ESGUEIRA, Portugal (Interstat) — Sporting CP defeated Esgueira 75-67 on Sunday in a women’s professional basketball game. Sporting CP improved to 4-1, while Esgueira dropped to 2-3. Sporting CP took a 33-25 halftime lead and extended its advantage to 56-40 through three quarters. Esgueira scored 27 points in the fourth but could not complete the comeback. Sporting CP shot 24 of 58 from the floor, 5 of 14 from three-point range and 22 of 30 from the free-throw line. Esgueira shot 24 of 69 overall, 8 of 27 from beyond the arc and 11 of 19 at the line. Gabriela Raimundo led Esgueira with 19 points, four rebounds and three assists. Ana Marques added 18 points, four rebounds and three assists, and De Myla Brown had 16 points, six rebounds and two assists. For Sporting CP, Emilia Ferreira had 11 points and eight rebounds, Suraya Rijal scored 14 points and grabbed nine rebounds, Simone Costa had 12 points and five rebounds, and Luana Serranho added 12 points, five rebounds and three assists.