Israeli League

Latta

Walker

Ayana Walker and Maccabi Ashdod fell a game below .500 with an 82-70 loss to front-running Raanana Hertzliya (10-1). Walker scored 12 points and grabbed 18 rebounds in the defeat. Next up for Maccabi Ashdod (5-6) is a January 14 meeting with Maccabi Tel Kabir (1-10).

Ivory Latta's Elizur Holon (4-6) squad plays its first game of the new year on January 14 against Hapoel Tel Aviv (1-9).

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Israeli League Standings

	Team	W	L	Pts
1	Raanana Hertzliya	10	1	21
2	Elizur Ramla	8	2	18
3	Maccabi Ramat Hen	7	4	18
4	Electra Ramat Hasharon	8	1	17
5	Maccabi Ashdod	5	6	16
6	Elizur Holon	4	6	14
7	Bnei Yehuda	3	8	14
8	Maccabi Tel Kabir	1	10	12
9	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1	9	11

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Italian League

Johnson

Shannon Johnson and Umana Venezia are still atop the Italian League standings after two wins in the first week of 2008. In a 76-63 win over Pool Comense (5-8) on January 3. Johnson played just four minutes in the win scoring two points.

In the team’s 78-55 win over Germano Zama Faenza (8-5), Johnson rebounded with 17 points, seven boards and six assists. Johnson is averaging 14.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists on the season in the Italian League.

Next up for Venezia is a January 13 meeting with Gescom Viterbo (3-10).

Italian League Standings

	Team	W	L	Pts
1	Umana Venezia	12	1	24
2	Cras Basket Taranto	11	2	22
3	Famila Wuber Schio	10	3	20
4	Phard Napoli	9	4	18
5	Germano Zama Faenza	8	5	16
6	Lavezzini Parma	7	6	14
7	Acer Priolo	7	6	14
8	Carispe La Spezia	7	6	14
9	Pool Comense	5	8	10
10	Italmoka Pozzuoli	4	9	8
11	Grescom Viterbo	3	10	6
12	Banco di Sicilia Ribera	3	10	6
13	New Wash Montigarda	3	10	6
14	Fiera di Roma Pomezia	2	11	4

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Russian League

Nolan

Pierson

Smith

Tyresa Smith and Dynamo-Energiya (Novosibirsk) dropped an 84-68 decision to CSKA (Moscow) on January 4 to drop their record to 6-5.

Deanna Nolan’s UMMC Ekaterinburg (7-2) squad dropped its second game of the season in the Russian Superleague A play falling to Spartak (Moscow region) 90-86. They are now two and a half games behind Spartak and CDKA (Moscow) both of which have perfect 10-0 records. Next up for UMMC is a January 13 meeting with Nadezhda (Orenburg) (3-7).

Plenette Pierson and BC Moscow are currently in fourth place in the Russian Superleague A standings after an 85-67 win over Nadezhda (Orenburg) on January 5 ran their record to 8-3. Next up for BC Moscow is a January 21 tilt vs. Dynamo (Kursk) (6-4).

Russian League Standings

	Team	W	L	Pts
1	CSKA (Moscow)	10	0	20
2	Spartak (Moscow Region)	10	0	20
3	UMMC (Ekaterinburg)	7	2	16
4	BC Moscow	8	3	19
5	Dynamo (Kursk)	6	4	16
6	Dynamo-Energiya (Novosibirsk)	6	5	17
7	Dynamo (Moscow)	5	6	16
8	Vologda-Chevakata (Vologda)	4	5	13
9	Nadezhida (Orenburg)	3	7	13
10	Spartak (St. Petersburg)	2	9	13
11	Slavyanka (Cherlyabinsk)	1	10	12
12	Shelen-ETK (Krasnoyarsk)	0	11	11