Eurocup’s premiere with eight road wins

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

The first round of Eurocup’s new season concluded in an impressive way. In total 36 teams are participating in the regular season, among them Khimki which beat VEF Riga almost by 30 points (94-65) and features the last Euroleague Final Four MVP Tyrese Rice who was the leading scorer with 16 points. Ιn total we had eight road wins, none more impressive than the double overtime win of PAOK at Karsiyaka (87-81) behind 22 points by Jake Odum.

In a past Euroleague match up, Lokomotiv beat Zielona Gora with Derrick Brown scoring 23 points, while Roma prevailed at Belgium over Spirou Charleroi (88-59) as Brandon Triche scored 26 points and he is the MVP of round 1. Strasbourg also got a big win at Bonn (86-83) thanks to a three pointer by Antoine Diot (video).

Eurocup 2014-2015 – 1st Day

CAI Zaragoza	77 – 76	Paris Levallois
Telekom B. Bonn	83 – 86	Strasbourg
EWE Baskets	77 – 85	Cajasol Sevilla
Belgacom Spirou	59 – 88	Acea Roma
Pinar Karsiyaka	81 – 87	PAOK
Reggio Emilia	70 – 67	Brose Baskets
Dijon	72 – 63	Telenet Oostende
Ventspils	82 – 75	Buducnost VOLI
Lietuvos Rytas	92 – 65	Partizan NIS
Banvit Bandirma	80 – 76	Hapoel Jerusalem
Stelmet Zielona Góra	78 – 97	Lokomotiv Kuban
Besiktas I. Forex	68 – 70	Union Olimpija
Nancy	78 – 76	CEZ Nymburk
Krasny Oktyabr	75 – 81	CSU Asesoft
Khimki Moscow Region	94 – 65	VEF Riga
Szolnoki Olaj	96 – 94	Zenit St. Petersburg
Artland Dragons	64 – 70	ASVEL
Gran Canaria	101 – 81	Acqua Vitasnella Cantu