FIBA: Emma Meesseman, Marina Mabrey among best in EuroLeague Women

With EuroLeague Women’s group stage complete, Swish Appeal’s EuroLeague Women experts, Łukasz Muniowksi and Eric Nemchock, offer one final assessment of the regular season, selecting their All-Group Teams, which consist of a starting five and sixth player.

You’ll see most all of these players and their clubs in action in Quarter-Finals, which begin Feb. 21.

Team Łukasz

PG: Marina Mabrey (Çukurova Basketbol Mersin)

19.2 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game

Mabrey is a shoot-first playmaker, who is a threat whenever she has the ball in her hands. Her pull-up 3s are a thing of beauty. She has range, but she’s also good at setting up teammates—in three contests she had nine dimes, coming close to a triple-double twice. Some people in the States might complain that she’s over-competitive, but, in Europe, that edge is more than welcome.

SG: Arella Guirantes (Beretta Famila Schio)

15.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game

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