EuroCup Round 1 October 11th-12th

It was the opening week in FIBA Europe’s second level competition for clubs. Games were played on Wednesday and Thursday with the two Israeli clubs Ramat Hasharon and Elitzur Ramla having their games postponed after being scheduled to host. What will happen if the games cannot be rescheduled has not been determined, but if the competition is completed with the four teams in each group playing six teams, then the top two teams in each group will advance as well as the eight highest-performing third place teams.

Group A:

There was no doubt in the first game in this group on Wednesday when Jasmine Walker and Charleville-Mezieres rolled past Eleftheria Moschatou. Thursday’s game went into overtime before Maggie Bair could lift Sedis to an 82-76 win over Nikolina Babic and Brno, which was happy to get a healthy Lou Lopez Senechal into the lineup for her professional debut.

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1110/Flammes-Carolo-Basket-Eleftheria-Moschatou#|tab=boxscore
Charleville-Mezieres [108]: Walker 22/10r Scherf 18/13r/6a Sissoko 14 Colley 14 Brochant 10
Eleftheria Moschatou [42]: Zec 14 Kiser 7 Bickle 5/8r

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1210/Zabiny-Brno-Cadi-La-Seu#|tab=boxscore
Brno [76]: Babic 20 Stoupalova 17/7r Cunane 12/13r Lopez Senechal 7 Smutna 0
Sedis [82]: Bair 20 Soler 13 Remenarova 11/11r Palma 10/9r Swartz 8 Campisano 6 Grande 6 Lahtinen 4

Group B:

Both games in this group were on Wednesday, including Chloe Bibby firing Gorzow past Andzelika Mitrasinovic and Slovakian champions Piestanske Cajky. Morgan Bertsch helped Girona coast past Mia Loyd and Diddeleng 97-71.

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1210/Pie%C5%A1tansk%C3%A9-Cajky-InvestInTheWest-Enea-Gorzow#|tab=boxscore
Piestanske Cajky [64]: Mitrashinovikj 20 Herminjard 12 Stasova 10 James 8/6r
Gorzow [77]: Bibby 27/12r Wentzel 14/6r Jakubiuk 14/6r Tsineke 14/7a Jones 8/9r

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1210/Spar-Girona-T71-Diddeleng#|tab=boxscore
Girona [97]: Bertsch 24/8r Mitchell 17 Tolo 14 Labuckiene 11/10r Lopez 11 Canella 10
Diddeleng [71]: Loyd 27/6r/7a Winton 16/6r Etute 10/10r

Group C:

One game in this group was on Wednesday and Galatasaray got everything they could handle from Ioana Ghizila and Constanta from Romania even though they had strengthened their roster, finally winning 83-77. Thursday’s game was in Lithuania with Angers dominating the third quarter after already building a lead to win 96-50 against Kibirkstis.

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1210/Galatasaray-Cagdas-Faktoring-CSM-Constanta#|tab=boxscore
Galatasaray [83]: Hines-Allen 19/16r/6a Herbert-Harrigan 18 Mitchell 13/6a Ben Abdelkader 12
Constanta [77]: Ghizila 21 Higgins 15/9r Zivkovic 13/12r/6a Marginean 11/8a Koizar 0

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1210/Kibirkstis-Angers#|tab=boxscore
Kibirkstis [50]: Udodenko 16 Sulske 10 Pullins 6
Angers [96]: Dursus 18/6s Kaba 18 Elenga 10/7r Lacan 10/7a Wojta 10 Monpierre 10

Group D:

Ramat Hasharon had been set to host Gernika on Thursday, but the postponement only left one game that saw Lattes Montpellier defeat Zaglebie Sosnowiec 86-62.

