EuroLeague 2nd Stage Round 5 January 22nd

Group E

All of the games in this round were on Wednesday and two teams needed a win to help their chances of advancing when they met in Mont-de-Marsan. After an early lead, Landes had to fight back in the second half to eliminate Brno 76-60 before looking at the result of the last game of the day. With the top spot in the group already decided, Cukurova was not quite going all out to maintain their perfect record and Kitija Laksa and Schio gave themselves a margin in their quest to secure second place with an 83-71 win. Illness struck Avenida at exactly the wrong time with a win needed to stay in the picture and Bourges did not want to lose their advantage towards advancing instead and did not agree to postpone the game in Salamanca. The hosts were able to field their senior team players, but could not keep up in the second half and Amy Okonkwo and company left with the 62-51 win and no worse than a third place in the group with Landes qualifying.

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123740-BLA-ZAB#boxscore
Landes [76]: Lacan 18 Slocum 11 Geiselsoder 8/7r
Brno [60]: Kostowicz 14/8r Cunane 9/8r

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123735-SCH-CBK#boxscore
Schio [83]: Laksa 25 Juhasz 12/17r Dojkic 11/6a Verona 11
Cukurova [71]: Rupert 18/11r Carleton 12 Fauthoux 11/6r/8a Yalcin 10

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123732-AVE-TBB#boxscore
Avenida [51]: Jespersen 12 Martin 11 Carter 9/6a Vilaro 7 Fasoula 6/6r Kone 0
Bourges [62]: Okonkwo 21/11r Pouye 12 Spanou 6 Green 5

Standings:
1. Cukurova 10-1
2. Schio 8-3
3. Bourges 7-4
4. Landes 6-5
5. Avenida 4-7
6. Brno 3-8

Group F

Reyer tried to get another positive result before exiting the competition, but Emma Meesseman and Fenerbahce won 86-66. Zaragoza was ready to try to secure second place to guarantee that they will be playing at the final stage that they are hosting, but Valencia’s strong second half got them the 79-64 win and that coveted spot instead.

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123770-FENER-REYER#boxscore
Fenerbahce [86]: Meesseman 22/9a Charles 14/10r Williams 13/6r Sabally 12/8r Uzun 9 Allemand 3/6a Atkins 2
Reyer Venezia [66]: Kuier 15/8r Smalls 15 Fassina 11/6r Berkani 11 Santucci 4 Stankovic 1 Cubaj 0

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-24-25/games/123765-ZARAG-VBC#boxscore
Zaragoza [64]: Gatling 12/8r Mawuli 11 Pueyo 9 Hermosa 6 Atkinson 6 Flores 2 Nystrom 2
Valencia [79]: Romero 19 Vitola 14 Fingall 8 Alexander 8 Mavunga 7 Iagupova 7 Fiebich 5 Turner 4 Torrens 0

Standings:
1. Fenerbahce 9-0
2. Valencia 7-2
3. Zaragoza 5-4
4. USK Praha 4-5
5. Venezia 3-7