A busy Wednesday started in Krasnoyarsk as Michelle Plouffe led 9 seed Olympiacos past 24 seed Enisey 85-70. Marine Johannes and 4 seed Lyon have effectively ended their series with a 110-63 win over shorthanded 29 seed Hatay. Having Courtney Williams alongside Emma Cannon gave 22 seed Elitzur Ramla a better chance, but Maxuella Lisowa Mbaka and 11 seed Braine left with a solid 86-75 win. 20 seed Nika built their roster slowly and have still not had the chance to field all of it at the same time, but they looked strong in Syktyvkar with a 103-74 win over Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and 13 seed Roche behind Azura Stevens and Tyasha Harris. The two game series format allows for ties and Adrienne Motley and 26 seed Ruzomberok came back to force one at 86 against 7 seed Nadezhda before they head to Orenburg. A close game in seed was not close at all with Teaira McCowan and 15 seed Orman leaving Sfantu Gheorghe with an 80-52 win over Brianna Fraser and 18 seed Sepsi. It was close in Miskolc as Petra Zaplatova and 16 seed Brno edged 17 seed DVTK 61-57. Natasha Mack and 21 seed Lublin will bring a solid lead on the road with a 72-55 over Ana Tadic and 12 seed Tarbes. 8 seed Nesibe has a small lead after a 71-68 win over 25 seed PEAC behind Alaina Coates. Laura Quevedo and 14 seed Estudiantes take a 78-75 lead back to Madrid after edging 19 seed Charleville 78-75. London Lions may have just managed to sneak into the last spot, but they had trouble fielding their whole roster at once throughout the group stage and that continued, but they still edged top seed Bourges 65-64. The strong team that is truly in trouble is 3 seed Cukurova, which heads home trailing 83-59 because of Melisa Brcaninovic’s brilliant performance for 30 seed Gernika. Ziomara Morrison helped 23 seed Mechelen leap out to an 83-70 lead over 10 seed Polkowice. 5 seed Villeneuve rolled to a 93-56 win over 28 seed Tenerife. The day ended with 2 seed Valencia leaving Belgrade with an 80-63 lead over Crvena zvezda. Thursday’s lone game saw 27 seed Fribourg lean on their starters and get an early lead behind Marielle Giroud and Aleksandra Kroselj, but the trio of Tetiana Yurkevichus, Joyner Holmes, and Ariel Atkins help 6 seed Prometey control the second half to leave with a 96-82 lead.
December 15, 2021
(24) Enisey vs. (9) Olympiacos 70-85 ENI Pachurina 14 Vanloo 13/9a Latsgal 12 Jones 6 Nared 4 OLY Plouffe 29/7r Vitola 15 Tolefree 14 Nikolopoulou 10/6r/9a Stamolamprou 5/6r Hamblin 4
(29) Hatay vs. (4) Lyon 63-110 HAT Gorini 18 Akgun 17 Emirtekin 11 Ellenberg-Wiley 9 LYON Johannes 20 Allemand 18/7r Crvendakic 14/8r Tanqueray 12/8a Badiane 10 Burdick 8/8r Jocyte 5
(22) Elitzur Ramla vs. (11) Braine 75-86 RML Williams 25/7r Cannon 23/8r Baron 8 Hersler 5 Hannoun 2 CAS Lisowa Mbaka 24/17r Lindstrom 18 Dornstauder 15/8r Ramette 14/6r/7a Konig 8/7a Berezhynska 5/7r Hamilton-Carter 0
(20) Nika Syktyvkar vs. (13) Roche 103-74 NIKA Stevens 28/14r Harris 20 Ben Abdelkader 16 Cherepanova 15/7r Psareva 10/9r/8a RVBC Mosqueda-Lewis 21 Bankole 17/7r Suarez 12 Clarke 10
(26) Ruzomberok vs. (7) Nadezhda 86-86 MBKRK Motley 31 Prazenicova 14 Grays 13/8r Turudic 11 Stasova 10 Tarnachowicz 0 NAD Gatling 15/9r Zhedik 14 Linskens 12 Elonu 11/9r Medvedeva 11 Hiedeman 10
(18) Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe vs. (15) Orman 52-80 SSIC Fraser 23/8r Pasic 16 Wallace 8 ORMAN McCowan 27/18r Robinson 18/6r Lucet 13/6r Fitik 12
(17) DVTK vs. (16) Brno 57-61 DVTK Jovanovic 17/6r Hayes 9/10r Green 5/8r Aho 5 Vorpahl 4 ZAB Zaplatova 30 Holmes 15/12r
(21) Lublin vs. (12) Tarbes 72-55 UMCS Mack 26/19r Kosla 12 Smalls 9/6r/6a Jakubcova 7/8r Mestdagh 0 TGB Tadic 22 Samson 10 Wojta 8/11r
(25) PEAC vs. (8) Nesibe 68-71 PEAC Marshall 19 Kiss 18/9r Nelson 13/7r NESI Coates 21/11r Thomas 14 Nacickaite 14/6a Eldas 10
(19) Charleville vs. (14) Estudiantes 75-78 FCB Akhator 18/10r Mendy 10 Coffey 8 Fiebich 8 Gajic 7/6r Berkani 7 MOV Quevedo 20/6r Fingall 16/7r Sotiriou 14 Carter 10
(32) London Lions vs. (1) Bourges 65-64 LDN Leedham 16/8r Norton 13 Charles 12 Winterburn 11 Stewart 9/8r Leonard 2 Robinson-Miller 2 TBB Yacoubou 17/7r Mann 12 Hampton 8 Miyem 2 Rupert 0
(30) Gernika vs. (3) Cukurova 83-59 LOIN Brcaninovic 32/8r Bjorklund 18 Moore 11 Ginzo 10 Silva 0/8r/6a CBK Fagbenle 14/8r Thomas 12 Hayes 8/8r Turner 8 Anigwe 4/7r Zellous 4/6r Hollingsworth 3
(23) Mechelen vs. (10) Polkowice 83-70 KBME Morrison 30/15r Resimont 19 Bi. Massey 12/10r Katanic 10/10a POLK Fitzgerald 17 Mavunga 16/16r Spanou 16/6r
(28) Tenerife vs. (5) Villeneuve 56-93 TFE Walker 18 Bailey 5 Hruscakova 2 VDA Salaun 15 Anderson 13/7r Harmon 12 Heriaud 12/7a
(31) Crvena zvezda vs. (2) Valencia 63-80 KKZCZ Jankovic 16/7r Naumcev 12 Schwagmeyer 8 Elliott 2 VAL Salvadores 16 Casas 14/11a Ouvina 14 Allen 12 Trahan-Davis 10/8r Gulich 5
December 16, 2021
(27) Fribourg vs. (6) Prometey 82-96 ELFIC Giroud 26/12r Kroselj 23/7r Fora 13 Fogg 11/9r PROM Yurkevichus 22/11r Holmes 22/6a Atkins 21 Babic 11/7a