Group A:
The first game of a busy final Tuesday of the regular season started in this group with Fenerbahce finishing strong even after securing the top spot as Emma Meesseman and Kayla McBride led them past DVTK 95-71. That left the second place for the taking by Schio when the two simultaneous tipoffs occurred, but there was more at stake for Nadia Fingall and Valencia, which kept their hopes alive with an 87-60 win. There was no miracle forthcoming though as Zaragoza start on fire against Bria Goss and eliminated Lublin, rolling to a 96-49 win and the last quarterfinals place. The other two teams that were eliminated before this week met with Gabby Williams leading Lyon to a 94-77 win over Borislava Hristova and Sepsi.
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/23-24/game/3001/Fenerbahce-Alagoz-Holding-DVTK-HUN-Therm#|tab=boxscore
Fenerbahce [95]: Meesseman 25/11r McBride 20 Collier 16/9r Milic 10/6r Onar 9 Laksa 4
DVTK [71]: Lelik 19 Charles 16 Jovanovic 11 Tadic 10 N. Aho 7
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/23-24/game/3001/Valencia-Basket-Club-Beretta-Famila-Schio#|tab=boxscore
Valencia [87]: Fingall 22 Gulich 12 Romero 12 Torrens 7/7a Iagupova 6 Hempe 6 Carrera 5
Schio [60]: Juhasz 16/6r Guirantes 13/8r Bestagno 12/6r Penna 4 Parks 2 Reisingerova 1
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/23-24/game/3001/Casademont-Zaragoza-AZS-UMCS-Lublin#|tab=boxscore
Zaragoza [96]: Fiebich 19 Hermosa 16 Gimeno 13/7r Holesinska 10/6r Gulbe 8 Atkinson 4/6a Geldof 2 Pivec 1
Lublin [49]: Goss 20 Shook 7
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/23-24/game/3001/LDLC-ASVEL-Feminin-ACS-Sepsi-SIC#|tab=boxscore
Lyon [94]: Williams 26/8r Chery 18/7r Johannes 18 Miyem 16/7r Allemand 9/9a Gruda 4 Quevedo 0
Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe [77]: Hristova 22/6r Gereben 16 Jankovic 13/10r Nystrom 11 Green 9/10a
Standings:
1. Fenerbahce 12-2
2. DVTK 9-5
3. Zaragoza 9-5
4. Schio 9-5
5. Valencia 8-6
6. Lyon 5-9
7. Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe 2-12
8. Lublin 2-12
Group B:
Only one game in this group did not have any possible implications on the next round so it was played earlier than the three simultaneous tipoffs that closed the regular season. USK Praha finished their great regular season with a 77-56 win over Cukurova. Two of the games could resolve the last two spots rather simply and one result fit that bill in Salamanca when Laura Gil and Avenida defeated last place Gyor 56-42 to secure one berth. Virtus Bologna needed to win to still have a chance and they did against eliminated Landes 74-66. Brianna Fraser and Polkowice probably had the toughest route to the last spot and they could not get close to the hosts Villeneuve-d’Ascq, which seized the last place with an 85-72 win.
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/23-24/game/3001/Cukurova-Basketbol-Mersin-ZVVZ-USK#|tab=boxscore
Cukurova [56]: Williams 13/7r Kiss 13 Cornelius 8 Mabrey 7/9a
USK Praha [77]: Oblak 16 Magbegor 12/9r Sabally 11 Vyoralova 10 Cazorla 9/11a Conde 8 Hof 7/11r Vukosavljevic 4/8r
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/23-24/game/3001/Perfumerias-Avenida-Salamanca-Serco-UNI-Gyor#|tab=boxscore
Avenida [56]: Gil 20/7r Kone 16/12r Le. Rodriguez 9 Vilaro 5 Hatar 2/8r Carter 2 Cakir 2 Horvat 0
Gyor [42]: Goree 10 Carleton 7/8r Anigwe 1
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/23-24/game/3001/Futurvirtus-Bologna-Basket-Landes#|tab=boxscore
Virtus Bologna [74]: Dojkic 14/7a Rupert 13/7r Pasa 12 Peters 9/9r Zandalasini 8 Cox 3
Landes [66]: Geiselsoder 13 Salvadores 12/6r Macquet 11 Burdick 3 Peterson 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/23-24/game/3001/Villeneuve-d-Ascq-LM-KGHM-BC-Polkowice#|tab=boxscore
Villeneuve-d’Ascq [85]: Zellous 19 Salaun 13/6r Burke 12/6r Smalls 12 Mununga 0
Polkowice [72]: Fraser 24/7r Sykes 18 Mavunga 11/8r Stankovic 6 Baric 1
Standings:
1. USK Praha 12-2
2. Cukurova 9-5
3. Villeneuve-d’Ascq 8-6
4. Avenida 8-6
5. Virtus Bologna 7-7
6. Polkowice 6-8
7. Landes 4-10
8. Gyor 2-12
Bracket:
The conclusion of the regular season means that the quarterfinal matchups are set. The teams listed first will host the first game of the best of the three series and the third game in the first week of March if necessary. The teams listed second will host the second game during the last week of February. After the series conclude one of the four winners will be chosen as hosts for the finals in mid-April.
Fenerbahce vs. Avenida
Cukurova vs. Zaragoza
DVTK vs. Villeneuve-d’Ascq
USK Praha vs. Schio
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