April 18, 2018

The second game of the final was played on Wednesday in Italy.  Reyer was faced with a big deficit from the first game and Galatasaray extended that margin earlier.  The hosts fought back, taking the lead and cutting the margin in half several times in the second half, but a 72-65 win still left them short 155-140.  With other offensive options being shut down, it was Kaela Davis who emerged to help the visitors keep the margin at the right levels.

Reyer Venezia vs. Galatasaray 72-65 VEN Williams 16 Ruzickova 12 Bestagno 12 Walker 11/7r Little 8 GALA Davis 21/8r Petronyte 19/13r Dubljevic 8 Quigley 5/9r Kobryn 0

Galatasaray wins series 155-140

 

April 11, 2018

The first game of the final series was played in Istanbul as Galatasaray brought in a massive crowd.  That energy fueled the hosts as Allie Quigley was completely unstoppable, getting some help on the inside from Gintare Petronyte in a 90-68 win.  Riquna Williams led Reyer, which now faces a very daunting task next week in Italy.

Galatasaray vs. Reyer Venezia 90-68 GALA Quigley 37 Petronyte 25/12r Dubljevic 14 Davis 4 Kobryn 2 VEN Williams 21/9r Carangelo 12 Walker 5 Little 2

The first series wrapped on Wednesday in Salamanca.  Avenida built a lead at home, flirting with the margin that would flip the aggregate scoreline back in their favor, but Allie Quigley and Galatasaray did enough work late to keep the margin to a 57-55 loss to hang on to the 124-119 win overall.  Reyer hosted on Thursday, but knew that they would need a tremendous effort to overturn a massive deficit.  They chipped into it early, nearly making up the entire gap by halftime with Riquna Williams leading the way.  They continued to control the game in third quarter to build up a lead, but Hatay rallied to start the fourth quarter only to see the hosts do enough late to win the game 80-57 and advance 134-131.

March 28, 2018

Perfumerias Avenida vs. Galatasaray 57-55 AVEN Dominguez 15 Robinson 10 Elonu 8 De Souza 6 Givens 6 Moss 5 Mestdagh 0 GALA Quigley 24 Petronyte 12/6r Dubljevic 6 Kobryn 2 Davis 0

Galatasaray advances 124-119

March 29, 2018

Reyer Venezia vs. Hatay 80-57 VEN Williams 24/6r De Pretto 12/6r Micovic 11 Carangelo 10/8r/6a Walker 9/6a Little 6 HATA Paris 17/20r Ben Abdelkader 17 Mitchell 10 Turner 6

Reyer Venezia advances 134-131

March 22, 2018

Both series started in Turkey on Thursday.  Hatay started well at home, but Reyer cut into the lead early in the second half only to have the hosts extend the margin late for a commanding 74-54 win.  The other game was much closer as Galatasaray won 69-62.  Avenida will feel like this deficit can be overcome at home in Salamanca on Wednesday while it will be tougher for the home team in Venezia on Thursday.

Hatay vs. Reyer Venezia 74-54 HATA Snytsina 17/6r Mitchell 17 Ben Abdelkader 16 Paris 13/17r Turner 7 VEN Walker 13 Williams 12 Little 5

Galatasaray vs. Perfumerias Avenida 69-62 GALA Dubljevic 15/7r Petronyte 12 Davis 11 Alben 10 Quigley 8 Kobryn 6 AVEN Robinson 17 Mestdagh 12 Moss 11 Elonu 6 Givens 2 De Souza 1

As was the case last week, one series played on Wednesday.  Girona looked to be keeping enough of a distance from Galatasaray to advance, but the visitors fought back in the fourth quarter to not only win the game 72-67, but flip the aggregate to their favor 134-132.  Leilani Mitchell and Hatay wiped out their first game deficit quickly, but let Villeneuve back into the tie before building up their lead again in the second half to win 84-71 and advance 156-145.  Mersin thought that they had done enough in the second half to advance, but Riquna Williams and Reyer got just the points they needed to only lose 65-60, moving on by the slimmest of margins 139-138.  Nadezhda had some success in cutting into the deficit in Salamanca, but Kim Mestdagh and Avenida controlled the second half to win outright 91-72, pushing the final totals to 176-140.

March 7, 2018

Spar Citylift Girona vs. Galatasaray 67-72 GIRO Evans 18/12r Mendy 16 Buch 11 Martinez 8 Conde 6 Romeo 5 Gomes Colhado 3 GALA Petronyte 17/7r Epoupa 13/6s Quigley 13 Tasci 11 Dubljevic 7 Davis 4 Kobryn 0

Galatasaray advances 134-132

March 8, 2018

Hatay vs. ESBVA-LM 84-71 HATA Mitchell 30/8r Ben Abdelkader 19 Paris 16/11r Snytsina 11/6a Turner 6/9r Tanacan 2 ESBV Gomis 18 Sy 14 Jovanovic 13 Amant 12

Hatay advances 156-145

Reyer Venezia vs. Mersin 60-65 VEN Williams 25 De Pretto 10 Walker 9/8r Little 0 MERS Hartley 19/6a Murphy 18 Gajic 11/13r Thomas 8/15r Putnina 2

