The 2023-24 EuroLeague Women season may have just started, but it didn’t take reigning competition champions Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding long to get back into the swing of things. The Turkish club opened its title defense with a 30-point win over Valencia Basket, with Kayla McBride’s 16 points, six rebounds and six assists earning her fan-voted Player of the Week honors. Joining McBride are Napheesa Collier and Emma Meesseman, who combined to score 29 points on 12-of-22 shooting in the team’s win.
Fenerbahçe is far from the only club participating in EuroLeague Women that has all-world caliber talent, but not every club is at full strength yet. As is typical of most EuroLeague Women seasons, players are still trickling in from previous commitments, so we’ll expect to see a few big names in Week 2 that we didn’t see last week. For example, last season’s runners-up Çukurova Basketbol Mersin recently welcomed Elizabeth Williams and Marina Mabrey to their ranks, while Diamond Miller should soon be making her debut for SERCO UNI Győr.
Also of note is KGHM BC Polkowice’s signing of Brittney Sykes. Sykes, who got off to a tremendous start last season for Sopron Basket before transferring to Spar Girona, joins a Polkowice club that desperately needs better guard…
