Friday marked the start of the knockout games for the championships in the Caribbean for women. The first set of games was the fight for fifth place as the Bahamas beat St. Vincent and Grenadines 70-63. In the win, former college star in Canada Dale-Marie Cumberbatch had 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists and ex-Fresno State player Toni Atherley had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 steals. Barbados then delivered another massive defeat to Guyana by winning 113-27. In the win, Jonquel Jones of George Washington had 21 points and 7 rebounds, JC player Debinique Knowles had 17 points and 8 rebounds, ex-NAIA player Philicia Kelly had 17 points, and DII player Britenique Harrison had 10 points.
Boxscores:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...2&t=ZKVBOGZVRX
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...2&t=ZKVBOGZVRX
The semifinals closed out the day as Jamaica came back to edge the US Virgin Islands 49-46 to earn a spot at Centrobasket. In the win, ex-St. John's player Shenneika Smith had 18 points and ex-Florida player Jennifer George had 17 points and 19 rebounds. In the loss, ex-Portland player Natalie Day had 16 points and 15 rebounds and ex-Southern Miss player Tanecka Carey had 14 points. The Dominican Republic will also have another tournament to play in this summer after they beat Trinidad and Tobago 63-38. In the win, ex-Indiana player Danilsa Andujar had 13 points while ex-UMKC player Jowan Ortega had 11 points in the loss.
Boxscores:
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...4&t=ZKVBOGZVRX
http://fibaamericas.com/en/box.asp?g...4&t=ZKVBOGZVRX
Here are the final day matchups:
7th: St. Vincent and the Grenadines vs Guyana
5th: Barbados vs Bahamas
3rd: US Virgin Islands vs Trinidad and Tobago
1st: Jamaica vs Dominican Republic
The FIBA Asia Cup started on Friday in Wuhan, China. This is not the full continental championship, but the winner will automatically qualify to the one next summer which will determine Olympic berths. The format is already a little odd with 10 teams normally, but Uzbekistan dropped out too late to find a replacement, so they had to start with 9 teams in 2 groups with 8 teams advancing to the quarterfinals. Different teams have different goals for the tournament with most not having their strongest teams available. Iran and the Philippines are both in the midst of preparing for the bigger tournament of the summer in Spain.
The tournament started with the one game in Group B for the day as Taiwan beat Jordan 85-63. The battle of naturalized players was won by ex-Tulane player Quincy Davis, who had 21 points and 17 rebounds as he was helped by 10 points from DII player Kevin Hu. On the other side, ex-DII player Rasheim Wright contributed 21 points from the naturalized player position.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...12066-0&pool=2
Group A play started with the reigning Asian champions Iran finally taking control in the second half to beat Japan 66-56. Their star man, ex-NBA player Hamed Haddadi had 12 points and 11 rebounds. The hosts closed the day and came out on fire, stifling Indonesia 34-1 in the first quarter on the way to a 105-37 win.
Here are the boxscores:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...12066-0&pool=1
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_i...12066-0&pool=1
Here are the rosters with as much information as I could find:
China (traditional surname first listing):
Zhao Jiwei, Liaoning (China)
Wang Zirui, Guangsha (China)
Cao Fei, Zhejiang (China)
Duan Jiangwei, Shanxi (China)
He Zhongmian, Dongguan (China)
Gu Quan, Dongguan (China)
Kelanbaike Makan, Xinjiang (China)
Gao Shang, Guangdong (China)
Dong Hanlin, Guangdong (China)
Tao Hanlin, Shandong (China)
