### Quarterfinal confrontations set

With the exception of one upset, home teams cooked through the the 7DAYS EuroCup Eighthfinals, setting up four matchups for fans to lick their chops about next week in the quarterfinals.  Prometey Slobozhanske will host Promitheas Patras in Riga, Latvia. Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv will visit Joventut Badalona in a blockbuster. Paris Basket, the only road winner so far, will visit top-seeded Gran Canaria. And, in the last quarterfinal to be resolved, Turk Telekom will host ratiopharm Ulm .

Turk Telekom Ankara made good on its home-court advantage by turning back Germani Brescia for a 77-69 victory in the last game of the 7DAYS EuroCup Eighthfinals on Thursday. Turk Telekom will host ratiopharm Ulm next week in the quarterfinals. The last of 9 ties and 19 lead changes came on a put-back by Tyrique Jones on the third-quarter buzzer, then Turk Telekom scored the first 8 points of the fourth to take control the rest of the way. Axel Boutielle led the winners with 21 points, while Tyrique Jones had 14 without a miss and Nathan Sestina added 10. Erkan Yilmaz added 8 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks. 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">⏳⏳⏳<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DreamBig?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DreamBig</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brescia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Brescia</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/7DAYSEuroCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#7DAYSEuroCup</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RoadToGreatness?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RoadToGreatness</a> <a href="https://t.co/W5KA0s4Gzv">pic.twitter.com/W5KA0s4Gzv</a></p>&mdash; Pallacanestro Brescia (@LeonessaBrescia) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeonessaBrescia/status/1646491070035902465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[ratiopharm Ulm dominated the third quarter to complete a comeback from a 17-point second-quarter deficit en route to a 92-83 victory over visiting Buducnost VOLI Podgorica ](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/news/ulm-rallies-from-17-down-to-ko-buducnost-92-83/)on Wednesday to reach next week's quarterfinals. Bruno Caboclo led the winners with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Brandon Paul scored 18 on 4-of-7 three-point shooting, Fedor Zugic added 14 against his former team and Yago Dos Santos ran the offense with 10 points and 7 assists. Erick Green paced Buducnost with 29 points, Trae Bell-Haynes contributed 17 points and 8 assists and Alpha Kaba collected 11 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks in defeat.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="de" dir="ltr">Moving to the next round!🔥<br><br>Mit einer starken zweiten Halbzeit kämpfen sich die Uuulmer zurück und ziehen ins Viertelfinale im 7DAYS EuroCup ein. <br><br>TOPSCORER:<br>Bruno Caboclo I 19 PTS (7/8 2P), 11 REB<br>Brandon Paul I 18 PTS (4/7 3P), 5 REB<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/uuulmer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#uuulmer</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/weareone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#weareone</a> I <a href="https://twitter.com/_felixsteiner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@_felixsteiner</a> <a href="https://t.co/p332wZ0ysD">pic.twitter.com/p332wZ0ysD</a></p>&mdash; ratiopharm ulm (@ratiopharmulm) <a href="https://twitter.com/ratiopharmulm/status/1646239014771474433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

[Paris Basketball made it to the 7DAYS EuroCup Quarterfinals by downing 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys 97-98 on the road in a thriller at Cido Arena on Wednesday](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/news/paris-kos-lietkabelis-97-98/). Paris became the fifth French League team to reach the EuroCup Quarterfinals, after LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, AS Monaco, Strasbourg and Metropolitans 92. Lietkabelis lost in the eighthfinals for the second consecutive campaign, finishing the 2022-23 EuroCup season with a 10-9 record.

Juhann Begarin led the winners with 22 points. Tyrone Wallace posted a double-double of 19 and 10 assists. Aamir Sims contributed 16 points, including 5-for-6 free-throw shooting in the final 15 seconds. Gauthier Denis added 11 points while Ismael Kamagate had 10 and 9 rebounds for Paris. Jamel Morris led Lietkabelis with 23 points. Gyorgy Goloman added 22 and 7 rebounds, while Kristian Kullamae had 20 points, Zeljko Sakic 11 and Vytenis Lipkevicius 10.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">Next stop : quarter final <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EuroCup</a> ⏭️<br><br>En cas de victoire de <a href="https://twitter.com/GranCanariaCB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GranCanariaCB</a>, nous nous déplacerons chez eux pour le 1/4 de final, mais si <a href="https://twitter.com/BsBasketbol?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BsBasketbol</a> s’impose, alors nous recevrons 😈<br><br>On se retrouve samedi à Carpentier la famille pour enchaîner sur cette bonne dynamique 💪 <a href="https://t.co/Cfy9brU8w5">pic.twitter.com/Cfy9brU8w5</a></p>&mdash; Paris Basketball (@ParisBasketball) <a href="https://twitter.com/ParisBasketball/status/1646216706501619715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

