October 25, 2017
Group A:
Play in this group started in Hungary, where Aleksandra Crvendakic and hosts Sopron managed to hang with Dynamo Kursk until the final quarter as they lost 88-74 in the battle between the group’s remaining undefeated teams. Alena Hanusova and USK Praha welcomed a new player to the team and held off Polkowice 72-66. Allie Quigley led Galatasaray again, getting extremely efficient help from Gintare Petronyte as they left France with a 74-72 win over Bourges. Pauline Akonga had a great game for Villeneuve as they used a strong second half to deny Castors Braine 81-71.
Sopron vs. Dynamo Kursk 74-88 SOP Crvendakic 20 Turner 17/6a Langhorne 15 Salvadores 2 KURS McCoughtry 17 Vadeeva 16 Ogwumike 15/7r Petrovic 14/9r/6a Cruz 13/7r/6a Prince 3
ZVVZ USK Praha vs. CCC Polkowice 72-66 USK Hanusova 20 Kat. Elhotova 18 Zahui B 13/11r Xargay 9/10a Bonner 5/6r Romero 3 CCC Dikaioulakou 16 Fagbenle 12/14r Clark 10/11r/7a Spanou 10/8r Holmes 10
Bourges vs. Galatasaray 72-74 BOUR Michel 14/6r Godin 10 Sharp 10 Plouffe 8 Ayayi 6 Tchatchouang 5 GALA Quigley 26 Petronyte 20 Dubljevic 17/7r Van Grinsven 0
ESBVA-LM vs. Castors Braine 81-71 ESBV Akonga 28/8r Amant 15 Gomis 14 Leedham 12/6r CAST Trahan-Davis 18/8r Malashenko 13 Steinberga 9 Jones 4
Standings:
- Dynamo Kursk 3-0
- Sopron 2-1
- ZVVZ USK Praha 2-1
- ESBVA-LM 2-1
- Galatasaray 2-1
- Bourges 1-2
- Polkowice 0-3
- Castors Braine 0-3
Group B:
A full Wednesday of games started in Orenburg as Schio recorded an impressive 76-46 win over Nadezhda. Ana Dabovic and Fenerbahce used a strong start to beat Lattes Montpellier 79-63. Yakin Dogu University looked to get a statement win at home, but Brittney Griner and UMMC showed that it is still a step up to get to Europe’s elite as they won 79-70. That left one unbeaten team in the group heading into the final game and Wisla Krakow looked to end that while picking up their first win, but Avenida dug deep in the second half and came up with the 62-57 victory.
Nadezhda vs. Famila Schio 46-76 NAD Shilova 12 Cannon 11 Jones 3 SCHI Zandalasini 16 Miyem 14 Anderson 13/7r/6a Dotto 12 Yacoubou 9/8r Masciadri 6 Macchi 4
Fenerbahce vs. BLMA 79-63 FENE Dabovic 20 Senyurek 14 Cora 10 Plum 9 Vaughn 8 Canitez 0 BLMA Sottana 16 Bar 12 Hurt 10/8r Kobryn 9
Yakin Dogu Universitesi vs. UMMC Ekaterinburg 70-79 YDU Vandersloot 16/7a Hollingsworth 14/6r McBride 14 Lavender 12/8r Wauters 7 UMMC Griner 25/6r Baric 13 Meesseman 10/9r Sanders 10 Taurasi 7 Belyakova 5 Torrens 4/8r Nolan 0
Perfumerias Avenida vs. Wisla Can-Pack 62-57 AVEN Elonu 13 Givens 12 De Souza 11/9r Robinson 7/11r Moss 4 Quevedo 1 Abdi 0 TSW Rodriguez 15 Reid 10/9r Labuckiene 10 Zietara 10 Antic 6/6r Greinacher 4 Parker 0
Standings:
- Perfumerias Avenida 3-0
- Famila Schio 2-1
- Yakin Dogu Universitesi 2-1
- Fenerbahce 2-1
- UMMC Ekaterinburg 2-1
- Nadezhda 1-2
- Wisla Can-Pack 0-3
- BLMA 0-3
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