August 30, 2017

Houston disaster hits close to home for Ogwumikes

Chiney shares how her family in Houston, Texas is coping with the destruction of Hurricane Harvey.

Chiney challenges all WNBA and NBA teams to donate to the relief effort.

Chiney and Nneka respond to the challenge

Here's one way to donate to the relief effort.

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August 24, 2017

Chiney checks in



Chiney shares how she's taken advantage of her time off the court.
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August 16, 2017

Nneka pursues global brand for WNBA

From the Los Angeles Times:

In just six seasons, Los Angeles Sparks star Nneka Ogwumike already has amassed a career’s worth of WNBA accomplishments. In the last year alone, she won a most valuable player award and drained a championship-clinching shot in the league Finals.

This season she is tops in scoring (18.7 points), shooting percentage (55.8) and free-throw percentage (88.3) for the playoff-bound Sparks, who improved to 20-8 with Wednesday’s 95-62 win at Washington.

But what lies ahead, beyond the playoffs, is her biggest challenge yet: elevating the WNBA in prominence.

Read more: Sparks star Nneka Ogwumike wants to make the WNBA a global brand. But how?

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August 11, 2017

Ros and Chiney covered the NBA Africa Games

Ros and Chiney have been in South Africa covering the third-annual NBA Africa Games in very fine fashion.

Tamryn Spruill (Golden State of Mind) reports Ros' varied activities in: Rosalyn Gold-Onwude takes Africa by storm, celebrates #WorldLionDay in dynamic fashion

Check out Chiney's tweets for her activities. Among them, her interview of the MVP (Team World scored a 108-97 victory over Team Africa).


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August 10, 2017

Joslyn, one of Montana's best

MTN Sports has been recognizing some of the best girls basketball players in Montana history with #MTTop25, which is counting down the 25 best female athletes who played their high school basketball in Montana.

They awarded the #3 spot to Joslyn Tinkle this week, although Lady Griz coach Shannon Schweyen thinks she was the best ever.

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August 7, 2017

Ezi is a mom

From Ezi Okafor '06 and her husband Obi Obunadike:

Introducing our bundle of joy, our little prince, Kobichukwumdi (Kobi) Tobenna Obiefuna Obunadike! 😍😍

Couldn't have gotten through the whole 💯natural labor process without my hubby and especially my mother!! 😘😘#HardestThingToDateButWorthIt #BirthAnd48HrsPics #July292017 #BlessedBeyondMeasure #ObinigweNoNaOcheEzeYa

Kobichukwumdi: The way my God's heart is. How pure my God's heart is.
Tobenna: Praise God.
Obiefuna: My lineage will be preserved.

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August 5, 2017

Exciting news from Jayne

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July 29, 2017

Tall Ferns finish sixth in Asia Cup

The Tall Ferns were defeated by Chinese Taipei 45-65 and finished in sixth place in the 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup.

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The Tall Ferns' quest for a ticket to the 2018 FIBA Women's World Cup failed, but Jillian's contribution was truly outstanding:

She played an average of 31.9 minutes per game, the third-most in the tournament.

She was the fourth-best scorer in the tournament with 14.0 points per game.

She was the second-best rebounder in the tournament with 9.3 rebounds per game.

She averaged 2.8 assists and 1.2 steals per game

She had the fifth-best efficiency ranking in the tournament (efficiency is a composite statistic that is derived from basic individual statistics: points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, turnovers and shot attempts)

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July 28, 2017

Tall Ferns win Classification (5-8) game in Asia Cup

The Tall Ferns defeated DPR Korea 82-61 in a classification game for places 5-8

Jillian was again the top scorer for her team with 15 points. She also had nine rebounds and three assists.

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The Tall Ferns will face Chinese Taipei in the 5th/6th play-off game early Saturday morning at 12:45am Pacific Time.
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July 27, 2017

Tall Ferns' World Cup hopes dashed

The Tall Ferns' fervently-anticipated trip to the 2018 FIBA World Cup came to a crashing halt tonight as they lost 64-49 to Korea in the FIBA Asia Cup quarterfinals.

The game started well for New Zealand. They began with confidence instead of their habitual slow start and Korea was shooting very badly. Three minutes into the second quarter, the Kiwis were ahead 20-11.

Then it all turned around. Korea got hot and New Zealand went dead cold. Korea went on a 23-0 run. and the half ended with New Zealand down 20-34.

The Tall Ferns played catch-up all through the second half, but didn't quite make it. They got within four points once in the third quarter and within two once in the fourth quarter. Then Korea scored a 9-0 run that effectively ended the game with three minutes left on the clock.

Jillian again played almost the entire game (39 minutes) and led her team with a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds.

At the end of the Group Phase, European sports journalist Jeff Taylor picked Jillian as one of the top five players so far with this accolade:

The consistent Harmon does it all for the Tall Ferns
There are leaders, and there are "put the team on your back" leaders. The 30-year-old Harmon has been the latter for the Tall Ferns. One of the three players on the Kiwis' roster that played for the country at the 2008 Olympics, Harmon averaged 37mpg in wins over the D.P.R. of Korea and Chinese Taipei, victories that have given the New Zealanders a chance to reach the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. Averaging 19ppg and 14rpg in those two victories, Harmon also led the team with a gritty defensive effort.

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The Tall Ferns will now play for places 5-8 at the Asia Cup beginning with a match against the DPR of Korea on Thursday evening at 10:30pm Pacific Time.
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