Group A:
Both games in this group were on Wednesday as this phase of the competition drew to a close. Lublin won 62-53 against a Ramat Hasharon team that expected to be more competitive. In Belgrade, Crvena zvezda stayed in the hunt with a 70-64 win over Chastity Reed and Panathinaikos and had their spot confirmed after the rest of the games on this side of the draw were played.
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1512/AZS-UMCS-Lublin-Ramat-Hasharon#|tab=boxscore
Lublin [62]: Zec 15 Mack 13/14r Stanacev 10/9a Taylor 6/7r
Ramat Hasharon [53]: Jenkins 19/11r Saar 14 Collier 11 Deluty 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1412/KKZ-Crvena-Zvezda-Panathinaikos#|tab=boxscore
Crvena zvezda [70]: Bogicevic 17/9r Katanic 10/10r/6a Hall 8 Aifuwa 2
Panathinaikos [64]: Reed 26/9r Carter 14 Sotiriou 12 Chairistanidou 10 Pavlopoulou 2
Standings: 1. Panathinaikos 4-2, 2. Lublin 4-2, 3. Crvena zvezda 3-3, 4. Ramat Hasharon 1-5
Group B:
Epiphanny Prince and Hatay needed a win to avoid elimination on Wednesday, but PEAC held their nerve and eked out a 64-63 win. On Thursday, Shakira Austin and Elitzur Ramla sent Radostina Dimitrova and Beroe packing 108-77.
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1412/NKA-Universitas-PEAC-Hatay-BB-Spor#|tab=boxscore
PEAC [64]: Kiss 19/11r Wentzel 19/7r Burdick 11/17r Calhoun 11/7r
Hatay [63]: E. Prince 21/8a A. Prince 19/15r Basaran 15/8r
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1512/Elizur-Landco-Ramla-Beroe#|tab=boxscore
Elitzur Ramla [108]: Austin 32/16r Rotberg 17 Babkina 17 Baron 14 Mosby 11/13r Danan 5 Fleischer 2
Beroe [77]: Dimitrova 20 Dineva 18 Ivanova 13 Roster 7/11r
Standings: 1. PEAC 5-1, 2. Elitzur Ramla 5-1, 3. Hatay 1-5, 4. Beroe 1-5
Group C:
Azura Stevens and Teaira McCowan made sure that Galatasaray advanced from this group on Wednesday, but a 79-55 loss did not keep Piestanske Cajky from advancing as a third-place team. Zoe Wadoux and Chantel Horvat helped Gorzow win 103-59 over Banska Bystrica on Thursday.
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1512/Galatasaray-Pie%C5%A1tansk%C3%A9-Cajky#|tab=boxscore
Galatasaray [79]: Stevens 25/11r McCowan 20/11r Yildizhan 13 Nacickaite 10 Jurjane 5 Canitez 2
Piestanske Cajky [55]: Mujovic 17 Andelova 14 James 7
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1512/InvestInTheWest-Enea-Gorzow-Slavia-Banska-Bystrica#|tab=boxscore
Gorzow [103]: Wadoux 23/8r Horvat 21 Smith 19/6r Senyurek 16/7r Allen 2/7a
Banska Bystrica [59]: Striesova 14 Allen 4 Mandic 2/6r
Standings: 1. Gorzow 5-1, 2. Galatasaray 4-2, 3. Piestanske Cajky 3-3, 4. Arad 1-5
Group D:
The Wednesday game in this group was an easy 87-53 Arka Gdynia win over Arad. Thursday started in this group and Orman eliminated Martyna Pyka and Bydgoszcz 109-72 behind the trio of Damla Gezgin, Riquna Williams, and Reshanda Gray.
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1512/VBW-Arka-Gdynia-FCC-UAV-Arad#|tab=boxscore
Arka Gdynia [87]: Szymkiewicz 17 Higgins 14 Zytkowska 11 Gorecki 9 Kastanek 9 Thomas 7 Fontaine 4/6a
Arad [53]: Hadzovic 17 Madden 15/7r Baptiste 8/6r Akathiotou 6/7r Georgieva 2
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1512/Orman-Genclik-KS-Basket-25-Bydgoszcz#|tab=boxscore
Orman [109]: Gezgin 27 Williams 24/9r/6a Gray 20/12r Ozelci 17/9r N. Gokdemir 13/12r
Bydgoszcz [72]: Pyka 23/7a Krupa 12 Zasada 11 Wieczynska 11
Standings: 1. Orman 5-1, 2. Arka Gdynia 4-2, 3. Bydgoszcz 2-4, 4. Arad 1-5
Group E:
Both games in this group were on Thursday and Nesibe Aydin lost to Jennie Simms and Elitzur Holon 72-67, but they still backed into the last spot for a third place team from this half. Bursa was already eliminated and let Ferda Yildiz fire away in their 92-58 loss to Khadijiah Cave and Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe.