Reyer Venezia advances 139-138

Perfumerias Avenida vs. Nadezhda 91-72 AVEN Mestdagh 24 Dominguez 12 Givens 11 Robinson 10 Elonu 8 De Souza 7 Moss 2 NAD Bentley 16 Jones 15/6r Cannon 14/10r Ygueravide 14

Perfumerias Avenida advances 176-140

Semifinals (team listed first hosts first game):

Hatay vs. Reyer Venezia

Perfumerias Avenida vs. Galatasaray

One series started on Wednesday with the rest opening on Thursday.  Allie Quigley led Galatasaray, but the hosts fell to Girona 65-62 to put themselves in a difficult spot to advance.  Two teams dropping down from EuroLeague met in Orenburg, with Avenida using a blistering start to take an 85-68 lead on Nadezhda.  Venezia built a lead in the fourth quarter to spoil Bria Hartley’s big game for Mersin 79-73 as both teams bolstered their rosters in a quest for silverware.  The last game of the day was in Villeneuve d’Ascq and it was the only one won by the home team as Pauline Akonga led the way in a 74-72 final.  Courtney Paris led Hatay as all three Turkish teams will need second game turnarounds a year after all four semifinalists were from there.  Each series will conclude one week after the first game.

February 28, 2018

Galatasaray vs. Spar Citylift Girona 62-65 GALA Quigley 24/6r Dubljevic 11 Kobryn 10 Davis 0 GIRO Traore 18/8r Buch 13/6r Romeo 9 Gomes Colhado 8/14r Evans 5/7r Martinez 5 Conde 2

March 1, 2018

Nadezhda vs. Perfumerias Avenida 68-85 NAD Cannon 16/11r Jones 16 Medvedeva 12 Ygueravide 10 Bentley 10 AVEN Dominguez 18 Moss 13 Robinson 12 Elonu 8 Givens 8 DeSouza 8 Mestdagh 3

Mersin vs. Reyer Venezia 73-79 MERS Hartley 25 Yalcin 17 Thomas 10 Gajic 7/18r Murphy 6 Putnina 2 VEN Ruzickova 17/11r De Pretto 16 Walker 15/6r Williams 9 Little 2

ESBVA-LM vs. Hatay 74-72 ESBV Akonga 23/7r Jovanovic 14 Sy 10/8r HATA Paris 21/13r Ben Abdelkader 15 Turner 13/6r/6a Snytsina 12 Mitchell 2/7r/6a

The top four seeds hosted games looking to advance.  4 seed Hatay held a narrow lead on 12 seed Szekszard, breaking it open early at home on Wednesday to win 98-65 with Katsiaryna Snytsina leading the way, stretching the final margin to 174-139.  Darxia Morris and 8 seed Good Angels Kosice quickly began to cut into the deficit, winning 73-63, but it was not enough against top seed Reyer, which still had plenty of lead to spare in advancing 152-141.  2 seed Virtus had a big margin to overcome at home in Ragusa and made some progress by halftime, but Girona was able to regain the lead in the game and win outright 78-72 to push the aggregate to 163-133.  The last game was played on Thursday as 11 Mersin maintained their first game lead with an 86-84 win over the 3 seed in Charleville-Mezeres to advance 166-155 behind Bria Hartley and Sasa Cado.  The draw for the next round will be conducted on Friday as the EuroLeague teams join the fray.

January 31, 2018

(4) Hatay vs. (12) KSC Szekszard 98-65 HATA Snytsina 24/6a Ben Abdelkader 19 Paris 18/10r Turner 13 Mitchell 8/8a Tanacan 0 KSC McCall 14 A. Studer 12/6a Krnjic 9

Hatay advances 174-139

(1) Reyer Venezia vs. (8) Good Angels Kosice 63-73 VEN Ruzickova 13 De Pretto 12 Walker 10/14r GAKE Morris 27/6a Jurcenkova 15/6r Balintova 11 Peters 2/7r

Reyer Venezia advances 152-141

(2) Virtus Eirene vs. (7) Spar Citylift Girona 72-78 RAGU Hamby 18 Kuster 16 Consolini 15 Ndour 11/9r GIRO Gomes Colhado 18/8r Evans 16 Buch 12 Romeo 8 Martinez 6 Conde 0

Spar Citylift Girona advances 163-133

February 1, 2018

(3) Carolo vs. (11) Mersin 84-86 CARO Filip 18 Mosqueda-Lewis 14 Bouderra 14/13a Loyd 13 Berezhynska 8/11r Dos Santos 4 MERS Hartley 21/7r Cado 20 Gajic 19/8r Putnina 13 Yalcin 11/7a Thomas 2/6r

Mersin advances 166-155

The last round with the bracket started on Wednesday.  Courtney Paris and 4 seed Hatay escaped Teja Oblak and 12 seed Szekszard with a 76-74 win, which will be helpful when they return home.  Dearica Hamby and 2 seed Ragusa will have a struggle when they host the second game because 7 seed Girona dominated the middle quarters to win 85-61.  On Thursday, 11 seed Mersin dominated the second half at home to win 80-71, leaving the matchup very delicately poised for when 3 seed Carolo hosts next week.  Riquna Williams and top seed Reyer look set to advance after an 89-68 win at 8 seed Good Angels Kosice.

