The 2023-24 EuroLeague Women season currently is on hiatus for what is casually known as the “national team break.” This three-week period in early November accounts for FIBA hosting a qualifying tournament for the EuroBasket Women 2025, which features the best national teams in Europe as well as some of EuroLeague Women’s top players.
While we still need to wait another week for EuroLeague Women to resume on Nov. 22, let’s use the national team break to check in with each of its 16 competing clubs. Who’s hot, who’s not, and what should you be watching for when they take the court next week?
Group A
Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding (5-0)
So far, so good for the defending champs. This season’s Fenerbahçe squad may not be quite as star-studded as the one that cruised to the 2023 EuroLeague Women title, but it’s still leading the competition in scoring by a country mile (90.2 points per game) and is the only club to have three players (Kayla McBride, Emma Meesseman and Yvonne Anderson) averaging better than four assists per game. McBride, in particular, has been marvelous to start the season, averaging 17.4 points and 3.4 3-pointers (43.6 percent 3-point shooting) per game and earning EuroLeague Women Most Valuable Player honors for the month of October….
