The three series concluded this week with the winners advancing to the regular season and the losers dropping down to EuroCup. Landes already had a substantial lead from the road game so an 80-58 win eliminated Besiktas 164-128. The other game on Tuesday was also unlikely to affect the result and Zaragoza coasted to a 71-52 win over Constanta to advance 146-109. The one series that was expected to still be competitive was on Wednesday and lived up to expectations. Szekszard appeared to be doing enough at home behind Marena Whittle and Sara Bejedi, but Brno roared back in the fourth quarter and Petra Zaplatova and Elissa Cunane got them the 80-73 win that pushed the final margin out to 147-139 in their favor.
September 24
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123553-BLA-BJK#boxscore
Landes [80]: Djaldi-Tabdi 15 Slocum 14 Lacan 12 Geiselsoder 9 Fuehring 4
Besiktas [58]: Hillsman 16/7r Lazic 13 Bayram 10/7r Winterburn 5
Landes advances 164-128
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123551-ZARAG-CSMCT#boxscore
Zaragoza [71]: Pueyo 11 Atkinson 8 Nystrom 5 Flores 2 Hermosa 2 Gatling 1
Constanta [52]: Dedic 10/6r Williams 4 Marginean 3 Logic 0
Zaragoza advances 146-109
September 25
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123549-KSC-ZAB#boxscore
Szekszard [73]: Whittle 23/6r Bejedi 22 Westbeld 12/7r Johnson 0
Brno [80]: Zaplatova 27 Cunane 20/9r Kostowicz 14
Brno advances 147-139
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