NPWBA Round 1 of Semi-Finals. Wins for Ballers and Defenders

Ballers - Eagles 86-78

Ballers forced 23 Eagles turnovers. Valarie Nesbitt stepped up and scored 27 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 steals for the winners and Shenell Stewart chipped in 9 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 8 steals. At the losing side the former international center Marvia Dean (183-1991) responded with a double-double by scoring 27 points and 19 rebounds and the former international guard Christine Sinclair (-1980) scored 22 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.
Top scorers:
Ballers: N.Valarie 27+7reb+7ast, B.Geraniqua 17+5reb, B.Trinity 11+2reb+1ast, S.Shenell 9+8reb+6ast, B.Riccara 8+2reb, T.Savannah 8+3reb+4ast
Eagles: M.Dean 27+19reb+1ast, C.Sinclair 22+9reb+5ast, A.Bethel 12+2reb+2ast, S.C 9+3reb+1ast, A.Sands-Moultrie 8+13reb+2ast, L.Trenai 0

Defenders - Flyers 55-48

The former international forward Philicia Kelly (175-1989, college: Okla City) nailed 28 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 steals for the winning side and American guard Samantha Gilbert (173, college: Thomas Univ.) accounted for 2 points and 13 rebounds. The former international center Britenique Harrison (193-1992, college: Benedict) came up with a double-double by scoring 15 points and 14 rebounds and Latoya Silver added 12 points and 7 rebounds respectively for Flyers in the defeat.
Top scorers:
Defenders: P.Kelly 28+8reb+9ast, J.Forbes 9+5reb, R.Chrishanda 6+4reb, R.Quant 6+5reb+1ast, W.Tiffany 4+9reb+1ast, S.Gilbert 2+13reb+2ast
Flyers: B.Harrison 15+14reb+1ast, S.Latoya 12+7reb+1ast, W.Shadell 8+6reb+4ast, M.Jurelle 6+5reb+3ast, C.Jennifer 3+11reb, R.Dominiqua 2+1ast