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LFB roster change in TarbesWith a tough LFB schedule for January and a hard battle for EuroLeague Women play-off qualification, Alain Jardel, the head coach from Tarbes, decided that he needed more presence in the paint.
Sipaviciute who played in France with Arras during the 2008-2009 season before joining Gospic in Croatia last year. However she has not been able to reproduce the form she showed last season and has averaged 3 points and 2 rebounds domestically. In the EuroLeague Women she also averaged 3 points and picked up 3 rebounds.
Smith is averaging 11.6 points and 7.8 rebounds a game in the EuroLeague Women. Smith, who is 26 years old, went to Duke University for one year but then transferred to Stanford for the final three years of her College career which ended in 2007. She was drafted into the WNBA by Minnesota Lynx but was released before the season started. She was then picked up by Connecticut Sun but was waived. Not withstanding she made into the WNBA in 2008 when she joined Phoenix Mercury that became WNBA Champions in 2009. Outside the WNBA she was spending her time playing basketball in Italy. So this will be her first move into another European basketball league. Return from LFB Basketball News to Ligue Féminine de BasketBall index Go to Women Playing Basketball In France Home Page Return to the top of page Picture credits: Ligue Féminine de Basketball
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As a consequence the club negotiated with Vaida Sipaviciute (left) to end her contract.
Her replacement is Brooke Smith (right in picture) who has been playing in Italy this season with Cras Basket.