Zhang Dayu, Zhejiang (China)
Qi Zhou, Liaoning (China)
Iran:
Rouzbeh Arghavan, Zob Ahan (Iran)
Sajjad Mashayekhi, Mahram (Iran)
Saman Veisi, Zanjan (Iran)
Arman Zanganeh, Mahram (Iran)
MohammadReza Akbari Bisheh, Foolad Mahan (Iran)
Jonas Lalehzadeh, Sanaye (Iran), UC Irvine
Behnam Yakchalidehkordi, Petrochimi (Iran)
Oshin Sahakian, Mahram (Iran)
Asghar Kardoust Poustinsaraei, Kazma (Kuwait)
Mohammad Jamshidi Jafarabadi, Azad (Iran)
Arsalan Kazemi, Petrochimi (Iran), Oregon, drafted 54th in 2013 by the Washington Wizards, rights traded to Philadelphia 76ers on draft day
Hamed Haddadi, Sichuan (China)/Mahram (Iran), NBA (2008-2013)
Japan:
Takumi Ishizaki, Ludwigsburg (Germany)
Atsuya Ota, Hamamatsu (Japan)
Takeki Shonaka, Toyota (Japan)
Yusuke Okada, Toyota (Japan)
Ryumo Ono, Chiba (Japan)
Kosuke Kanamaru, Aishin (Japan)
Kosuke Takeuchi, Toyota (Japan)
Shohei Kikuji, Toyota (Japan)
Makota Hiejima, Aishin (Japan)
Daiki Tanaka, Toyota (Japan)
Tenektsu Harimoto, Toyota (Japan)
Joji Takeuchi, Hitachi (Japan)
India:
Joginder Singh, Services (India)
Narender Kumar Grewal, Services (India)
Akilan Pari, Tamil Nadu (India)
Prakash Mishra, NF Railways (India)
Pratham Singh, IOB Chennai (India)
Vishesh Bhringuvanshi, ONGC (India)
Amritpal Singh, ONGC (India)
Prasanna Venkatesh Sivakumar, Tamil Nadu (India)
Palpreet Singh Brar, Punjab Police (India)
Amjyot Singh, IOB Chennai (India)
Yadwinder Singh, ONGC (India)
Rikin Shantilal Pethani, Tamil Nadu (India)
Indonesia:
Prastawa Dhykasa Andakara, Aspac (Indonesia)
Oki Wira Sanjaya, Aspac (Indonesia)
Pringgo Regowo, Aspac (Indonesia)
Dirk Mathew Mario Gerungan, Aspac (Indonesia)
Xaverius Prawiro, Aspac (Indonesia)
Muhamad Irman, Aspac (Indonesia)
Rizky Effendi, Aspac (Indonesia)
Ferdinand Damanik, Aspac (Indonesia)
Fandi Andika Ramadhani, Aspac (Indonesia)
Ebrahim Enguio, Aspac (Indonesia)
Wahyu Widayat Jati, Aspac (Indonesia)
Handri Satrya Santosa, Aspac (Indonesia)
Jordan:
Fadel Al Najjar, Ittihad (Jordan)
Rasheim Wright, Al Nasr (Libya), University of the District of Columbia (DII)
Ahmad AlDwairi, Ittihad (Jordan)
Ahmad AlHamarsheh, ASU (Jordan)
Mohammad Hussein, ASU (Jordan)
Khaldoon Abu Ruqayah, Ittihad (Jordan)
Sinan Eid, Hacettepe (Turkey)
Wesam Al-Sous, ASU (Jordan)
Mah'D Abdeen, ASU (Jordan)
Mousa Alawadi, ASU (Jordan)
Mohammad Hadrab, ASU (Jordan)
Abdallah Abuqoura, Ittihad (Jordan)
Philippines:
Kevin Alas, NLEX Road Warriors (Philippines)
LA Tenorio, Barangay Ginebra (Philippines)
Garvo Lanete, NLEX Road Warriors (Philippines)
Paul Lee, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (Philippines)
Gary David, Meralco Bolts (Philippines)
Ranidel De Ocampo, Talk N Text Tropang Texters (Philippines)
Jared Dillinger, Meralco Bolts, Hawaii
Marcus Douthit, no club, Providence
Beau Belga, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (Philippines)
Jay Washington, Global Port Batang Pier (Philippines), Eckerd (DII)
Japeth Aguilar, Barangay San Miguel (Philippines), Western Kentucky
Junmar Fajardo, San Miguel Beerman (Philippines)
Singapore:
Qing Huang Toh
Wei Long Wong, Singapore Slingers (ASEAN League)
Hanbin Ng, Singapore Slingers (ASEAN League)
Xingyuan Han
Desmond Oh, Singapore Slingers (ASEAN League)
David Soo
Peter Soo
Shi Yang Ng
Shengyu Lim, Singapore Slingers (ASEAN League)
Kenneth Low
Delvin Goh, Singapore Slingers (ASEAN League))
John Ng
Taiwan (surnames first where applicable):
Chen Hsiao-Jung, Taiwan Mobile (Taiwan)
Quincy Davis, Pure Youth (Taiwan), Tulane
Peng Chun-Yen, Pure Youth (Taiwan)
Lin Chih-Weii, Chinese Culture University (Taiwan)
Kevin Hu, Chaminade (DII)
Ray Chen, Belmont Abbey (DII)
Lu Chi-Min
Liu Cheng, Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
Chou Yi-Hsiang, club unknown, Salt Lake (JC)
Lee Te-Wei, Yulon Luxgen (Taiwan)
Chang Jung-Hsuan
Chen Kuan-Chuan