Group A
This round started with one game on Wednesday in Mont de Marsan and Landes showed that they wanted to be first team to clinch a spot in the next round early, but had to hold on late to grind out a 59-58 win over Avenida. DVTK played like they knew how much a win would help them early, but Kitija Laksa and Schio, which had already moved into the next round after the previous day’s game, got the 71-57 win on Thursday.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123686-BLA-AVE#boxscore
Landes [59]: Geiselsoder 15/8r Djaldi-Tabdi 12/6r Lacan 12 Slocum 0
Avenida [58]: Gil 13 Guirantes 11/6r Kone 9/8r Fasoula 8 Herbert Harrigan 5 Carter 4 Vilaro 2 Cornelius 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123685-SCH-DVTK#boxscore
Schio [71]: Laksa 21 Verona 17 Salaun 15 Dojkic 7 Juhasz 3
DVTK [57]: Charles 15/7r Tadic 14 Gulbe 11
Standings: Schio 4-1, Landes 3-2, Avenida 2-3, DVTK 1-4
Group B
Both games in this group were played on Wednesday and Natasha Howard and Cukurova stayed perfect with a 64-45 win at Brno. Bourges knew that they could seal the final spot in the next round with the right result and took care of business early to eliminate Olympiacos with an 82-62 win.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123698-ZAB-CBK#boxscore
Brno [45]: Cunane 11/6r Kostowicz 9/6r
Cukurova [64]: Howard 21 Samuelson 13 Anderson 7/9a Rupert 5/9r Fauthoux 5 Magarity 2 Thornton 2
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123697-TBB-OSFP#boxscore
Bourges [82]: Okonkwo 17 Spanou 12/7r Diaby 10/11r Green 6/6r
Olympiacos [62]: Christinaki 13 Lambert 10/6a Hempe 10 Raca 7 Tobin 4/8r
Standings: Cukurova 5-0, Bourges 3-2, Brno 2-3, Olympiacos 0-5
Group C
Both games in this group were on Wednesday and Villeneuve-d’Ascq was looking for their first win of the season in any competition to avoid elimination. After a slow start, Carla Leite helped them control the rest of the game for a 100-83 win, but they must win again next week and hope for another Polkowice loss after Emma Cannon and Anete Steinberga helped the visitors contain the damage enough to keep the tiebreaker.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123709-ESBVA-KGHM#boxscore
Villeneuve-d’Ascq [100]: Leite 24 Bone 18/9r Zellous 18 Peters 15/9r Foppossi 12
Polkowice [83]: Cannon 23/10r Steinberga 20/8r Davis 16 Jespersen 12/9r Zahui B 4
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123710-ZARAG-FENER#boxscore
Zaragoza [69]: Pueyo 15 Nystrom 13 Hermosa 12/9r Mawuli 12 Atkinson 4 Flores 0 Gatling 0
Fenerbahce [80]: Atkins 16 Charles 15 Meesseman 12 Allemand 10/6r/8a Uzun 7 Williams 4 Cakir 3 Milic 2
Standings: Fenerbahce 5-0, Zaragoza 3-2, Polkowice 1-4, Villeneuve-d’Ascq 1-4
Group D
The two teams that had already qualified played on Wednesday, looking for an advantage in advancing beyond that, and Valencia took care of business at home for an 83-72 win over Awak Kuier and Reyer. On Thursday, Gyor knew that they would need a win by a big enough margin at home in order to avoid elimination, but Brionna Jones and USK Praha won 81-76 to officially clinch the last spot in the next round from this group.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123721-VBC-REYER#boxscore
Valencia [83]: Romero 17/8a Alexander 15/7r Casas 14/8r Mavunga 9/6r Iagupova 9/8a Fingall 8 Vitola 7 Turner 4 Torrens 0 Hatar 0
Reyer Venezia [72]: Kuier 20/7r Berkani 16 Villa 10 Smalls 9 Stankovic 8 Santucci 3 Pan 2
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123722-GYOR-ZVVZ#boxscore
Gyor [76]: Kiss 14 Garbin 13 Carleton 12 Angyal 12 Telenga 11/7r Goree 0
USK Praha [81]: Jones 21/10r Ayayi 19/10r Cazorla 11/6a Harrison 10 Conde 8/8r/7a Vorackova 7 Hof 5
Standings: Valencia 4-1, USK Praha 3-2, Reyer Venezia 3-2, Gyor 0-5
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