Wednesday’s second games started with an exciting affair in Wroclaw. Szekszard trailed from the first game, but cut into the deficit early and completed the comeback on Sleza in fourth quarter to win the game 84-74 and the series 156-151. It was less suspenseful in Charleville-Mezeres as the hosts built on a big lead early to win 84-47 and advance past Bydgoszcz 84-47. It was a similar story in Venezia as Reyer beat Hainaut 88-55 and pushed the margin to an impressive 175-113. On Thursday, Hatay extended their lead early, but Enisey fought back to win the game 74-72, but that left them short 142-139. Good Angels Kosice worked on reducing their deficit early, steadily working themselves towards a 63-44 win to advance past Landes 118-113 overall. Mersin looked to be losing by an acceptable margin for most of the game in Riga before deciding to come back and win 63-62 outright, pushing the final tally to 151-132. Magali Mendy and Girona quickly wiped out their first game deficit and rolled past Olympiacos 89-62 to win 149-127 on aggregate. Kahleah Copper and Gdynia did push towards reversing the score back to their favor in Ragusa, but the hosts got a good game from Dearica Hamby to win 71-66 and extend the margin to 147-138.
January 10, 2018
Sleza Wroclaw vs. KSC Szekszard 74-84 SLEZ Zoll-Norman 18/10a Kastanek 18 Ajdukovic 13/6r KSC Balint 17 Oblak 16/7r/11a Krnjic 14/11r/6a Studer 11 McCall 11
KSC Szekszard advances 156-151
Carolo vs. Artego Bydgoszcz 84-47 CARO Dos Santos 16/12r Berezhynska 16 Mosqueda-Lewis 14 Chevaugeon 11 Loyd 8 ARTG O’Neill 13 Stankovic 8/8r McBride 8 Stallworth 0
Carolo advances 167-109
Reyer Venezia vs. Saint-Amand 88-55 VEN Carangelo 17 Sandri 12 Williams 11 Walker 7 SAHB Dieme 11 Garcia 10 Bruner 9/9r
Reyer Venezia advances 175-113
January 11, 2018
Hatay vs. Enisey 72-74 HATA Paris 18/17r Mitchell 16 Ben Abdelkader 13 Turner 10/6r Tanacan 2 ENI Svaryte 15 Monroe 13/9r McCallum 12/6r Goldyreva 12
Hatay advances 142-139
Good Angel Kosice vs. Landes 63-44 GAKE Morris 18/6s Stehlikova 12/6r Balintova 11 Zirkova 9 Peters 4/6r Sverrisdottir 4 BLAN Casas 10 Ayim 9 Bravard 6/8r Dumerc 6
Good Angela Kosice advances 118-113
TTT Riga vs. Mersin 62-63 TTTR Peddy 14/8r/6a Basko-Melnbarde 13/11r Malott 11 Krastina 10/7r Stewart 8 Priede 2 Kreslina 0 Eglite 0 MERS Thomas 17/11r Gajic 13/16r Hartley 12
Mersin advances 151-132
Spar Citylift Girona vs. Olympiacos 89-62 GIRO Mendy 21 Evans 18/7r Gomes Colhado 17/6r Buch 12 Traore 12 Conde 4 Romeo 3 Martinez 0/13a OLY Macaulay 17 Anderson 14 Chatzinikolaou 12/7r Maltsi 8 Mazic 4
Spar Citylift Girona advances 149-127
Virtus Eirene vs. Gdynia 71-66 RAGU Hamby 23/9r Ndour 16/7r Kuster 12/9r Consolini 11 GDYN Copper 21 Jankoska 11 Skerovic 11 Vitola 8 Aleksandravicius 6/10r Handy 5
Virtus Eirene advances 147-138
Round of 8 Pairings (team listed first hosts second game):
(1) Reyer Venezia vs. (8) Good Angels Kosice
(2) Virtus Eirene vs. (7) Spar Citylift Girona
(3) Carolo vs. (11) Mersin
(4) Hatay vs. (12) KSC Szekszard