EuroLeague 2nd Stage Round 1
The second round of the competition started this week with the remaining twelve teams. Results from the first round carry over here and each team will play six games against the teams in their group that they did not play in the first round. The top two teams in each group will qualify for the final stage and will play for byes to the semifinals. The next two teams in each group will qualify for series that will determine the other two teams to make it to the final stage. The bottom two teams in each group will be eliminated.
Group E
All of the games in this group were on Wednesday, including a battle of French teams that saw Landes fend off Bourges 76-73. Kitija Laksa and Schio also put themselves in a solid place with a 76-68 win over a Brno team that provided a stronger than expected challenge from last place. Avenida tried to move out of one of elimination spots and had the help of their home fans in Salamanca, but Yvonne Anderson and Cukurova left with a 75-73 win to stay undefeated.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123728-BLA-TBB#boxscore
Landes [76]: Djaldi-Tabdi 14 Slocum 14 Ewodo 12/6r Djekoundade 10 Geiselsoder 7 Lacan 7
Bourges [73]: Pouye 14 Duchet 11 Astier 10 Green 9 Spanou 8/11r Okonkwo 8
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123748-SCH-ZAB#boxscore
Schio [76]: Laksa 23 Salaun 18/8r Andre’ 10/11r Dojkic 4
Brno [68]: Knezevic 15 Juskaite 13 Kostowicz 10/11r Cunane 10/7r
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123727-AVE-CBK#boxscore
Avenida [73]: Fasoula 17 Martin 14/6a Kone 12 Vilaro 8 Carter 8/6a Herbert Harrigan 0
Cukurova [75]: Anderson 21 Howard 14/10r Rupert 12/7r Thornton 7 Samuelson 6 Magarity 6 Fauthoux 4
Standings: Cukurova 7-0, Landes 5-2, Schio 5-2, Bourges 4-3, Avenida 3-4, Brno 2-5
Group F
Polkowice hosted on Wednesday facing more roster turnover and Emma Cannon tried to keep them in the game but Valencia got a 66-56 win to continue to put themselves in strong position to advance in one of the top positions. On Thursday, Fenerbahce looked to keep their perfect record going, but despite a big early lead, they let their opponents stay close in a 75-71 win over USK Praha. Zaragoza was further motivated to advance after being awarded the hosting of the final stage, but Awak Kuier and Reyer had the early lead before the hosts could get the 64-56 win and avoid creating a three-way time in the spots to advance.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123757-KGHM-VBC#boxscore
Polkowice [56]: Cannon 25/17r Davis 14/8r/6a Jespersen 8/8r
Valencia [66]: Casas 12 Mavunga 11 Turner 10/8r/6a Iagupova 8 Torrens 7 Fingall 6 Alexander 6 Romero 5 Vitola 1
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123758-FENER-ZVVZ#boxscore
Fenerbahce [75]: Charles 18 Williams 14 Meesseman 10/9r Uzun 9 Milic 6 Allemand 6/6a Cakir 4 Atkins 0
USK Praha [71]: Jones 19/9r Ayayi 15/12r Vorackova 10 Conde 10/8a Hof 8 Cazorla 3/6a
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123778-ZARAG-REYER#boxscore
Zaragoza [64]: Atkinson 13 Gatling 12/8r Mawuli 11 Hermosa 9/8r Pueyo 6 Flores 4 Nystrom 3
Reyer Venezia [56]: Kuier 21/7r Smalls 12 Pan 9 Villa 7 Stankovic 4 Cubaj 0/6r Berkani 0 Santucci 0
Standings: Fenerbahce 7-0, Valencia 6-1, Zaragoza 5-2, USK Praha 4-3, Reyer Venezia 3-4, Polkowice 1-6
Round of 32 Game 1
The knockout rounds of the tournament started this week with 15 series having their openers. Since both games in the series between top seek DVTK and 32 seed Elitzur Ramla will be played in Miskolc, those games will both be played next week. Each series will consist of two games with the team with better seeding getting to host the second game. The only exception is that Neptunas and Lattes Montpellier have had the order of games swapped. The scores of both games will be combined to determine the winner. Overtime will not be played at the end of the first game so it can end in a tie while it will be played if the combined score is tied at the end of the second game.
