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Prometey Slobozhanske 87-99 London Lions
The London Lions improved to 3-0 in this season’s BKT EuroCup Regular Season after defeating Prometey Slobozhanske 87-99 at Arena Riga on Wednesday evening. The English visitors won each of the last three quarters to come away with an impressive victory, which maintains their 100% start to the campaign.
Aris Midea Thessaloniki 68-66 Turk Telekom Ankara
Aris Midea Thessaloniki picked up its first win of the new BKT EuroCup season, pulling out a 68-66 decision over visiting Turk Telekom Ankara on Wednesday. Both teams now hold 1-2 records in Group B after a hard-fought battle decided by defensive stops in the final 3 minutes of the game. Vassilis Toliopoulos led Aris with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Marcus Carr scored 13 points and Ismael Sanogo collected 12 points plus 9 rebounds in the winning effort. For the last season's runner-ups, Tyrone Wallace led the way with 16 points and Jalen Adams scored 10.
Besiktas Emlajket Istanbul 73-66 Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana
Besiktas Emlakjet Istanbul used its sticky defense to deny repeated comeback attempts by Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana for a 73-66 home win on Wednesday. The victory kept Besiktas perfect at 3-0 in Group A while Cedevita continues looking for its first victory. Besiktas withstood an 0-11 Cedevita surge bridging the last two quarters without giving up the lead, then pulled away to the win. Jonah Mathews paced Besiktas with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Matt Mitchell added 12 points and Berk Ugurlu 11. D.J. Stewart led four Cedevita scorers in double figures with 15 points. Justin Cobbs added 14, Sean Armand and Amadou Sow 10 each. The hosts's advantages of 17-10 advantage in offensive rebounds and 8-13 in turnovers supplied the extra possessions that made the difference.
Veolia Towers Hamburg 69-105 Paris Basketball
Paris dominated the proceedings in Germany to defeat Hamburg 69-105 at [Edel-Optics.De](file:///C:/Users/FRANKI~1.SAC/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_filelist.xml) Arena. An 0-18 run that bridged the first and second quarters proved to be a knockout blow that the home team never recovered from as Paris improved to 3-0 to remain tied for the lead in Group A. Hamburg is left seeking its first win. Collin Malcolm paced the Paris attack with 22 points and TJ Shorts tallied 14 points, 9 assists and 4 steals to lead the winners. Al Durham was Hamburg's top scorer with 18 points.
Dolomiti Energia Trento vs. Dreamland Gran Canaria
Red-hot reigning champ Gran Canaria (2-0) will look to make it three wins out of three when it travels to Trento (0-2), which remains in search of its first victory. The Italian team will have to find a way of slowing down a Gran Canaria offense which erupted for 111 points in Round 2's thrashing of Ulm, with six players scoring a double-digit number of points, led by Ferran Bassas (21 points on 6-of-8 three-pointers). Trento, in contrast, has suffered from irregular backcourt play so far and needs to take better care of the basketball after averaging more turnovers (19.0) than assists (18.0).
Joventut Badalona vs. Wolves Vilnius
Joventut (1-1) will defend its home court against a Wolves team (0-1) looking for its first-ever win in the competition. The Lithuanian competition debutant was unable to play its scheduled game against Hapoel last week and will hope its extra freshness can allow do-it-all forward Rasheed Sulaimon (15 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists in Round 1) to inspire a road win. Joventut will look to build on last week's narrow win at Cedevita through the leadership of guard Andres Feliz, who had 12 points (including the dramatic buzzer-beating winning basket), 5 assists and 5 steals in that Round 2 victory.
Tuesday, October 17
Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 103-89 Slask Wroclaw
Buducnost used a fine offensive performance and six scorers in double figures in dismissing visiting Slask at its Moraca on Tuesday. JaCorey Williams starred for Buducnost, which improved to 2-1 in Group B, while Slask dropped to 0-3 in the season. Williams scored 10 of his 18 points in the third quarter, helping the hosts pull away to a double-digit lead. Williams also had 11 rebounds. Colbey Ross added 19 points and 6 assists for the winners. Dusan Miletic finished as Slask's top scorer with 17 points and 8 rebounds.
ratiopharm Ulm 99-74. Lietkabelis Panevezys
ratiopharm Ulm bounced back from a humbling defeat a week ago to remain perfect at home by soundly beating 7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys, 99-74, on Tuesday. The victory lifted Ulm's record to 2-1 in Group B and gave the German champions a share of third place. Lietkabelis dropped to 1-2. Dakota Mathias downed 4 of Ulm's 17 three-pointers on the night to lead all scorers with 20 points. Trevion Williams was huge with 15 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, while Karim Jallow scored 15 points, Maximilian Langenfeld 14 and Georginho De Paula 10. Lietkabelis got 13 points from Gediminas Orelik, 11 from Paulius Valinskas and 10 from Gabrielius Maldunas.
Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse 92-88. U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse continued flying high in Group B by turning back hard-charging visitors U-BT Cluj-Napoca with a thrilling 92-88 decision on Tuesday. Bourg now boasts a 3-0 group record while Cluj fell to 2-1. Bryce Brown drilled 5 three-pointers among his game-high 25 points for Bourg. Jeremy Morgan and Isiaha Mike added 15 each while Zaccharie Risacher scored 11, including the free throws that sealed the victory with 7 seconds left. Cluj, which rallied from 19 points behind late in the first half but never tied or led, got 22 points from Dennis Seeley, 12 from Jarell Eddie and 11 from Adam Mokoka.
Umana Reyer Venics 81-97 Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv
Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv picked up its second victory in two attempts in the BKT EuroCup as it knocked off Umana Reyer Venice 81-97 on the road thanks to a balanced effort. Tomer Ginat paced five Hapoel players in double figures with 21 points while Jaylen Hoard added 19 points and Xavier Mumford chipped in 15 points in helping Hapoel move to 2-0 in Group A after a bye week in Round 2 due to the postponement of its game against Wolves Vilnius. Reyer dropped its second straight home game to fall to 0-3 despite Barry Brown scoring 23 points and Rayjon Tucker 20.