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Getting ready for the Final in Turkey
Lior Klinger
,02/11/2005 |
Ramat Hasharon will play Fenerbache tonight in the Conference South Finals. 'We're expecting very tough game, because they are a great team and because they have home court and very loud fans. We have some proffesional advantages that I hope to take advatage of', said coach Orna Ostfeld from Turkey.
The winner of tonight's finals will get to host the 2nd game of the Eurocup quarter finals, while the loser will host the 1st game of the home and away series. The opponents will be from confernece central, which ZKK Croatia won last night. Some kind of draw will be held so the matchups in the next stage are not set yet.
Fenerbache's big star is of course Marie Ferdinand of the WNBA's San Antonio Silver Stars. Ferdinand looked great in the semis with 27 points on good shooting. Fenerbache's guards are all very quick, the point guard Nilay Yigit gets the team going with 6.7 assists per game. She was credited 17 assists in last night's semis. Saziye Ivegin is a dangerous 3point shooter, she went 4 for 7 in the semis. With 15.8 PPG, she is the team's 3rd leading scorer behind Ferdinand and Center Korana Zanze had 20 pts & 5 boards yesterday.
Assistant coach Galit Musai spoke about her team's preperations and mind set before the final: 'There's a positive athmosphere, a sense of urgency, the players know it's a tough but important task. There is a very big will to win the finals, it will put us in a better position in the next stage. We'll have to use our advantages, which is our bench mainly because theirs is not very good. We worked this morning in practice on how to disrupt their offensive game, I believe we'll succeed'.
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