Amanda Zahui B and Nadezhda are in second place in Group B with a 7-1 record.
Group A:
All games in this group were on Wednesday, starting in Russia, where Nneka Ogwumike and Dynamo Kursk beat Wisla Krakow 96-59 to remain the only unbeaten team. Fenerbahce helped widen the gap between the teams in the quarterfinals places and the rest of the field by beating Schio 77-64. Brianna Kiesel led all scorers, but Gyor lost 83-56 at USK Praha. Lattes Montpellier stayed firmly in a playoff place and kept Gintare Petronyte and Mersin winless 76-63.
January 11, 2017
Dynamo Kursk vs. Wisla Can-Pack 96-59 KURS Ogwumike 21/9r McCoughtry 15 Levchenko 14 Vadeeva 10/13r Prince 7 Cruz 4/6a WIS Ygueravide 19 Morrison 18/6r Simmons 7/6r Ben Abdelkader 4 Kobryn 3
Fenerbahce vs. Famila Schio 77-64 FENE Gruda 17/7r Lavender 14/7r Quigley 14/8a Cora 10 Stricklen 3 Canitez 0 SCHI Macchi 14 Sottana 10 Miyem 10 Masciadri 9 Anderson 8 Martinez 3 Ress 0
ZVVZ USK Praha vs. Uni Gyor 83-56 ZVVZ Vaughn 16/8r Vyoralova 16 Petrovic 14/14r Dupree 12 Xargay 11/7a Burgrova 4 Steinberga 2 GYOR Kiesel 20 Simon 10 Goree 6/8r Hruscakova 6
BLMA vs. Mersin 76-63 BLMA Robert 18/9r Michel 16 Sacko 14/7r Lardy 14 Mann 5 MERS Petronyte 20 Robinson 14 Henry 10 Newlin 6/6r
Standings:
- Dynamo Kursk 8-0
- Fenerbahce 7-1
- ZVVZ USK Praha 6-2
- BLMA 5-3
- Schio 3-5
- Wisla Can-Pack 2-6
- Uni Gyor 1-7
- Mersin 0-8
Group B:
Half of the games were played on Wednesday as Polkowice was no closer to their first win even with a good game from Isabelle Harrison as Yvonne Turner and Shenise Johnson fired Sopron to the 76-64 win. Bourges won the battle of French teams 63-42 over Villeneuve to contribute to the pileup of teams in the middle trying to break for the last playoff places. The top two teams in the group hosted the games on Thursday and both won. Diana Taurasi and UMMC held off Jelena Milovanovic and Avenida 74-68 in Ekaterinburg. In Orenburg, Courtney Paris was busy in the post for Hatay, but they still lost to Nadezhda 63-54.
January 11, 2017
Uniqa Sopron vs. CCC Polkowice 76-64 SOPR Turner 34 Johnson 20/10r Krnjic 13/7r CCC Harrison 26/12r Faulkner 17/6r Musina 10
Bourges vs. ESBVA-LM 63-42 BOUR Salagnac 13 Alexander 12/8r Tchatchouang 7 Dos Santos 6/9r ESBV Stepanova 10/7r Iagupova 4 Ayayi 4
January 12, 2017
UMMC Ekaterinburg vs. Perfumerias Avenida 74-68 UMMC Taurasi 26 Torrens 15 Griner 11/7r Meesseman 4/9r Lyttle 3/8r Toliver 3 Baric 0 Nolan 0 AVEN Milovanovic 20 Dominguez 13 Marginean 12 Givens 9 Elonu 8/7r De Souza 2/8r Salvadores 2
Nadezhda vs. Hatay 63-54 NADE Mitchell 19 Zahui B 16/9r Williams 8 HATA Paris 20/21r Turner 11/10r Stankovic 6 Tanacan 2
Standings:
- UMMC Ekaterinburg 7-1
- Nadezhda 7-1
- Perfumerias Avenida 4-4
- Bourges 4-4
- Sopron 4-4
- ESBVA-LM 4-4
- Hatay 2-6
- CCC Polkowice 0-8