Group A:
A new season started on Wednesday. TTT Riga is not likely to sneak up on anyone this season after their run in the last campaign and they had major roster changes, but started well against a USK Praha team that knew that they would have to play at full strength to leave with the 73-66 win, suiting up Alyssa Thomas and Brionna Jones less than a week after they were in the WNBA Finals. Reyer barely made it through the qualifiers, but hit the ground running with a 73-63 win over Bourges. Braine had the tough task of hosting Ekaterinburg, but did keep the scoreline respectable in an 87-79 loss as the post duo of Maria Vadeeva and Brittney Griner led the visitors. The lone Thursday game saw Nadezhda beat Cukurova 69-53 as they look to stay in the competition longer this season.
October 16, 2019
TTT Riga vs. USK Praha 66-73 TTT Drammeh 13 Harper 12 Strautmane 12 Pilabere 11/6r Huff 10/7r Kreslina 6 USK Thomas 17/8r/6s Vukosavljevic 17 Jones 12
Reyer Venezia vs. Bourges 73-63 VEN Macchi 14 Penna 14 Steinberga 11/7r/6a Gorini 10 Anderson 4/7r Ciabattoni 0 BOU Coleman 16/7r Yacoubou 14 Chartereau 11/6r Dabovic 10
Braine vs. Ekaterinburg 79-87 BRA Malashenko 15 Wallace 12 Trahan-Davis 10/11r Ortiz 10 Handy 6 EKA Vadeeva 22/10r Griner 20/8r Quigley 18 Belyakova 8/6r Faulkner 7 Musina 5 Vandersloot 5/6s
October 17, 2019
Cukurova vs. Nadezhda 53-69 CUK Coffey 13/14r Rodriguez 13/6r Avci 11 Marginean 8/6r NAD Raincock-Ekunwe 15/17r Wheeler 13 Turner 11
Group B:
This group’s first game on Wednesday was an excellent test for both teams as Dynamo Kursk hosted ambitious Lyon, winning 79-64 to show that their pedigree should be respected even with roster changes. Fenerbahce made drastic changes in the offseason and started with a 86-82 win at home behind Alina Iagupova and Cecilia Zandalasini over Magali Mendy and Girona. Lattes Montpellier wanted to show that they are making a return to their glory days, but lost 66-53 to Sopron at home. The round ended on Thursday with a close game that almost saw Gdynia escape with a win only for Schio to bear down at the end and win 51-47.
October 16, 2019
Dynamo Kursk vs. Lyon 79-64 DYK Zhedik 19 Bonner 18/7r Prince 13 Baric 12/6a Xargay 0 LYO Ciak 14/7r Johannes 12/8a Plouffe 11 Dos Santos 8/6r Allemand 0/6r
Fenerbahce vs. Girona 86-82 FEN Iagupova 22/8a Zandalasini 21 Cruz 13 Williams 10/6r Stokes 9/6r Canitez 5/6r Cakir 2 GIR Mendy 24 Coulibaly 16 Palau 14/7a Sykes 10 Elonu 8
Lattes Montpellier vs. Sopron 53-66 LMA Williams 19 Whitcomb 12 Mavunga 4/10r Tchatchouang 3 SOP Brooks 16/10r Crvendakic 16 Hatar 14 January 5
October 17, 2019
Schio vs. Arka Gdynia 51-47 SCH Gruda 16/7r Lisec 10/10r Harmon 4 DeShields 3/6r GDY Slamova 17/6r Allen 15 Gulich 6/8r Greinacher 2 Kastanek 0
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