A busy Wednesday started with Julie Vanloo pacing 12 seed Galatasaray in a 95-72 win over 21 seed Crvena zvezda. Gyor dropped down to this competition as the 3 seed and drew fellow Hungarian team Szekszard, defeating Sara Bejedi and the 30 seed 92-77 with Virag Kiss leading the way. 4 seed Olympiacos figured to be the worst of the teams dropping down and 29 seed PEAC took advantage of that to build a big lead and win 85-63. 7 seed Besiktas has a solid lead after winning at 26 seed Gorzow 80-64. After a close first half, 22 seed Keltern built a nice lead with a 60-45 win over 11 seed Tarbes. Marine Dursus and 23 seed Angers also got a big win at home 86-60 over Kamila Borkowska and Zaglebie Sosnowiec. Angela Salvadores and 18 seed Estudiantes have the early advantage after an 82-77 win over 15 seed Gdynia despite the best efforts of Ruthy Hebard and Stephanie Jones. 24 seed Charnay shuffled their lineup since their full roster does not meet the rules of this competition and Shakayla Thomas had a great debut alongside Monique Akoa to ensure a tie at 68 with 9 seed Ibaeta. Sara Scalia and 20 seed Campobasso were hoping to continue the good day for home teams, but Chloe Bibby and Girona came back to leave with a 75-73 win. 25 seed Dinamo Sassari did hold on to a 60-54 win over 8 seed Jairis.
On Thursday, 2 seed Villeneuve-d’Ascq was unexpectedly led by Aminata Gueye in an 88-69 win over 31 seed Constanta. Sydney Taylor and 28 seed Kibirkstis took the early lead and held on to a tie at 85 with Lyon, the highest ranked team in the group stage to earn themselves the 5 seed. It may have been the closest game in seeding, but 17 seed Ferrol has a commanding lead after an 83-58 win over 16 seed Braine. In the one series where the order of the games had to be swapped, 6 seed Lattes Montpellier will not have much to worry about when they visit 27 seed Neptunas after Garance Rabot led the way in a 96-60 win. Zala Friskovec fired 13 seed Sopron to a 79-66 win over 19 seed Sesto San Giovanni.
December 11
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/eurocup-women-24-25/games/123253-CZV-GALA#boxscore
(21) Crvena zvezda [72]: Katanic 19 Potter 16 Williams 4
(12) Galatasaray [95]: Vanloo 23/9a Fitik 15 Fraser 12 Zandalasini 11 Li 11 Erdogan 10 Steinberga 5/7r Hollingsworth 4
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/eurocup-women-24-25/games/123241-KSC-GYOR#boxscore
(30) Szekszard [77]: Bejedi 27 Westbeld 18/6r Boros 10 Johnson 8/6a
(3) Gyor [92]: Kiss 24/7r Garbin 18/9r Dombai 17 Goree 14
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/eurocup-women-24-25/games/123243-NKA-OSFP#boxscore
(29) PEAC [85]: Zsebe-Weninger 14 Reisingerova 13/8r Held 12 Smailbegovic 11
(4) Olympiacos [63]: Christinaki 19/10r Lambert 12 Hempe 12 Raca 6 Tobin 5 Pilakouta 4
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/eurocup-women-24-25/games/123249-GORZ-BJK#boxscore
(26) Gorzow [64]: Gertchen 15 Mikulasikova 13 Miller 11/10r Tsineke 11 Walker-Kimbrough 4
(7) Besiktas [80]: Krajisnik 16/7r Evans 15 Lazic 14 Bayram 12/6r Winterburn 12 Fagbenle 11/9r
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/eurocup-women-24-25/games/123257-RSK-TGB#boxscore
