On the surface, week 5 of EuroLeague Women wasn’t particularly memorable, as there weren’t any truly big performances. But dig a bit deeper and find that some stories began and some were put to a close—sometimes during the same game.
With one more week of first-round games, two spots remain to be filled by the end of next week’s action. The 10 teams that already have advanced to the second round are: Basket Landes, Beretta Famila Schio, Casademont Zaragoza, ÇBK Mersin, Fenerbahçe Opet, Tango Bourges Basket, Umama Reyer Venezia, Valencia Basket Club, Žabiny Brno and ZVVZ USK Praha.
2024 belongs to Amy Okonkwo
Tango Bourges Basket clinched a spot in the next round on Tuesday. The standout constant for Bourges is Nigerian-American Amy Okonkwo. After captaining D’Tigress to their best performance in history during the Paris Olympics, the former USC and TCU player scored game-high 17 points on 62 percent shooting against Olympiacos. The Greeks remain winless in the competition and have no chance at progressing to the second round, unlike three other teams from Group B, whose spots there are secure.
In the other Group B game ÇBK Mersin made the most out of Žabiny’s shooting struggles (28 percent from…