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1210/BLMA-MB-Zaglebie#|tab=boxscore
Lattes Montpellier [86]: Toure 15/6r/6a Alston 15 Badiane 14/7r Rabot 12 Linskens 11/6r Jenkins 7
Zaglebie Sosnowiec [62]: Jones 16 Wadoux 14 Dornstauder 10/8r Zempare 8/6r

Group E:

Besiktas was finally at full strength for their game on Wednesday and Dana Evans led them again with help from Jovana Nogic in their 97-69 win over Slovakia’s Slavia Banska Bystrica. Thursday’s game was in Belgium with Jazmine Jones making sure that Greece’s Panathinaikos leapt away in overtime with a 91-87 win despite good games from Cate Reese and Paula Strautmane for Mechelen.

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1110/Besiktas-Slavia-Banska-Bystrica#|tab=boxscore
Besiktas [97]: Evans 36/11r/7a Nogic 21/8r/8a Lazic 12 Krivacevic 8 Li 7/7r
Slavia Banska Bystrica [69]: Hruscakova 16/6r Bogicevic 12 Bura 10/7r Brabencova 10 Simonovicova 5/6r

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1210/Panathinaikos-A-C–Kangoeroes-Basket#|tab=boxscore
Mechelen [87]: Reese 24/9r Strautmane 20/7r Resimont 17/9r Aarnisalo 16 Guijt 2 Burrell 0
Panathinaikos [91]: Jones 31/10r Stamolamprou 18 Pavlopoulou 12/6r Sotiriou 11/6r Cvitkovic 11 Range 5/6r

Group F:

Both games in this group were on Wednesday as Angeliki Nikolopoulou led Greek champions Olympiacos past Kayseri 85-69. Riga had an easy 81-56 win over Slovakia’s Ruzomberok.

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1210/Melikgazi-Kayseri-Basketbol-Spor-Kulubu-Olympiacos#|tab=boxscore
Kayseri [69]: Ellenberg-Wiley 18 Cuic 17 Petronyte 15/9r Richardson 14/7r
Olympiacos [85]: Nikolopoulou 20/9a Christinaki 18 Williams 16/9r/7a Vitola 16/8r Morrison 9 Kantzy 0

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1110/TTT-Riga-MBK-Ruzomberok#|tab=boxscore
Riga [81]: Meskonyte 16 Cohen 13 Sila 12 Gaillou-Loko 12 Lambert 11
Ruzomberok [56]: Kaliuzhna 15 Jarosova 10

Group G:

Elitzur Ramla was supposed to host Caledonia Gladiators on Thursday, an exciting milestone for greater British representation, but the postponement just left the last game of the day to be played in Lisbon. It was Namur that headed back to Belgium with a 60-52 win over Benfica.

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1210/SL-Benfica-Basket-Namur-Capitale#|tab=boxscore
Benfica [52]: Cruz 12/16r Cooper 8 Shematsi 4/6r
Namur [60]: Rodrigues 15/8r Whitted 14/10r Zelnyte 13/6r Hartmann 11/6r Bully 5

Group H:

One game in this group was on Wednesday and there was no shortage of fireworks when Tima Pouye and Kamile Nacickaite led Bourges in a 124-92 win over Antalya, which got the best efforts of Kelsey Bone and Destanni Henderson. Thursday’s game was in Luxembourg with Katerina Galickova and Anezka Kopecka leading KP Brno past Lauren Van Kleunen and Grengewald Hueschtert 76-59.

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1110/Tango-Bourges-Basket-Antalya-Toroslar-BC#|tab=boxscore
Bourges [124]: Pouye 30 Nacickaite 23/7r Spanou 16/7r/8a Duchet 15/8a Steinberga 15 Alexander 12/7r Mann 7
Antalya [92]: Bone 37/8r Henderson 27/6r Boybeyi 10

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1210/BBC-Grengewald-KP-TANY-Brno#|tab=boxscore
Grengewald Hueschtert [59]: Van Kleunen 21/9r Logic 13/8r/9a L. Hetting 10 T. Hetting 7
KP Brno [76]: Galickova 23/13r A. Kopecka 23/6r Sotolova 11

Group I:

Wednesday’s last game was in this group in Barreiro and Portugese club GDESSA had the better first quarter before London Lions dominated the rest of the game and won 91-55. On Thursday, Belgium’s Braine held off Germany’s Keltern, which was led by Alexandra Wilke, 80-74.

