Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Portugal - Hoskins' Great Season Comes to a Close in the Quarterfinals

(#15 Brandie Hoskins - Portugal)

3.19.2011 - CJ Boa Viagem 61 vs Quinta 78 (Portuguese Quarterfinals Gm1) (Clips)
- Brandie Hoskins: 26 points, 10 rebounds, 2 steals!

3.26.2011 - CJ Boa Viagem 61 at Quinta 75 (Portuguese Quarterfinals Gm2)
- Brandie Hoskins: 13 points, 8 rebounds

A High Level Hooper - If we had a 2010/2011 individual ranking of former Buckeyes, Mike Conley Jr. would be at the top along with his fellow 2007 Rookie classmate Brandie Hoskins. The guard/forward out of Dayton, Ohio played her fourth professional season for CJ Boa Viagem, a sports club based in the city of Angra on the (Portuguese) island Terciera.

To say that Hoskins was a force for Boa Viagem would be an massive understatement. Brandie led the club with 21pts & 8 rebounds per game. She scored twenty or more points in 11 of 18 regular season games (including a season high 33 point game on Nov. 21, 2010), and finished the season as the 3rd best scorer in Portugal (In our minds the best overall player in Portugal from start to finish! Stats )

(Playoffs) - Brandie Hoskins & Terence Dials (Cyprus) were the first among Buckeye Alumni to participate in 2011 playoff action. Hoskins' team Boa Viagem entered the playoffs as the sixth seed against third seeded Quinta.

The Portuguese quarterfinals are a best 2 games of 3 format..That first game usually sets the tone for the series, and in this case, Boa Viagem just happened to run into a bad matchup in the form of a more balanced Quinta team. Their first round counterparts shot 52% from behind the arc (9 threes) in game one which lead to a 78-61 gm 1 victory in Angra. Quinta then completed the series sweep a week later at home on March 26 (75-61). Despite the losses, Hoskins left it all out on the floor by dropping 26 points/10 rebounds in gm 1 to with 13 & 8 in game 2. In our opinion Brandie is capable of performing on any level (the highest levels) in woman's basketball.

(Videos! Scrimmage between Boa Viagem & a group of men..Hoskins is in the red shorts doing work..plus some vids of Boa vs CAB in league play)









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