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23 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 4 MARCH 2020 SPORTS BASKETBALL Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday Weather Cloudy with showers locally thundery Visibility Good locally moderate in showers Wind Southwest force 4 to 5 becoming North Northwest force 5 to 6 Sea Moderate becoming moderate to rough Swell Low to moderate Northwest TODAY TOMORROW Weather Crossword Across 1.. Lounges (7) 5. Woman who works in a bar (7) 9. Gives a new name (7) 10. Shield (5) 11. Portion (5) 12. Succeeded (3) 13. Like a dog (6) 14. Yield post (6) 15. Pigpen (3) 17. Motherhood (9) 21. Have supper (3) 23. Reach destination (6) 24. One who enjoys inflicting pain (6) 27. Some (3) 28. Pertaining to sound (5) 29. Emblem (5) 30. Traveller (7) 31. First book of the Bible (7) 32. Member of a crew (7) Down 1. Spreads (7) 2. Period of a tenant's occupancy (7) 3. Birmingham suburb (6) 4. Pendent (9) 5. To lose blood (5) 6. Deeply respectful (8) 7. Refrain voluntarily (7) 8. One dearly loved (7) 16. Near the South Pole (9) 18. Counsellors (8) 19. Ladies' carrying bag (7) 20. Widen (7) 21. Sports arena (7) 22. Cheshire town (7) 25. Not susceptible (6) 26. Mountain range (5) POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS UV: 4 PARTLY CLOUDY UV: 4 15 0 / 11 0 17 0 / 12 0 FEELS LIKE 15 0 FEELS LIKE 17 0 KONOR Kulas of Starlites, Ashleigh Van Vliet from Hibernians and Nikola Božović of Fusion are the BOV Basketball Players of the Month for January 2020. Starlites' American import Konor Ku- las was voted BOV Player of the Month Basketball First Division. The 6'7" for- ward averaged 61% during the games and earned 55 points during January. Hibernians' Ashleigh Van Vliet scored 14 points against Luxol and 12 points against Depiro during January. With an average of 81% from the free-throw line (13 of 16) and a total of 44 points, she gained the highest votes in the awards process. Nikola Božović scored 88 points in Jan- uary. The Serbian 6'6 forward scored 10 from 16 from the free-throw line, 27 from 42 from the field and sank 8 treys. Peter Perotti, Chief Officer at Bank of Valletta presented a commemorative plaque to the winners. Bank of Valletta is a major supporter of sports initiatives in Malta and one of the main sponsors of the Malta Basketball Association. Kulas, Van Vliet and Božovi named BOV Basketball Players of the Month