EuroLeague Round 13
Group A:
All of the games in this group were on Wednesday and Olympiacos continued to just play out the string with an 85-54 loss to USK Praha. The first game was played in Turkey after the earthquake and Fenerbahce debuted another star signing and closed the door on competition in this group after Satou Sabally paced them in a 93-61 win over Valencia. The big game was in Polkowice with Zala Friskovec and the hosts looking for the last spot in the quarterfinals, but Bourges took the lead, flipped the remaining tiebreakers to their favor, and then finished off a 75-66 win to advance. Kitija Laksa and Bologna were just looking to build momentum for domestic play in an 89-59 win over Szekszard.
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/22-23/game/2202/Olympiacos-S-F-P–ZVVZ-USK-Praha#|tab=boxscore
Olympiacos [54]: Gustafson 14/8r Stamolamprou 14 Shook 7 Ayuso 3
USK Praha [85]: Jones 19 Thomas 17/8r/7a Vukosavljevic 15/8r Oblak 11 Vorackova 6 Fagbenle 6
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/22-23/game/2202/Fenerbahce–Valencia-BC#|tab=boxscore
Fenerbahce [93]: Sabally 20/7r Stewart 19 McBride 15 Meesseman 12 Vandersloot 11/12a Raca 6 Iagupova 4 Stokes 0
Valencia [61]: Salvadores 19 Cox 5 Romero 5 Carrera 5 Burdick 4
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/22-23/game/2202/BC-Polkowice-Tango-Bourges#|tab=boxscore
Polkowice [66]: Friskovec 20/7r Wheeler 14/6a Telenga 13/9r Spanou 11/8r
Bourges [75]: Anderson 14/8r/6a Steinberga 14/8r Michel 13 Guapo 11 Duchet 11 Alexander 4
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/22-23/game/2202/Virtus-Segafredo-Bologna-KSC-Szekszard#|tab=boxscore
Bologna [89]: Laksa 22/6r Rupert 15/11r Pasa 11/6a Zandalasini 10 Parker 8/7r
Szekszard [59]: Goree 17 Krnjic 12 Wallace 7
Standings:
1. Fenerbahce 10-2
2. USK Praha 9-4
3. Valencia 8-5
4. Bourges 8-5
5. Polkowice 7-6
6. Bologna 5-8
7. Szekszard 3-10
8. Olympiacos 1-12
Group B:
Two of the games in this group were on Wednesday and Avenida took care of business on the road in Miskolc by defeating DVTK 70-61. Rebekah Gardner and Girona were close to an impressive win, but were edged out in overtime by Cukurova 75-73 to set up a major final day next week. A win at home on Thursday against eliminated Landes was all that Sopron needed to do to advance, but they faded late to lose 62-59 even being able to dress their full roster. Schio qualified after the results of the previous day, but still had seeding to play for when they escaped Morgan Bertsch and Mechelen 74-73.
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/22-23/game/2302/DVTK-Hun-Therm-Perfumerias-Avenida#|tab=boxscore
DVTK [61]: Bernath 16/8r Guirantes 12 Aho 10 Green 8
Avenida [70]: Carleton 15/6r Rodriguez 11 Onyenwere 10 Fasoula 10 Nogic 9 Cazorla 8 Reisingerova 2 Gulbe 0 Vilaro 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/22-23/game/2202/Spar-Girona-CBK-Mersin-Yenisehir-Bld#|tab=boxscore
Girona [73]: Gardner 24 Sykes 17/8r Araujo 10/9r Tolo 8 Flores 6/7r Murphy 0
Cukurova [75]: Gray 18 Hayes 13 Bonner 12/10r Williams 12 Cornelius 11 Hollingsworth 2
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/22-23/game/2202/Sopron-Basket-Basket-Landes#|tab=boxscore
Sopron [59]: Brooks 13 Fegyverneky 11 Stankovic 9 Turner 8 Magbegor 0 Hatar 0
Landes [62]: Magarity 16/9r Dumerc 14/7a Fauthoux 10 Mann 2
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/22-23/game/2202/Kangoeroes-Basket-Beretta-Famila-Schio#|tab=boxscore
Mechelen [73]: Bertsch 26 Morrison 15/11r Berkani 11
Schio [74]: Mabrey 19/8r Howard 15/7r Keys 11 Ndour-Fall 9 Mestdagh 0/6r Penna 0
Standings:
1. Cukurova 9-4
2. Schio 9-4
3. Avenida 8-5
4. Sopron 8-5
5. Girona 7-6
6. DVTK 6-7
7. Landes 3-10
8. Mechelen 2-11
EuroCup Quarterfinals Game 1
Each series started this week with the two-game format continuing. At least one double-digit seed will advance and 13 seed Galatasaray certainly made their case with Epiphanny Prince providing scoring and Teaira McCowan dominating the paint in an 86-61 win over 21 seed Sedis on Wednesday. It was the same story for top seed Reyer on Thursday as they trail before heading home again, this time because Shakira Austin led 9 seed Elitzur Ramla to an 80-75 win. Kamiah Smalls and 7 seed Villeneuve-d’Ascq built a solid lead with an 84-68 win over 2 seed Zaragoza. 19 seed Lyon has the biggest lead of any team after their 88-58 win over 6 seed Angers.
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/2302/Galatasaray-Cagdas-Factoring-Cadi-La-Seu#|tab=boxscore
(21) Sedis [61]: Watts 14/6r Raventos 13 Bahi 12 Tunstull 8 Brotons 4 Strautmane 0
(13) Galatasaray [86]: Prince 22 Nacickaite 19 Stevens 18 McCowan 15/23r Jurjane 4 Canitez 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/2302/Umana-Reyer-Venezia-Elitzur-Landco-Ramla#|tab=boxscore
(9) Elitzur Ramla [80]: Austin 29/16r Baron 19/6r Clark 14/8r Lisowa Mbaka 11 Lucet 5 Babkina 2/14a Danan 0 Fleischer 0
(1) Reyer Venezia [75]: Shepard 16/6r Villa 13 Madera 10 Yasuma 10 Delaere 10 Pan 7 Kuier 1
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/2302/Casademont-Zaragoza-Villeneuve-d-Ascq-LM#|tab=boxscore
(7) Villeneuve-d’Ascq [84]: Smalls 21/8r/9a Ben Abdelkader 14 Burke 12 Diaby 10/10r Diallo 10
(2) Zaragoza [68]: Gimeno 18/6r Fiebich 14/6r Gatling 12 Grande 4 Tate 3 Geldof 2 Alonso de Armino 0 Sutherland 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/22-23/game/2302/LDLC-ASVEL-Feminin-Angers#|tab=boxscore
(19) Lyon [88]: Williams 18 Gruda 16 Johannes 13 Chartereau 12/8r Dietrick 6/6a January 6/7a Quevedo 5 Jocyte 3
(6) Angers [58]: Fofana 12 Lacan 11 Cornelie-Sigmundova 5/6r Jakubcova 5 Bailey 2 Peterson 2
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