņana's 2008-09 EuroLeague Statistics (Ros Casares, Spain): 15 games, 7.7 ppg, 2.5 rpg and 2.1 apg in 19.8 mpg
2009-10: New to this year's Ros Casares squad are WNBA player Belinda Snell. Along with Montaņana, back is 2009 WNBA All-Star Erika De Souza and Spanish star Amaya Valdemoro. Though in a tough group, Ros Casares should advance beyond Qualifying Round action where it will look to repeat its success from 2009.
Lynx Connection: Competing in her fifth consecutive EuroLeague campaign, Montaņana will play Renee Montgomery, Quanitra Hollingsworth and Teo Vilnius two times in the Qualifying Round: Nov. 4, 2009 in Vilnius, Lithuania, and Dec. 9, 2009 in Valencia, Spain.
Group D
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Tarbes (France) - Charde Houston Qualifying Round Schedule Oct. 28, 2009 vs. Szeviep
Nov. 5, 2009 @ Lotos Gdynia
Nov. 11, 2009 vs. Frisco Sika Brno
Nov. 18, 2009 @ Spartak Moscow (Miller)
Nov. 25, 2009 vs. Fenerbahce
Dec. 2, 2009 @ Szeviep
Dec. 9, 2009 vs. Lotos Gdynia
Dec. 16, 2009 @ Frisco Sika Brno
Jan. 13, 2010 vs. Spartak Moscow (Miller)
Jan. 20, 2010 @ Fenerbahce
2008-09: Tarbes competed in the 2008-09 EuroCup competition, advancing through the Preliminary Round and the Sixteenth-Finals before falling to Italian club Cras Basket Taranto 148-135 in the two-game, total point Eighth-Final series.
Houston's 2008-09 EuroLeague Statistics (Raanana Hertzliya, Israel): Six games, 21.5 ppg, 9.5 rpg in 30.7 mpg
2009-10: After spending the last four seasons competing in the EuroCup, the 2009-10 season will be Tarbes' first in the EuroLeague since 2005. Though Tarbes finds itself paired up with three-time defending EuroLeague champion Spartak Moscow and Turkish club Fenerbahce, the path to the Eighth-Finals seems open for the French squad. Czech club Frisco Sika Brno, Hungarian team Szeviep and Lotos Gdynia of Poland round out the group.
Lynx Connection: Houston will battle her Lynx teammate Kelly Miller when Tarbes squares off against Spartak Moscow on Nov. 18, 2009 and Jan. 13, 2010. Spartak Moscow (Russia) - Kelly Miller
Qualifying Round Schedule
Oct. 28, 2009 vs. Frisco Sika Brno
Nov. 4, 2009 @ Szeviep
Nov. 11, 2009 @ Fenerbahce
Nov. 18, 2009 vs. Tarbes GB (Houston)
Nov. 26, 2009 @ Lotos Gdynia
Dec. 2, 2009 @ Frisco Sika Brno
Dec. 9, 2009 vs. Szeviep
Dec. 16, 2009 vs. Fenerbahce
Jan. 13, 2010 @ Tarbes GB (Houston)
Jan. 20, 2010 vs. Lotos Gdynia
2008-09: Spartak Moscow's route to the 2009 EuroLeague crown: Spartak Moscow went 9-1 in Qualifying Round action, defeated ZVVZ USK Prague 2-0 in the Eighth-Final Playoffs, overcame a 1-0 deficit to defeat Ros Casares 2-1 in the Quarter-Final Playoffs, beat UMMC Ekaterinburg 83-74 in the Semi-Finals, and beat Halcon Avenida 85-70 in the EuroLeague Championship to win the league for third consecutive year.
Miller's 2008-09 EuroLeague Statistics (Spartak Moscow, Russia): 17 games, 5.8 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.8 apg in 21.4 mpg
2009-10: Gone from last year's championship team is Lauren Jackson, but the additions of Janel McCarville, Anete Jekabsone-Zogota, Edwige Lawson-Wade and Russian star Ilona Korstin, to go along with returnees Sylvia Fowles and Diana Taurasi have this Russian power thinking four-peat.
Lynx Connection: Miller will battle her Lynx teammate Charde Houston when Spartak Moscow squares off against Tarbes on Nov. 18, 2009 and Jan. 13, 2010.