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1512/Nesibe-Ayd%C4%B1n-Elitzur-Holon#|tab=boxscore
Nesibe Aydin [67]: Akalan 16/7r Hempe 14/9r Diallo 12 Thomas 11/11a Emirtekin 10
Elitzur Holon [72]: Simms 22/8r Hurt 16/6r Lucet 12 Harden 8/7r Ivanovic 7
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1412/ACS-Sepsi-SIC-Bursa-BSB#|tab=boxscore
Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe [92]: Cave 24/7r Mununga 19/17r Jones 16/9a Hristova 8 Jespersen 5
Bursa [58]: Yildiz 33 Kavurmacioglu 12/12r
Standings: 1. Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe 6-0, 2. Elitzur Holon 4-2, 3. Nesibe Aydin 2-4, 4. Bursa 0-6
Group F:
A fun group continued on Wednesday with Kibirkstis securing a 58-53 win at Gyor that also sent them to the next round. That set up Thursday’s game as one where the winner would advance and Kalani Brown made sure it was Maccabi Ashdod after a 77-61 victory over Botas.
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1512/Uni-Gy%C3%B6r-Kibirkstis#|tab=boxscore
Gyor [53]: Dombai 11 Williams 10 Mompremier 6/8r Oroszova 2 Ellenberg-Wiley 0
Kibirkstis [58]: Juskaite 16/6r Sulske 14 Petronyte 13/16r Mazionyte 6 Theriot 2
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1512/Botas-SK-Maccabi-Bnot#|tab=boxscore
Botas [61]: Uzun 16/6r/8a Sventoraite 13/7r Macaulay 11/9r Gulcan 11 Slocum 2
Maccabi Ashdod [77]: Brown 30/25r Walker-Kimbrough 18 Cohen 9/6a Dayan 7 Sahar 6
Standings: 1. Gyor 4-2, 2. Maccabi Ashdod 3-3, 3. Kibirkstis 3-3, 4. Botas 2-4
Group G:
Both games in this group were on Thursday and Benfica took the top spot with a 72-59 win over Diddeleng. Namur lost 63-56 to Fribourg, but still advanced.
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1512/SL-Benfica-T71-Diddel%C3%A9ng#|tab=boxscore
Diddeleng [59]: Geniets 16 Rice 12 Winton 11/6r Mossong 2/6r
Benfica [72]: Monteiro 15/7r Martins 15/7r Warley 10/10r Soeiro 8/14a Alves 7
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1512/Basket-Namur-Capitale-BCF-Elfic-Fribourg#|tab=boxscore
Namur [56]: Vaughn 18/14r Carpreaux 10 Asoro 8 Wilson 4/8r
Fribourg [63]: Nikitinaite 19/6r Range 16/8r Fora 13 Giroud 11/13r Allen-Taylor 4
Standings: 1. Benfica 5-1, 2. Fribourg 4-2, 3. Namur 2-4, 4. Diddeleng 1-5
Group H:
Estudiantes won their battle of league-mates 63-51 behind Nadia Fingall, but Gernika still advanced as well. It was close early on Thursday, but Venezia built up the margin to grab the top seed in knockout round play with a 94-65 win over Keltern.
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1412/Movistar-Estudiantes-Lointek-Gernika#|tab=boxscore
Estudiantes [63]: Fingall 21/9r Be. Massey 15 Mollenhauer 12 Pulliam 2
Gernika [51]: Cvitkovic 11 Williams 9 Silva 6/7r
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1512/Rutronik-Stars-Keltern-Umana-Reyer#|tab=boxscore
Keltern [65]: Vaughn 14 Remenarova 13 Webb 13 Kiss-Rusk 8 Hartmann 0
Reyer Venezia [94]: Kuier 19 Fassina 16 Meldere 14 Madera 12 Santucci 9 Cubaj 7/6r
Standings: 1. Reyer Venezia 6-0, 2. Gernika 3-3, 3. Estudiantes 3-3, 4. Keltern 0-6
Group I:
The first game in this group was on Tuesday with Zaragoza looking to win by as much as possible against eliminated Grengewald Hueschtert to help in seeding tiebreakers and a 102-57 victory over Dejza James and company was a good effort in that direction. Braine was forced into overtime on Wednesday, but eventually got the 66-63 win they needed to advance with Sedis.
