Jennifer O'Neill selected the top Puerto Rican playing abroad in last week's games - 5 months ago
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Here is the weekly review of the top performing Puerto Rican players, who play currently abroad. This week's number one is an international point guard Jennifer O'Neill (165-90, agency: Legends Sports). She contributed to an Artego Bydgoszcz's victory against the 11th-ranked JAS FBG in the Polish BLK in Saturday night's game.
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JENNIFER O'NEILL
Here is the weekly review of the top performing Puerto Rican players, who play currently abroad.
#1. This week's number one is an international point guard Jennifer O'Neill (165-90, agency: Legends Sports, college: Kentucky, currently plays in Poland). She contributed to an Artego Bydgoszcz's victory against the 11th-ranked JAS FBG (5-16) 91-77 in the Polish BLK in Saturday night's game.
O'Neill recorded 9 points and added 4 passes in 30 minutes on the court.
Artego Bydgoszcz (18-3) is placed first in the BLK.
It was her team's fifth consecutive victory in a row.
There are only three games left until the end of the Regular Season. So now every game will be critical.
It's O'Neill's first season with the team.
She has relatively good stats this year: 14.3ppg, 3.5rpg, 3.8apg, 1.2spg, 2FGP: 52.1%, 3FGP: 48.1%(26-54) and FT: 76.7% in 20 games she played so far.
O'Neill has a dual citizenship: Puerto Rican and American.
She is currently a member of the Puerto Rican senior national team. Strangely O'Neill has never played in Puerto Rico.
#2. Second place goes to former international guard Gileysa Penzo (175-97, currently plays college basketball in the States), who plays in the NCAA. She could not help the Oklahoma (8-10) to beat the De Paul University (4-14).
Penzo scored only 4 points, had 7 rebounds and dished 10 assists.
The Oklahoma was defeated 90-79 at home by the De Paul University.
The National Tournament Round 1 already ended in the NCAA.
Penzo has been at the team for four years.
This season she averages: 2.2ppg, 1.7rpg, 2.1apg, 2FGP: 56.8%(21-37) and FT: 64.3%.
Penzo played for the Puerto Rican national team in 2012.
#3. The Puerto Rican player who performed third best last week abroad was an international guard Ashley Prim (170-91, college: St.Joseph's, currently plays in Ireland). Prim was the major contributor in Glanmire's victory against the sixth-ranked WIT Wildcats (5-11) crushing them 112-63 in the Irish Super League on Saturday night.
She scored 19 points, grabbed 5 rebounds and dished 7 assists in only a mere 7 minutes.
Ambassador UCC Glanmire Cork (13-4) is placed second in the Super League.
Prim's team will play only one more game in the Regular Season. And now that game is very crucial.
Prim has individually a very good year with high stats. She averages: 20.0ppg, 4.8rpg, 3.8apg, 1.3spg, 2FGP: 69.2%(18-26), 3FGP: 45.8%(11-24) and FT: 84.6% in four games.
Prim is another player who holds two passports: Puerto Rican and American.
Worth to mention she played also at Eurobasket Summer League, which helped her get the job in pro basketball. She is also a member of the Puerto Rican senior national team.
#4. Guard Adily Martucci (173-94, agency: Gamble Sports Management, college: Quinnipiac, currently plays in Ireland) is a teammate of previously mentioned Ashley Prim. But that was another game of her team in Irish Super League which we would like to mention.
Martucci contributed to a 3-point Glanmire's victory against the closely-ranked Brunell (10-7) 81-78 in a derby game.
She scored 8 points.
Ambassador UCC Glanmire Cork (13-4) is placed second in the Super League.
Martucci's overall stats this season are: 9.2ppg, 4.0rpg, 1.9apg and 2.2spg.
She has both American and Puerto Rican nationalities.
Martucci is also Puerto Rican national team player.
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