[Promitheas Patras secured an 89-75 victory over Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse on Wednesday](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/news/promitheas-overpowers-bourg-to-advance-to-quarterfinals/) night at Dimitris Tofalos Arena to seal a spot in the 7DAYS EuroCup Quarterfinals. The hosts were superior from start to finish and managed to hold a comfortable lead whenever the visitors tried to fight back. Promitheas will play away Prometey Slobozhanske on the road in next week’s quarterfinals.

Anthony Cowan paired his 20 points with 10 assists to lead the winners. Arnoldas Kulboka also recorded 20 points. Joe Thomasson added 13 points and George Conditt had 12. For Bourg, Jordan Floyd scored 16 points, Isiaha Mike registered 13 and Pierre Pelos had a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="qme" dir="ltr">📊 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PostGameStats?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PostGameStats</a><br>🤝 <a href="https://twitter.com/ERGOLOGIC_SA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ERGOLOGIC_SA</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/promitheaspatras?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#promitheaspatras</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/promitheasbc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#promitheasbc</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/proudtobeorange?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#proudtobeorange</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RoadToGreatness?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RoadToGreatness</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/7DAYSEuroCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#7DAYSEuroCup</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EuroCup</a> <a href="https://t.co/KAAcK9CL5v">pic.twitter.com/KAAcK9CL5v</a></p>&mdash; Promitheas Patras BC (@promitheasbc) <a href="https://twitter.com/promitheasbc/status/1646248010978869250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

[Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv marched into the 7DAYS EuroCup last eight with a 90-80 home win over Umana Reyer Venice](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/news/hapoel-beats-reyer-90-80-to-reach-quarterfinals/) in the first knockout round of the competition on Wednesday. It was a big night for EuroCup debutant Hapoel and the home team responded with a superb performance in front of a frenetic crowd that roared on the hosts from start to finish, having given them a standing ovation after the contest.

Xavier Munford and Bar Timor paced Hapoel with 13 points each, J’Covan Brown had 12 points and 8 assists, Chinanu Onuaku scored 11 points while Tomer Ginat and Idan Zalmanson netted 10 each – the latter also racking up 5 rebounds in just 13 minutes on the court. At the other end, Jayson Granger posted a game-high 18 points, Derek Willis scored 16 while Amedeo Tessitori and Jordan Parks amassed 13 apiece.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="iw" dir="rtl">ניצחון ורבע❤️<br><br>נתראה בבדאלונה🇪🇸 <a href="https://t.co/KZWcmi0bES">pic.twitter.com/KZWcmi0bES</a></p>&mdash; Hapoel Tel Aviv BC (@HapoelTLVBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/HapoelTLVBC/status/1646245267107115011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

[Joventut Badalona defeated the London Lions 89-78 at Palau Olimpic de Badalona on Wednesday](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/news/joventut-eliminates-london-with-89-78-triumph) as Ante Tomic led the way for Joventut with 16 points on a night when five other players for the hosts reached double figures. Henry Ellenson scored 14 points, Kyle Guy and Andres Feliz both had 13, Joel Parra chipped in with 12 and Guillem Vives finished with 10. For London, Tomislav Zubcic paced the visitors with a game-high 19 points. Aaron Best also had 18 and Jordan Taylor 14, while Sam Dekker scored 8 but was clearly still affected by the ankle injury he suffered in Round 17.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ca" dir="ltr">🔥 A quarts de final amb una treballada victòria!<br><br>🟩⬛️ La Penya guanya al London Lions amb un gran partit col·lectiu i s&#39;enfrontarà a l&#39;Hapoel Tel Aviv als quarts de l&#39;Eurocup<br><br>🔗 La crònica: <a href="https://t.co/r1LqQglt2P">https://t.co/r1LqQglt2P</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Badalona%C3%89sFutur?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BadalonaÉsFutur</a> <a href="https://t.co/NUN0XtB32C">pic.twitter.com/NUN0XtB32C</a></p>&mdash; Club Joventut Badalona (@Penya1930) <a href="https://twitter.com/Penya1930/status/1646247734339354624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

