EuroLeague Round 12
Group A:
A busy Wednesday started with Fenerbahce continuing their quest for the top spot with a 72-61 win over Lublin. Valencia knew that qualification would be tough, but stayed in the picture and sent a message to their domestic rivals Zaragoza with an 85-56 win. Lyon did not take it easy after being eliminated, but Arella Guirantes and Schio did eventually leave with a 90-83 win to maintain their edge. One game was played on Thursday in Miskolc and DVTK knew that a win would clinch their spot in the quarterfinals, but eliminated Sepsi was not making it easy early before Milica Jovanovic helped the hosts win 72-54 and continue their dream season.
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/23-24/game/1701/Fenerbahce-Alag%C3%B6z-Holding-AZS-UMCS-Lublin#|tab=boxscore
Fenerbahce [72]: Meesseman 16/11r Collier 13/11r Laksa 11 Milic 10/6r Anderson 5
Lublin [61]: Goss 16 Gustavsson 12/13r Burton 10/7s
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/23-24/game/1701/Valencia-Basket-Club-Casademont-Zaragoza#|tab=boxscore
Valencia [85]: Iagupova 19 Torrens 12 Hempe 10 Romero 10 Gulich 9 Fingall 6 Carrera 5
Zaragoza [56]: Diallo 11 Atkinson 8/8r Gulbe 7 Hermosa 6 Fiebich 4 Holesinska 3 Gimeno 3 Pivec 0 Geldof 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/23-24/game/1701/LDLC-ASVEL-Feminin-Beretta-Famila-Schio#|tab=boxscore
Lyon [83]: Williams 17 Johannes 16 Fauthoux 14 Miyem 14 Allemand 13 Gruda 2/10r
Schio [90]: Guirantes 22/7r Bestagno 17 Parks 13/6r Keys 12 Sottana 11 Juhasz 5
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/23-24/game/1701/DVTK-HUN-Therm-ACS-Sepsi-SIC#|tab=boxscore
DVTK [72]: Jovanovic 20/7r Charles 15/14r Lelik 11/6r/6a Aho 7/6a
Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe [54]: Pasic 15 Hristova 11 Green 9/9a Nystrom 5
Standings:
1. Fenerbahce 10-2
2. DVTK 9-3
3. Zaragoza 8-4
4. Schio 8-4
5. Valencia 6-6
6. Lyon 3-9
7. Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe 2-10
8. Lublin 2-10
Group B:
All the games in this group were on Wednesday and Cukurova missed out on being to officially clinch a spot by a single point, but did defeat Virtus Bologna 64-61. That result opened the door for Polkowice to end the round in one of the quarterfinals places, but eliminated Gyor got an absolutely brilliant performance from Bridget Carleton to win 91-80. Villeneuve-d’Ascq certainly had more at stake against USK Praha and Kennedy Burke led them to a 90-81 win and put them all alone in third place ahead of the last two rounds. Avenida did not look their strongest in the first half against eliminated Landes, but dominated the second half for a 69-44 win.
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/23-24/game/1701/Cukurova-Basketbol-Mersin-Futurvirtus-Bologna#|tab=boxscore
Cukurova [64]: Mabrey 19/7r/9a Williams 14 Hollingsworth 11 Cornelius 3
Virtus Bologna [61]: Rupert 16/7r Cox 12 Pasa 10 Peters 10 Zandalasini 2/8a
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/23-24/game/1701/Serco-UNI-Gyor-KGHM-BC-Polkowice#|tab=boxscore
Gyor [91]: Carleton 41/6r Goree 12 Anigwe 7 Slocum 5
Polkowice [80]: Friskovec 18 Sykes 13 Mavunga 12/7r Gajda 12/9a Stankovic 8 Fraser 6 Baric 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/23-24/game/1701/Villeneuve-d-Ascq-LM-ZVVZ-USK#|tab=boxscore
Villeneuve-d’Ascq [90]: Burke 31 Zellous 17 Salaun 14 Smalls 12 Mununga 2
USK Praha [81]: Oblak 17/10a Vukosavljevic 16 Magbegor 14/6r Hof 13 Vorackova 12 Cazorla 5
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/23-24/game/1701/Perfumerias-Avenida-Salamanca-Basket-Landes#|tab=boxscore
Avenida [69]: Gil 12/7r Kone 10/6r Carter 9 Cakir 7/6r Le. Rodriguez 6 Horvat 6 Vilaro 4 Hatar 4
Landes [44]: Geiselsoder 11 Peterson 7/6a Salvadores 4 Burdick 2/6r
Standings:
1. USK Praha 10-2
2. Cukurova 8-4
3. Villeneuve-d’Ascq 7-5
4. Virtus Bologna 6-6
5. Avenida 6-6
6. Polkowice 6-6
7. Landes 3-9
8. Gyor 2-10
EuroCup Round of 16 Game 2
January 17
Three series concluded on Wednesday and there was no drama in Girona as the 5 seeded hosts quickly extended their lead and a 68-39 win was enough for a 136-91 final margin against their neighbors and the 12 seed Sedis. 14 seed Arka Gdynia did cut into the lead early, but 3 seed Reyer led most of the game and their 80-59 win pushed the final margin to 157-127. Artemis Spanou and top seed Bourges faced a deficit at home, but had wiped it out after the first quarter. Dana Evans and 16 seed Besiktas fought back, keeping the margin favorable for the rest of the way so that even a 79-76 loss allowed them to complete the upset on aggregate 159-153.
