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Message: [QUOTE="awhom111, post: 4443795, member: 8683"] Anna had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists in 25 minutes in Poland's 136-50 win over Albania: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.fiba.basketball/womenseurobasket/2023/qualifiers/game/2711/Albania-Poland#tab=boxscore[/URL] Some people question Albania entering a team when they are so overmatched, but I like that they are showing up and trying their best (looking at you in particular, Norway). Teams like Luxembourg, Austria, Denmark, and Ireland who have not been able to consistently field teams are playing much better these days. Juste Jocyte had 9 points in another win for Lithuania. Some people were trying to suggest that Croatia could have a difficult time with their game this window. Nika was obviously unavailable, but their star, one of the most dangerous scoring guards in Europe, Ivana Dojkic was out injured. Shavonte Zellous deciding to return to the fold as their naturalized player certainly helped make their win easier. They only have one game left in February, but it is the hard one at Serbia so they will want to keep it close for the tiebreakers if they cannot win. Here is a page with all of the basic stats and links to boxscores: [URL unfurl="true"]https://wbasketballblog.com/2022/11/27/eurobasket-2023-qualifiers-game-4-november-27th/[/URL] To follow up on the Matilda Ekh story, she flew to Portland from Sweden and played. It's not quite the time that Sami Whitcomb played in the deciding game of the Finals in France and checked into the WNBA opener in Seattle less than 24 hours later, but it was definitely not an easy trip. Supposed to be minor, but her club has been kind of vague about it. As a result of injuries to her, Sandrine Gruda, and Julie Allemand, they have only been able to field lineups with five players who are not teenagers. Sorry, meant over the course of the whole cycle since I had not posted anything about it. Nobody really seems to suggest that there would be any interest from the new coaching staff even when she was healthy. [/QUOTE]

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