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Hapoel Jerusalem is a BKT EuroCup contender, and after losing some ground after four rounds, got the big 103-76 home win over Aris to get to a positive 3-2 record in Group A.
Jared Harper, with 18 points and nine assists, was once again the leader of the winning side against the Greeks, who had their new coach, Igor Milicic, on their bench.
The game was decided in the third period with a 31-20 partial score for the winners, creating a solid distance and keeping it, by starting the last quarter with a 7-0 run for a solid 88-68 lead.
Cluj-Napoca cruised to the 95-76 road win in Hamburg with Daron “Fats” Russell leading the way with 26 points. The game was decided in the second period with a partial score of 29-9 for the guests.
In Group B, Devante Jones scored 20 points, including the last four of the game, to lead Trento to the 91-87 road win over Panionios, which couldn’t get the win in coach Ilias Zouros’ debut with the team.
On wednesday, Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse lost its first game of the season after getting destroyed by Besiktas 90-60. The Turkish side dominated the whole game and jumps to 4-1 thanks to an amazing Ante Zizic game (30 PIR).
GROUP A
Veolia Towers Hamburg – U-BT Cluj-Napoca 76-95
Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem – Aris Thessaloniki Betsson 103-76
Slask Wroclaw – Umana Reyer Venice (29/10)
Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana – Neptunas Klaipeda (29/10)
BAXI Manresa – Bahcesehir College Istanbul (29/10)
Standings
1. Bahcesehir 4-0
2. Cedevita Olimpija 3-1
3. Manresa 3-1
4. Hapoel Jerusalem 3-2
5. Cluj-Napoca 3-2
6. Slask 2-2
7. Aris 2-3
8. Venice 1-3
9. Neptunas 1-3
10. Hamburg 0-5
GROUP B
Panionios Cosmorama Travel Athens – Dolomiti Energia Trento 87-91
Besiktas GAIN Istanbul – Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse 90-60
Lietkabelis Panevezys – Buducnost VOLI Podgorica (29/10)
NINERS Chemnitz – ratiopharm ulm (29/10)
London Lions – Turk Telekom Ankara (29/10)
Standings
1. Besiktas JL Bourg 4-1
2. JL Bourg 4-1
3. Ulm 3-1
4. Trento 2-3
5. Buducnost 2-2
6. Turk Telekom 2-2
7. London Lions 2-2
8. Chemnitz 1-3
9. Lietkabelis 1-3
10. Panionios 1-4