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Burse, Castro Marques Lead Wisla to Win

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

During their time together in Seattle, Janell Burse and Iziane Castro Marques played key roles in plenty of Storm victories. Well, the duo is back at it in Europe. A day after arriving in Poland, Castro Marques scored 22 points in her debut for Wisla Can-Pack Krakow, while Burse posted her second consecutive double-double (18 points, 15 boards) in Wisla’s 85-78 home win over MiZo Pecs 2010. Wisla improved to 2-0 in Euroleague play and is for the moment atop Group B  (the winner of tomorrow’s Beretta-Famila-ESB Lille Metropole tilt will also be 2-0).

“I am very happy,” said Wisla Head Coach Jose Hernandez. “We played very good offense but need to work to improve our game on defense. A great game for Izi Castro and Burse. Congratulations to the Hungarian team for a very good game.”

Burse has dominated the glass so far in Euroleague play. With 28 rebounds in two games, she leads all players in rebounding.

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Weekend Update

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

- The Sydney Uni Acuvue Flames got on track Friday, blowing out an overmatched Australian Institute of Sport team 91-50. Suzy Batkovic-Brown played 22 minutes, scoring 21 points and grabbing nine boards. She was 9-of-10 from the free throw line. Here’s a recap with some video.

- In a matchup of two top team in Poland, Lotos Gdynia defeated TS Wisla Can-Pack in Krakow 78-70. Wisla Can-Pack was limited to six points in a low-scoring fourth quarter that began with a 65-64 score. Janell Burse had 10 points and seven rebounds, shooting 4-of-6 from the field. When Wisla Can-Pack next takes the court, it should have former Storm forward Iziane Castro Marques, who arrived in Krakow on Tuesday.

- Ashley Walker helped Maccabi Ashdod earn its first win of the season, beating Elizur Ramla 88-75 on Monday. Since Ashdod is without injured Natasha Lacy, Walker took on the role of playmaker, handing out a game-high six assists to go along with 21 points and eight rebounds.

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