By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Five teams have all but checked their tickets for the regular season of the Basketball Champions League, following the completion of Gameday 1 of the Qualifiers Round 2.
We are talking about Lietkabelis, last season’s third-place winner Antwerp Giants, Nizhny Novgorod, Telekom Baskets Bonn, and Mornar Bar. They all got away wins with considerable margins over their opponents and a strong upper hand in the series.
Overall, six visiting squads got victories.
Lietkabelis took perhaps the most stunning win of them all since the team came back from a 21-point deficit to beat Keravnos by 16. Ken Brown scored 22 points for the Lithuanian squad.
As for Antwerp, Owen Klassen had 18 points to pace his team to a rout over Sodertalje Kings, the defending Swedish League champions.
In Lisbon, Jacob Pullen dropped 29 points to lead Mornar Bar to a blowout victory over Benfica.
Results:
Karhu Basket – Polski Cukier Torun 93 – 82
Falco Szombathely – Ventspils 75 – 69
BC Kyiv Basket – San Pablo Burgos 83 – 86
Keravnos – Lietkabelis 55 – 71
Södertälje Kings – Telenet Giants Antwerp 60 – 82
Legia Warszawa – Nizhny Novgorod 61 – 84
Fribourg Olympic – Telekom Baskets Bonn 66 – 80
SL Benfica – Mornar Bar 68 – 96
Gameday 2 will take place Sunday (29/9).
Photo: FIBA Basketball