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1110/GDESSA-Barreiro-London-Lions#|tab=boxscore
GDESSA-Barreiro [55]: Robalo 18 Smith 17 Freeman 13
London Lions [91]: Fagbenle 19/7r Norton 16 Samuelson 15/7r Snytsina 11/8r Landrum 11 Winterburn 7 Wilkinson 2

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1210/Rutronik-Stars-Keltern-Castors-Braine#|tab=boxscore
Keltern [74]: Wilke 29 Roumy 11 Kiss-Rusk 8/14r Koskimies 4 Cooper 0 Webb 0 Klug 0
Braine [80]: Joris 18/6r Saxton 17/13r Claessens 15 Lindstrom 11/8r Vuckovic 7

Group J:

Both games in this group were on Thursday, including an easy 91-38 win for Reyer behind Lisa Berkani and Anna Makurat against Croatia’s Ragusa. Bursa cannot field their preferred roster in this competition and needed a second half comeback to defeat PEAC 78-75.

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1210/Umana-Reyer-Venezia-ZKK-Ragusa#|tab=boxscore
Reyer Venezia [91]: Berkani 21/7r/7a Makurat 20/7r Gorini 10 Pan 9 Cubaj 8
Ragusa Dubrovnik [38]: Ujevic 15 Miloglav 5

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1210/Bursa-Uludag-Basketbol-NKA-Universitas-PEAC#|tab=boxscore
Bursa [78]: Poyraz 18/12r Williams 16 Baptiste 15/10r Sahin 13
PEAC [75]: Weninger 18 Wallace 16 Williams 12 Meresz 11 Tadic 10/6r/6a

Group K:

Czech club Chomutov showed their ambition in making the step up to this level, but could not finish an upset on Wednesday, losing to Julia Boros and Szekszard 76-65. On Thursday, Mya Hollingshed had a good game for Dinamo Sassari, but they lost to Estudiantes 72-65.

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1210/Atomeromu-KSC-Szekszard-Levhartice-Chomutov#|tab=boxscore
Szekszard [76]: Boros 22 Krnjic 16/8r Monroe 12 Stanacev 11/9a
Chomutov [65]: Kadlecova 18 Pollard 14/10r Rylichova 13 Morris 2/6r

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1210/Dinamo-LAB-Sassari-Movistar-Estudiantes#|tab=boxscore
Dinamo Sassari [65]: Hollingshed 22/8r Raca 15/9r Joens 8/7r
Estudiantes [72]: Whittle 18 Camilion 13 Treffers 12/6r Mollenhauer 2 Zaragoza 2

Group L:

Both games in this group were on Thursday, including Qadashah Hoppie and Miriam Uro-Nile helping Fribourg win 82-71 against Alanna Smith and the competition’s upstarts in Switzerland. Rennia Davis led Arka Gdynia in the other game, but Roche won 84-77.

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1210/BCF-Elfic-Fribourg-Emlak-Konut-SK#|tab=boxscore
Fribourg [82]: Hoppie 25 Uro-Nile 20/9r Carpreaux 11/7r/13a Fogg 11/7r Ambrosio 8/6r
Emlak Konut [71]: Smith 27/9r Jakobsone 11 Wiese 11 Gul 4

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1210/Roche-Vendee-Basket-Club-VBW-Arka-Gdynia#|tab=boxscore
Roche [84]: Kone 16/9r Adams 13/6r Preneau 13 Clarke 12/6a Gomis 10
Arka Gdynia [77]: Davis 24/12r Wrzesinski 16 Cowling 10 Kastanek 7