November 1, 2017
Group A:
The first game in this group was in Kursk and there was plenty of scoring as Nneka Ogwumike and Sonja Petrovic helped Dynamo remain undefeated with a 109-88 win over Amanda Zahui B and USK Praha. Polkowice used a balanced effort to beat Katherine Plouffe and Bourges 71-66. Crystal Langhorne and Sopron continued their excellent start with an 83-73 win in Villeneuve. Castors Braine gave up their lead in the second half, wasting a good game from Celeste Trahan-Davis and missing a golden opportunity for their first win to lose to Galatasaray and their duo of Gintare Petronyte and Allie Quigley 72-71.
Dynamo Kursk vs. ZVVZ USK Praha 109-88 KURS Ogwumike 21/9r Petrovic 21/6r McCoughtry 19 Prince 19 Cruz 8/10r/6a USK Zahui B 21 Kat. Elhotova 19 Xargay 17/8a Bonner 17 Romero 0
CCC Polkowice vs. Bourges 71-66 CCC Clark 15/7r Spanou 11/9r Holmes 11 Fagbenle 10/6r Dikeoulakou 7/6a BOUR Plouffe 23 Ouvina 12 Chartereau 10 Ayayi 5/7r Tchatchouang 4
ESBVA-LM vs. Sopron 73-83 ESBV Gomis 16 Akonga 15 Sy 14 Leedham 11 SOP Langhorne 20/14r Turner 13/6a Crvendakic 12 Milovanovic 11/6r Jovanovic 10 Salvadores 5
Castors Braine vs. Galatasaray 71-72 CAST Trahan-Davis 21/11r Steinberga 19/8r Jones 3 GALA Petronyte 29/11r Quigley 21 Dubljevic 8 Van Grinsven 0
Standings:
- Dynamo Kursk 4-0
- Sopron 3-1
- Galatasaray 3-1
- ESBVA-LM 2-2
- ZVVZ USK Praha 2-2
- CCC Polkowice 1-3
- Bourges 1-3
- Castors Braine 0-4
Group B:
The first game on Wednesday was the rematch of a thrilling semifinal from last season. It was a new cast of characters for Fenerbahce, but Ana Dabovic helped them repeat the result with a 73-71 win over UMMC in Ekaterinburg. Yakin Dogu University then won 67-62 in Salamanca to hand Avenida its first loss. Schio did just enough in the fourth quarter to escape Krakow with a 74-72 win over Cheyenne Parker and winless Wisla. Maria Cherepanova had a good game for Nadezhda in Lattes, but the hosts were the only home team to win in the group and finally picked up their first win 76-69.
UMMC Ekaterinburg vs. Fenerbahce 71-73 UMMC Griner 18/6r Belyakova 15 Taurasi 10 Torrens 9/10r Meesseman 8 Sanders 5 Baric 3 FENE Dabovic 21/6a Cora 14 Verameyenka 13/10r Vaughn 8 Plum 6
Perfumerias Avenida vs. Yakin Dogu Universitesi 62-67 AVEN Robinson 15/6 Givens 13 Elonu 8/7r De Souza 6 Abdi 5 Moss 4 Quevedo 0 YDU Vandersloot 16/8r/7a McBride 13/8r Lavender 12/6r Wauters 10 Eldebrink 10 Hollingsworth 2 Cakir 2 Mestdagh
Wisla Can-Pack vs. Famila Schio 72-74 TSV Parker 22/9r Reid 19/7r/8a Rodriguez 13/6r Greinacher 2 Antic 2 SCHI Zandalasini 19/7r Anderson 11/8r/10a Lisec 11/7r Yacoubou 9 Masciadri 3 Macchi 2
BLMA vs. Nadezhda 76-69 BLMA Sottana 15 Kobryn 12 Hurt 9 NAD Cherepanova 20 Cannon 18/6r Jones 13
Standings:
- Yakin Dogu Universitesi 3-1
- Famila Schio 3-1
- Perfumerias Avenida 3-1
- Fenerbahce 3-1
- UMMC Ekaterinburg 2-2
- BLMA 1-3
- Nadezhda 1-3
- Wisla Can-Pack 0-4
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