The Tall Ferns ended their European tour with another very disappointing loss to the Czech Republic, 46-73.
Of particular concern to Cardinal fans is whether Clare and Jillian will continue to be Tall Ferns. The tour has thrown the Olympic selection wide open -- the players left at home are still very much in the running. No box scores of these games were published, so we have little idea of Clare's and Jillian's standings.
Jillian should be OK -- she was the top scorer and rebounder twice, and her averages per game in the Good Luck Beijing Tournament were 25 minutes, 11.7 points and 6.3 rebounds.
We know less of Clare, and nothing at all about her performance as a point guard in ways that don't show up in box scores.
The Tall Ferns will be back in New Zealand until the pre-Olympic games in China the first week of August. Read more...
June 5, 2008
June 4, 2008
Not-so-tall Ferns lose to tall Czech beauties
I love the hyperbole of Kiwi sports reporting -- or maybe it's just coach Mc Hugh.
The Tall Ferns' 51-72 loss to the Czech Republic was described as a "Brain Explosion". Sounds worse than an ACL, but apparently just means that their basketball intelligence last night was not very good.
The Ferns were also height-challenged. McHugh said, "They're all 6' 5" beauty queens who can shoot the three. What are we doing to do about it?" Actually only three of the Czech players are 6"5" or 6"6"; I know nothing of their shooting ability; you can judge their beauty yourself. Read more...
The Tall Ferns' 51-72 loss to the Czech Republic was described as a "Brain Explosion". Sounds worse than an ACL, but apparently just means that their basketball intelligence last night was not very good.
The Ferns were also height-challenged. McHugh said, "They're all 6' 5" beauty queens who can shoot the three. What are we doing to do about it?" Actually only three of the Czech players are 6"5" or 6"6"; I know nothing of their shooting ability; you can judge their beauty yourself. Read more...
Czech National Team
June 2, 2008
Jillian and the Ferns rebound
The Tall Ferns rebounded from their prior two games with another win (69-60) over Angola. Jillian contributed ten rebounds to the victory.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find box scores for any of these friendly FIBA games, so don't have any additional information about Jillian's or Clare's performance.
The Ferns complete their European tour with two difficult games against the ninth-ranked Czech Republic on Wednesday and Thursday. It's a fairly short trip (about 1000 miles) from Madrid to Brno, so jet lag will not be a factor. Read more...
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find box scores for any of these friendly FIBA games, so don't have any additional information about Jillian's or Clare's performance.
The Ferns complete their European tour with two difficult games against the ninth-ranked Czech Republic on Wednesday and Thursday. It's a fairly short trip (about 1000 miles) from Madrid to Brno, so jet lag will not be a factor. Read more...
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