Sometimes it better to be lucky than good but on Wednesday night at Wisla Krakow in Poland, Halcon Avenida were both.
Riding a wave of confidence after three straight wins in the EuroLeague Women, including a victory over previously unbeaten Bourges last week, Avenida arrived in Krakow and discovered they would not face a team at full strength with leading scorer Chamique Holdsclaw not in the Polish outfit's line-up.