Badalona remains the boss in Group A

By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net

Joventut Badalona beat Lietkabelis 65 – 50 at home to bounce back to wins in EuroCup and remain the undisputed leader in Group A. The Spanish side held its opponents at just 18 points in the second half to ultimately get a comfortable win.

Lietkabelis, on the other hand, was forced to a hard landing with an offensive season-low after a triumphant win over Partizan Belgrade last week.

Badalona led from start to finish and completely imposed its rhythm in the third period. They used an 11-0 run to go up 51 – 34 and led by 19 at the end of the quarter.

Lietkabelis reduced that margin to 11 points but Badalona pushed back the visiting squad to keep a double-digit advantage for the rest of the game.

Ante Tomic scored 14 points and Brandon Paul dropped 12 points for Badalona. Only Djordje Gagic (12 points) scored in double figures for Lietkabelis.

In Germany, AJ Slaughter made the winning jumper with 21 seconds to play to hand Gran Canaria a 94 – 93 away victory over Ratiopharm Ulm. The American guard finished with 15 points while Dylan Ennis scored a team-high 18 points for the Las Palmas team.

18-year-old Fedor Zugic had a career-high 22 points for Ulm.

Bursaspor kickstarted the EuroCup action this week by taking down JL Bourg en Bresse 96 – 89. Andrew Andrews (22 points, six assists) and John Holland (20 points, six rebounds) got things rolling for Bursaspor’s offense while Pierre Pelos (19 points) stood out from Bourg.

Standings (without Russian teams) via EuroCup Basketball:

Group A:

Position Club GP Won Lost PTS+ PTS- +/-
1
JOVENTUT BADALONA 13 10 3 1057 915 142
2
PARTIZAN NIS BELGRADE 13 9 4 1094 998 96
3
BOULOGNE METROPOLITANS 92 12 8 4 997 948 49
4
MORABANC ANDORRA 12 8 4 977 933 44
5
LIETKABELIS PANEVEZYS 11 7 4 894 816 78
6
TURK TELEKOM ANKARA 12 5 7 881 949 -68
7
HAMBURG TOWERS 12 4 8 991 1074 -83
8
SLASK WROCLAW 12 3 9 863 943 -80
9
DOLOMITI ENERGIA TRENTO 13 1 12 905 1083 -178

Group B:

1
GRAN CANARIA 14 10 4 1138 1063 75
2
VALENCIA BASKET 14 10 4 1200 1115 85
3
BUDUCNOST VOLI PODGORICA 14 8 6 1097 1098 -1
4
VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA 14 8 6 1202 1182 20
5
UMANA REYER VENICE 13 7 6 987 958 29
6
CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA LJUBLJANA 14 7 7 1179 1172 7
7
RATIOPHARM ULM 14 6 8 1111 1110 1
8
MINCIDELICE JL BOURG EN BRESSE 14 5 9 1111 1127 -16
9
FRUTTI EXTRA BURSASPOR 13 4 9 1019 1094 -75
10
PROMITHEAS PATRAS 14 4 10 1017 1142 -125

 

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