January 24, 2018

(12) Szekszard vs. (4) Hatay 74-76 KSC Oblak 21 McCall 14/7r Gereben 10 Krnjic 4 HATA Paris 20/20r Mitchell 11/8a Ben Abdelkader 11 Turner 9/6a

(7) Spar Citylift Girona vs. (2) Virtus Eirene 85-61 GIRO Mendy 16/6r Buch 14 Traore 14 Evans 10/11r Romeo 8/8a Martinez 8 Gomes Colhado 7/8r Conde 2 RAGU Hamby 20 Consolini 12 Ndour 7 Kuster 5/6r

January 25, 2018

(11) Mersin vs. (3) Carolo 80-71 MERS Thomas 19/14r Hartley 18/6r Cado 18 Gajic 14/10r Putnina 9/6r CARO Bouderra 19/10a Dos Santos 18/15r Filip 10 Chevaugeon 10 Berezhynska 6/7r Loyd 5 Mosqueda-Lewis 3

(8) Good Angels Kosice vs. (1) Reyer Venezia 68-89 GAKE Morris 15 Balintova 13 Peters 10/6r Sverrisdottir 8 VEN Williams 21 Walker 19/11r/6a Carangelo 16 Ruzickova 13/7r

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

The round of 16 started with a single game on Wednesday.  The top seed made their knockout round debut as Reyer went to Saint-Amand and breezed past 17 seed Hainaut 87-58 behind Marie Ruzickova to make their path easier next week when the action moves to Venezia.  The rest of the games were played on Thursday, starting all the way in Krasnoyarsk, where Courtney Paris and 4 seed Hatay will bring home a narrow lead after a 70-65 win over 20 seed Enisey.  Ieva Krastina and Gunta Basko-Melnbarde had good games for TTT Riga, but the 6 seed will have an uphill battle at home after Krystal Thomas led 11 seed Mersin to an 88-70 win.  A close game in Greece saw 10 seed Olympiacos come back to win, but a 65-60 margin means that Nicole Romeo and 7 seed Girona will have a good shot at redeeming themselves at home.  Kahleah Copper led 15 seed Gdynia again, but Astou Ndour and 2 seed Virtus Eirene will have a 76-72 lead when the series moves to Ragusa.  Clarissa Dos Santos and the 3 seed will bring a solid lead home to Charleville-Mezieres after an 83-62 win over the 14 seed in Bydgoszcz as they brought back a key player as well.  One Polish team did win as Sonia Ursu lifted 5 seed Sleza past 12 seed Szekszard 77-72 to bring a small lead home to Wroclaw.  One other higher seed faces a tough test at home as 8 seed Good Angels Kosice lost to 9 seed Landes 69-55.

January 3, 2018

Saint-Amand vs. Reyer Venezia 58-87 SAHB Sulciute 13 Bruner 12/8r VEN Ruzickova 20 Walker 14/6r De Pretto 13 Williams 7

January 4, 2018

Enisey vs. Hatay 65-70 ENI Monroe 16/6r McCallum 11 Dorovskikh 10 HATA Paris 20/17r Ben Abdelkader 15 Snytsina 13 Turner 11/9r Mitchell 5

Mersin vs. TTT Riga 88-70 MERS Thomas 24/14r Yalcin 18/8a Cado 15 Gajic 11/17r Hartley 10/6r TTTR Krastina 26 Basko-Melnbarde 21/6r/6a Stewart 8 Kreslina 6 Priede 5 Malott 2 Eglite 0

Olympiacos vs. Spar Citylift Girona 65-60 OLY Macaulay 15/6r Kaltsidou 14 Maltsi 13 Anderson 7 Mazic 6 GIRO Romeo 22 Mendy 12/8r Gomes Colhado 10/7r Evans 6 Martinez 2 Conde 0

Gdynia vs. Virtus Eirene 72-76 GDYN Copper 24/6r Morawiec 12 Aleksandravicius 8/6r Jankoska 8 Vitola 6/8r RAGU Ndour 29/10r Kuster 18/7r Hamby 9/9r

Artego Bydgoszcz vs. Carolo 62-83 ARTG Miedzik 14 Stankovic 13 O’Neill 13 Stallworth 10/6r McBride 4/6a/6s CARO Dos Santos 21/18r Mosqueda-Lewis 14 Berezhynska 13/6r Bouderra 12/7a Filip 10 Loyd 5

KSC Szekszard vs. Sleza Wroclaw 72-77 KSC Krnjic 18 Oblak 16/6a Erkic 12/6r Balint 12 McCall 0 SLEZ Ursu 22 Zoll-Norman 18 Kastanek 6

Landes vs. Good Angels Kosice 69-55 BLAN Bravard 17 Ayim 14/10r Casas 10 Dumerc 9/7a GAKE Morris 9/7r Sverrisdottir 9 Peters 9 Zirkova 7