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1312/Casademont-Zaragoza-Grengewald#|tab=boxscore
Zaragoza [102]: Gatling 18 Oma 17 Geldof 15 Gimeno 11 Tate 8/6r Grande 7 Alonso de Armino 4
Grengewald Hueschtert [57]: James 20/9r Logic 16 Vuckovic 15/6r
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1512/Cadi-La-Seu-Castors-Braine#|tab=boxscore
Sedis [63]: Pena 13 Tunstull 11 Raventos 9 Strautmane 8/6r Pujol 5 Brotons 3
Braine [66]: Lelik 17 Sarr 11/13r Devos 11 Lindstrom 9/13r Fogg 2
Standings: 1. Zaragoza 6-0, 2. Sedis 3-3, 3. Braine 3-3, 4. Grengewald Hueschtert 0-6
Group J:
Kamiah Smalls and Villeneuve-d’Ascq did not help fellow French club Roche one bit, rolling to a 95-69 win. That left the door open for Sassari to advance with a win on Thursday and they did so 82-75 over London Lions to close the day and take the last spot and seed in the next round.
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1512/Roche-Vendee-Villeneuve-d-Ascq-LM#|tab=boxscore
Roche [69]: Suarez 18 Geiselsoder 14 Clarke 14 Franchelin 12 Mbandu 5
Villeneuve-d’Ascq [95]: Smalls 20/7r/7a Diaby 15 Hirsch 15 Salaun 13/7r Burke 10/10r
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1512/London-Lions-Banco-di-Sardegna-Sassari#|tab=boxscore
London Lions [75]: Snytsina 19 Winterburn 13/8r/7a Herbert Harrigan 12/6r Battle 10 Leonard 7 Norton 6 Stewart 4 Joseph 4 Charles 0
Dinamo Sassari [82]: Holmes 18/11r/8a Ciavarella 14 Carangelo 13/7r Gustavsson 13/6r Thomas 11/6a Makurat 11
Standings: 1. Villeneuve-d’Ascq 5-1, 2. London Lions 3-3, 3. Dinamo Sassari 2-4, 4. Roche 2-4
Group K:
After an outbreak prevented their last matchup from being played, Lyon was able to eliminate Petra Zaplatova and Brno on the court on Wednesday with an 83-77 win behind Marine Johannes. Mariam Coulibaly and Ibaeta were also bounced out after losing to Haley Peters and Lattes Montpellier 73-67.
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1512/Zabiny-Brno-LDLC-Asvel-Feminin#|tab=boxscore
Brno [77]: Zaplatova 20 Stoupalova 18/10r Knezevic 14 Cunane 9/11r Holmes 9/8a
Lyon [83]: Johannes 25/7a Ciak 14 Allemand 12/6r Williams 12/6s Jocyte 5 Dietrick 2 Quevedo 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1412/IDK-Euskotren-BLMA#|tab=boxscore
Ibaeta [67]: Coulibaly 20/7r Dembele 12 Cardano-Hillary 10 Lass 8 Soriano 0/6r
Lattes Montpellier [73]: Peters 22 Rabot 19 Linskens 11/9r
Standings: 1. Lattes Montpellier 6-0, 2. Lyon 4-2, 3. Ibaeta 1-5, 4. Brno 1-5
Group L:
This group also concluded on Wednesday as Nikolina Milic and Charleville-Mezieres won 85-58 over KP Brno. Angers matched them in record, but not in tiebreakers after a 90-42 win over Ragusa, which finally saw their miserable campaign end.
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1512/KP-Brno-Flammes#|tab=boxscore
KP Brno [58]: Galickova 15/7r Svetlikova 12
Charleville-Mezieres [85]: Milic 21/7r Fraser 16/17r Chevaugeon 13 Adonis 11 Tanqueray 11/6a Engstler 6 Tahane 2
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/1512/UFAB-49-ZKK-Ragusa#|tab=boxscore
Angers [90]: Arrondo 13 Picault 13 Cornelie-Sigmundova 12/8r Merceron 11/6r Jakubcova 11/6r Elenga 10/7r
Ragusa [42]: Todoric 9/6r
Standings: 1. Charleville-Mezieres 5-1, 2. Angers 5-1, 3. KP Brno 2-4, 4. Ragusa 0-6
First Playoff Round:
(1) Reyer Venezia vs. (32) Dinamo Sassari
(2) Zaragoza vs. (31) Nesibe Aydin
(3) Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe vs. (30) Namur
(4) Lattes Montpellier vs. (29) Crvena zvezda
(5) Charleville-Mezieres vs. (28) Kibirkstis
(6) Angers vs. (27) Estudiantes
(7) Villeneuve-d’Ascq vs. (26) London Lions
(8) Gorzow vs. (25) Gernika
(9) Elitzur Ramla vs. (24) Maccabi Ashdod
(10) PEAC vs. (23) Piestanske Cajky
(11) Orman vs. (22) Braine
(12) Benfica vs. (21) Sedis
(13) Galatasaray vs. (20) Gyor
(14) Arka Gdynia vs. (19) Lyon
(15) Lublin vs. (18) Fribourg
(16) Elitzur Holon vs. (17) Panathinaikos
Women's Basketball News and Opinions 