Can any team in EuroLeague Women stop Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding?
Fenerbahçe, the Turkish basketball club that entered the 2022-23 EuroLeague Women season as the favorite to win it all, has largely lived up to expectations, leading the competition with a 9-2 record. Featuring an absolutely stacked roster with Breanna Stewart, Satou Sabally, Emma Meesseman, Kayla McBride, Alina Iagupova and Kiah Stokes, Fenerbahçe has gotten better and better as group play has gone on, winning its last four games by an average of 42 points.
If that wasn’t enough, Fenerbahçe recently announced it had signed WNBA record-breaking point guard Courtney Vandersloot, who is anticipated to join the club on Feb. 15.
That’s still a couple of weeks away, of course, and the one team in Group A that can still theoretically match up against Fenerbahçe, Czech club ZVVZ USK Praha, will get a shot against its EuroLeague Women rival. Led by MVP candidate Alyssa Thomas (18 points, 11.2 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 2.8 steals per game) and her Connecticut Sun teammate Brionna Jones (16.4 points and 9.7 rebounds per game), Praha currently sits at 8-3, one game behind Fenerbahçe in the Group A standings.
The game, which was tabbed by FIBA as the EuroLeague Women game of the week, also carries a revenge angle for Praha. Back in Week 5, Praha seemed en route to a key victory, but Fenerbahçe made a big fourth-quarter run and ultimately won the game in overtime, 82-72.
Granted, Fenerbahçe looked different back then, with Stewart and Sabally yet to join the team. Still, Praha likely feels like it gave that game away, and with little margin for error in the race for Group A’s top overall playoff seed, viewers can expect Thomas to put the club on her broad shoulders and post another massive stat line against Fenerbahçe’s all-around excellence.
You can watch Fenerbahçe vs. Praha, as well as every other EuroLeague Women game, live and for free on FIBA’s EuroLeague Women YouTube channel. Let’s dive into the rest of Week 12’s matchups.
Tuesday, January 31
CBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld (7-4) vs. Beretta Famila Schio (8-3)
When: 11 a.m. ET
Where: Servet Tazegül Spor Salonu, Mersin
How to watch: FIBA YouTube live stream
Notable players: Chelsea Gray, DeWanna Bonner, Tiffany Hayes, Elizabeth Williams (CBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld); Rhyne Howard, Marina Mabrey, Amanda Zahui B., Astou Ndour-Fall, Kim Mestdagh (Beretta Famila Schio)
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