Storm Off-Season Update: Nov. 11
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Throughout the Seattle Storm's off-season, storm.wnba.com will track down updates on what Storm players are up to, notably following their performance in overseas leagues.
Three Storm players are in the Italian A1 League. Simone Edwards is playing for Levoni Taranto. Edwards has averaged 23.0 points and 14.5 rebounds in two Italian League games. Alicia Thompson, playing for Acer Priolo, has also played two games and is averaging 18.0 points and 5.5 rebounds. Betty Lennox has yet to see action for Coconuda Maddaloni.
 Kamila Vodichkova's Moscow Dynamo team is off to a good start in Euroleague play. Rocky Widner/NBAE/Getty |
While MVP Lauren Jackson is out for the WNBL season following ankle surgery, teammate Tully Bevilaqua made her season debut for the Canberra Capitals on Oct. 29. Bevilaqua had 11 points, seven rebounds, four steals and three assists in 40 minutes of action as the Capitals defeated the Townsville Fire 73-63 on Saturday. In two games, she is averaging 10.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 3.5 steals per game.
Missing Jackson, the Capitals are 2-5, with both wins coming against the Fire. Canberra hosts Perth at Southern Cross Stadium on Saturday.
Center Janell Burse is playing for Liaoning Baocheng in China against opposing players like Connecticut's Asjha Jones, former Storm post Alisa Burras and Indiana's Deanna Jackson. After dropping their first game, Burse's squad has won two in a row. Burse reports she is averaging 23.7 points and 16.7 rebounds and had nine blocks in her first two games.
Guard Michelle Greco is currently playing with a college touring team named "Love & Basketball," after the popular movie. The Southern California-based team is composed of former area college players, and Greco is one of five UCLA alums on the roster. Love & Basketball won its first four games against Cal State Fullerton, Loyola Marymount, Pepperdine and the Bruins before falling 86-73 to USC on Tuesday.
Greco has led Love & Basketball in scoring three times, with 24 points against the Trojans, 18 against LMU and 17 against UCLA.
Forwards Trina Frierson and Sheri Sam are still working on determining where they will be playing this off-season, while forward Adia Barnes is at home in San Diego. Bird, who will not report to Moscow Dynamo until January, is splitting time between both coasts and will be in Seattle this weekend for a Niketown appearance and the Storm's Season Ticket Holder Fall Get-Together this Sunday at UW's Don James Center from 5-7 p.m.