EuroLeague Round 5 November 22nd-23rd

Group A:

All games in this group were played on Wednesday.  Polkowice used a strong start to beat Gintare Petronyte and Galatasaray 72-67.  Sopron kept Castors Braine winless 83-59.  Amanda Zahui B and USK Praha remained in the last playoff place with an 88-51 win over Villeneuve.  Angel McCoughtry and Dynamo Kursk remained the only undefeated team with a 76-65 win at Bourges.

November 22, 2017

Galatasaray vs. CCC Polkowice 67-72 GALA Petronyte 20/8r Dubljevic 12 CCC Holmes 15 Clark 14/9r Gajda 11 Fagbenle 8/8r Dikeoulakou 8/7a Spanou 8

Sopron vs. Castors Braine 83-59 SOP Langhorne 18/7r Turner 16/7a Milovanovic 16 Jovanovic 11/6r Salvadores 7/6r CAST Milic 13/6r Steinberga 7 Trahan-Davis 7 Jones 0

ZVVZ USK Praha vs. ESBVA-LM 88-51 USK Zahui B 27/11r Rezan 19/11r Xargay 14/6a Bonner 13/12r Romero 5 ESBV Sy 16 Akonga 11 Leedham 3 Verin 2

Bourges vs. Dynamo Kursk 65-76 BOUR Ouvina 11 Plouffe 10 Ayayi 9/9r Sharp 5 KURS McCoughtry 20/10r Cruz 12/8r Ogwumike 12/7r Petrovic 10 Prince 5

Standings:

1. Dynamo Kursk 5-0
2. Sopron 4-1
3. Galatasaray 3-2
4. ZVVZ USK Praha 3-2
5. ESBVA-LM 2-3
6. Polkowice 2-3
7. Bourges 1-4
8. Castors Braine 0-5

Group B:

Wednesday’s games started with a battle of two Russian teams as UMMC beat Nadezhda 64-54 in Orenburg with each team missing their star guard.  Wisla is still winless after Jantel Lavender and Yakin Dogu University took out some frustration on them 87-59.  Fenerbahce beat Avenida 68-56 and had the chance to field their full roster for the first time.  The lone Thursday game saw Schio survive Lattes Montpellier 61-55 to finish the round atop the tiebreaker.

November 22, 2017

Nadezhda vs. UMMC Ekaterinburg 54-64 NAD Ygueravide 12 Jones 8 Cannon 4 UMMC Baric 14 Meesseman 12 Griner 12 Torrens 11/8r Belyakova 7/6r Sanders 1

Yakin Dogu Universitesi vs. Wisla Can-Pack 87-59 YDU Lavender 20/10r Wauters 14/7r McBride 13 Cakir 10 Mestdagh 5 Vandersloot 4/11r/7a TSW Parker 13/6r Rodriguez 11 Reid 8 Greinacher 4

Fenerbahce vs. Perfumerias Avenida 68-56 FENE Cora 14 Verameyenka 13/7r Vaughn 11/9r Dabovic 10 Senyurek 10 Powers 2 Plum 2 Canitez 0 AVEN Elonu 19 Robinson 13/10r Moss 8 Givens 7 Quevedo 3 De Souza 0 Abdi 0

November 23, 2017

Famila Schio vs. BLMA 61-55 SCHI Yacoubou 15/10r Anderson 14/9r Zandalasini 10/6r Macchi 10 Masciadri 2 BLMA Sottana 18 Hurt 2 Kobryn 2

Standings:

1. Famila 4-1
2. Yakin Dogu Universitesi 4-1
3. Fenerbahce 4-1
4. Perfumerias Avenida 3-2
5. UMMC Ekaterinburg 3-2
6. BLMA 1-4
7. Nadezhda 1-4
8. Wisla Can-Pack 0-5