WNBA Overseas Report: December 8th
Basketball never stops for the WNBA’s best and brightest. Here are some recent standouts during the overseas season. By Justin Lester and Doug Ammon, WNBA.com
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- Stewie continues to look right at home in Shanghai. The W’s reigning Rookie of the Year is averaging a team-high 31.5 ppg and dropped 28 points on December 6th in a seven-point win over Guangdong.
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- Charles has flexed her muscle in the China with the Sichaun Whales. She’s averaging a league-high 36.1 ppg while also grabbing a league-high 15.7 rpg. Charles dropped 36 and 37 points in her two contests over the past week.
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- Diana Taurasi made her 2016-17 overseas debut with UMMC Ekaterinburg on November 27, netting 15 points and grabbing six rebounds in Ekat’s 63-56 Russian League win against an Angel McCoughtry- and Nneka Ogwumike-led Dynamo Kursk team. Taurasi followed up that performance by scoring 19 points in her first EuroLeague game of this overseas season, knocking down four triples in the win. The six-time EuroLeague Champion again knocked down four three-pointers in Ekaterinburg’s win on December 4, en route to 23 points in the game to go along with six rebounds.
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- Taurasi’s backcourt running mate, Sonja Petrovic, is the leading scorer in EuroLeague play for her team in the Czech Republic (15.3 ppg), USK Praha. Her play has the squad undefeated in EuroLeague and league play at 12-0.
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- A big reason behind Beijing’s league-leading 14 wins has been the play of Sylvia Fowles. Fowles is averaging a double-double at 23.8 points and 11.6 rebounds for the season. The Great Wall went 2-0 in their two games last week.
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- Swords has competed in the Eastern European Women’s Basketball League in addition to playing in Polish games. Swords found a great deal of success for Basket Gdynia, as their two wins in the EEBWL led to her being named the league’s Player of the Week for Round 4. She averaged 24.5 ppg in two victories and combined to shoot 19-of-24 from the field. In a win over Astana on Saturday, Swords scored 22 points while shooting 9-of-9 from the field. The next day she followed that up with a huge 27-point performance (10/15 FG) to help Basket 90 edge Dynamo Moscow and improve to 4-1 in the EEWBL standings.
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- Mitchell has been playing well in Australia for the Sydney Flames. She scored a season-high 25 points and had 5 assists to lead the Flames to an 80-71 win on Dec. 4. She also had 14 points and 7 assists in a 91-83 loss the night before.
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- Jones has taken her talents to South Korea this offseason and has the Woori Bank out to an undefeated start to the season (11-0). She’s averaging a team-high 18.1 ppg while also nabbing a team-high 12.0 rpg.
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