(22) Keltern [60]: Rosic 17 Djordjevic 13/14r Muzet 13/9r Gilles 6 Kiss-Rusk 4/7r Arthur 0
(11) Tarbes [45]: Musa 14/9r Zodia 12 Barahman 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/eurocup-women-24-25/games/123255-UFAB-ZAG#boxscore
(23) Angers [86]: Dursus 20 Ngo Ndjock 12/7r/7a Alston 12 Mendez 11 Dornstauder 11 Diarisso 10 Tahane 4/6r
(10) Zaglebie Sosnowiec [60]: Borkowska 23/15r Jones 10 Nikitinaite 7/10a Soule 4
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/eurocup-women-24-25/games/123263-MOV-VBW#boxscore
(18) Estudiantes [82]: Salvadores 21/8a Camilion 16 Buhner 14/9r Banaszak 14 Alonso de Armino 8 Sharp 7
(15) Arka Gdynia [77]: Hebard 29/8r Jones 23/11r Kastanek 3
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/eurocup-women-24-25/games/123267-CBBS-IDK#boxscore
(24) Charnay [68]: Thomas 23/9r Akoa 21/7r/10a Garrick 10 Djaldi-Tabdi 4/7r Strautmane 0
(9) Ibaeta [68]: Prieto 15/6r Becker 14 Halvarsson 10/7r Gonzalez 10 Pendande 6/7r Claessens 6
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/eurocup-women-24-25/games/123259-MGN-SPAR#boxscore
(20) Magnolia Campobasso [73]: Scalia 20 Ziemborska 14 Meldere 13 Kunaiyi-Akpanah 12/9r Morrison 7
(13) Girona [75]: Bibby 22/7r Toure 18 Canella 10/7a Hristova 4 Pierre-Louis 4 Jakubcova 4
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/eurocup-women-24-25/games/123251-DSS-HGJ#boxscore
(25) Dinamo Sassari [60]: Carangelo 18 Taylor 13 Gonzales 8 Grattini 0
(8) Jairis [54]: Bertsch 18 Holesinska 12 Lopez Senechal 5 Nelson 4/7r Ayuso 3 Alarcon 2 Grande 0 Visscher 0
December 12
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/eurocup-women-24-25/games/123239-CSMCT-ESBVA#boxscore
(31) Constanta [69]: Marginean 17 Ghizila 12 Delic 11 Williams 8/12r Logic 7
(2) Villeneuve-d’Ascq [88]: Gueye 23/10r Peters 12/12r Bone 11 Leite 11/6a Foppossi 10 Hirsch 8
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/eurocup-women-24-25/games/123245-KIB-LYON#boxscore
(28) Kibirkstis [85]: Taylor 20 Zabotkaite 18 Miknaite 16 Use 11/18r Labuckiene 10/9r Aukstikalnyte 10 Pana 0
(5) Lyon [85]: Jocyte 19 Lucet 18 Malonga 13/7r Harris 9/6a Wojta 8/8r/7s
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/eurocup-women-24-25/games/123264-BAXI-CAS#boxscore
(17) Ferrol [83]: Mataix 16 Morro 12 Melia 11/7r/6a Mestres 11/6r Joiner 10 Millan 8 Sanchez Ramos 6 Davis 6 Pospisilova 0/7r
(16) Braine [58]: Miller 13/8r Redmond 13/6a Vitulova 7 Toonders 2/7r
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/eurocup-women-24-25/games/123247-BLMA-NEP#boxscore
(6) Lattes Montpellier [96]: Rabot 24/8r/6a Naigre 13 Angloma 12/11r Limouzin 11/7a Bernies 11 Fankam Mendjiadeu 9/7r Bailey 8
(27) Neptunas [60]: Balaban 18 Solopova 10 Murray 5 Vilka 3
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/eurocup-women-24-25/games/123261-GEAS-SOP#boxscore
(19) Sesto San Giovanni [66]: Gwathmey 17/8r Conti 16/7r Spreafico 15 Gustavsson 9 Makurat 4
(13) Sopron [79]: Friskovec 25/6a Brooks 13/6r Monroe 10/9r Reid 10/6a Borondy 10 Krivacevic 8/9r Pavlopoulou 0
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