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1801/Spar-Girona-Cadi-La-Seu#|tab=boxscore
(5) Girona [68]: Bertsch 13 Tolo 12/7r Labuckiene 10 Magarity 8 Gardner 5
(12) Sedis [39]: Bair 10/9r Melgoza 6 Campisano 5 Lahtinen 4
Girona advances 136-91
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1801/Umana-Reyer-Venice-VBW-Arka-Gdynia#|tab=boxscore
(3) Reyer Venezia [80]: Shepard 18 Kuier 11/8r Villa 10 Berkani 9 Cubaj 7 Pan 3 Makurat 2
(14) Arka Gdynia [59]: Cowling 15/9r Davis 11/6r Kastanek 4
Reyer Venezia advances 157-127
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1801/Tango-Bourges-Basket-Besiktas#|tab=boxscore
(1) Bourges [79]: Spanou 22/11r Nacickaite 16 Duchet 12 Steinberga 10/7r Mann 6 Alexander 4/6r
(16) Besiktas [76]: Evans 31 Nogic 15/8r Lazic 9 Li 7/7r Krivacevic 4
Besiktas advances 159-153
January 18
A busy Thursday included 20 seed Gorzow cutting into their deficit immediately behind Elena Tsineke and Chloe Bibby with Weronika Telenga grabbing all the boards. Julie Vanloo made sure that 4 seed Galatasaray limited the damage and losing 91-85 still gave them a comfortable enough 172-164 aggregate win. The game in Riga was close early with 11 seed Roche trying their best to cut into a large gap, but the 6 seed built the game lead in the second half and a 69-61 win for the hosts meant a big 156-131 final margin. Whichever team won in Pecs would be the lowest remaining seed and Gintare Petronyte and 26 seed Kayseri built on their existing lead early before the 23 seed PEAC fought back, but a 72-70 win for the hosts still left them short 146-137 overall. 2 seed London Lions quickly expanded their lead and coasted past 15 seed Gernika 87-59 for a 163-128 final margin. 24 seed Dinamo Sassari lost at home, but took a solid lead into halftime before 8 seed Lattes Montpellier rallied behind Alisia Jenkins and Marieme Badiane to win the game 79-69, pushing the final margin to 148-135.
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1801/Galatasaray-Cagdas-Factoring-InvestInTheWest-Enea-Gorzow#|tab=boxscore
(4) Galatasaray [85]: Vanloo 25/12a Smith 19/6r Hines-Allen 18/9r Herbert Harrigan 10 Ben Abdelkader 7 Hartley 6/6r
(20) Gorzow [91]: Tsineke 22/6a Bibby 21 Jakubiuk 17/8r Telenga 11/22r Wentzel 11/6r/9a Jones 9
Galatasaray advances 172-164
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1801/TTT-Riga-Roche-Vendee-Basket#|tab=boxscore
(6) Riga [69]: Lambert 16/8a Sila 15 Meskonyte 11
(11) Roche [61]: Suarez 17 Adams 12/12r Kone 12 Clarke 10
Riga advances 156-131
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1801/NKA-Universitas-Pecs-Melikgazi-Kayseri#|tab=boxscore
(23) PEAC [72]: Meresz 14/8r Wallace 14 P. Williams 12/11r Tadic 12/7a Weninger 10 M. Williams 0
(26) Kayseri [70]: Petronyte 24/20r/6a Cuic 17/6r Holmes 11/7r Ellenberg-Wiley 11
Kayseri advances 146-137
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1801/London-Lions-Lointek-Gernika-Bizkaia#|tab=boxscore
(2) London Lions [87]: Fagbenle 16/8r Samuelson 15 Snytsina 12/7a Gustafson 8 Norton 7 Meyers 6 Wilkinson 6 Winterburn 6/8a
(15) Gernika [59]: Milapie 13 Buch 11 Nikitinaite 11 Flores 7 Dodson 4 Silva 2 Watts 0
London Lions advances 163-128
https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/game/1801/Lattes-Montpellier-BDS-Dinamo-Sassari#|tab=boxscore
(8) Lattes Montpellier [79]: Jenkins 24/11r Badiane 23 Naigre 11 Alston 9
(24) Dinamo Sassari [69]: Carangelo 18 Hollingshed 16 Raca 13/7r Toffolo 12 Joens 6
Lattes Montpellier advances 148-135
Bracket:
(8) Lattes Montpellier vs. (16) Besiktas
(4) Galatasaray vs. (5) Girona
(3) Reyer Venezia vs. (6) Riga
(2) London Lions vs. (26) Kayseri
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