[Gran Canaria returned to the 7DAYS EuroCup Quarterfinals by downing Frutti Extra Bursaspor 72-66 in the do-or-die eighthfinals](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/news/gran-canaria-eliminates-bursaspor-72-66/) at home on Wednesday. Gran Canaria reached the quarterfinals for the eighth time in club history and is set to face Paris Basketball in the next phase. Bursaspor, which won three consecutive road playoff games to reach the final last season, could not repeat that success, finishing the season with an 8-11 record.

John Shurna led the winners with 17 points. Khalifa Diop added 11, and five of his teammates scored 5 points or more for Gran Canaria. Onuralp Bitim paced Bursaspor with 22 points. Zach Auguste posted a double-double of 14 points and 14 rebounds for the visitors.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">🏀 Final:<br><br>🐥 Gran Canaria 72<br>⚫️ Frutti Extra Bursaspor 66<br><br>🔥 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VamosGranca?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#VamosGranca</a> <a href="https://t.co/uDXR0hVPep">pic.twitter.com/uDXR0hVPep</a></p>&mdash; CB Gran Canaria (@GranCanariaCB) <a href="https://twitter.com/GranCanariaCB/status/1646264770108981249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Prometey Slobozhanske became the first team to reach the 7DAYS EuroCup Quarterfinals](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/news/prometey-kos-hamburg-87-79-to-advance/?pageTitle=Game%20Centre&historyUrl=/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/prometey-slobozhanske-veolia-towers-hamburg/U2022/181/) after it defeated Veolia Towers Hamburg 87-79 in their eighthfinals matchup at Arena Riga on Tuesday evening. Despite being without D.J. Kennedy and having Caleb Agada not enter the game, the No. 1 seed from Group A found a way to extend its winning streak to 12 games in the EuroCup. Illia Sydorov paced Prometey with a game-high 21 points. D.J. Stephens, who was initially an injury doubt, had 15 points and 9 rebounds, while Gian Clavell and Ondrej Balvin scored 14 points apiece. Issuf Sanon contributed 13 points, too. For the visitors, Yoeli Childs recorded a 19-point, 12-rebound double-double and Harrison Cleary finished with 19 points. Ziga Samar and Lukas Meisner also reached double figures with 14 and 10 points, respectively.

Game Center: Turk Telekom becomes last quarterfinalist!

Turk Telekom Ankara v Germani Brescia (2023-04-13T16:45:00.000Z)

Erdem Can, Turk Telekom: 'We feel proud'

### Erdem Can, Turk Telekom head coach

"We feel proud, first of all about my players, all of them, all my organization, really. Since day one, we tried to get better every single day. That's our target. Today, in the first half, we did not play good. We were a little bit nervous and anxious, but in the second half, we picked it up and started to play smart, and then we got the result that we need. It's not easy. Brescia is such a great team; they know how to play this level of competition; so it was a great, great test for us. I'd like to congratulate their coach , my dear friend Alessandro is doing a great job, and all the Brescia team. And I wish them luck with their season."

### Alessandro Magno, Brescia head coach

"I think we should have protected our basket a lot more. We lost a lot of 50-50 balls, second-opportunity shots, loose balls, offensive rebounds. Jones was really good in the paint to try to find extra shots. I think that was the key. On offense, obviously, we lost a bit of execution. We missed a couple of open shots, but I'm proud of my team. We came here and we played a very serious and solid game."

### Tyrique Jones, Turk Telekom

"It feels good always to get a win. I'll just  go back and soak this in with the rest of my teammates. It was a tough-fought game, it was a good team that we played against. I'm just happy that we'll continue playing. It's all about my teammates, them finding me in spots where I usually get the ball and believing in me. Then it's me just being me, doing what I do, being an anchor for the team and a leader in my position."

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- Mr Nenad Canak, Head Coach of 7Bet Lietkabelis Panevezys has been sanctioned with a fine of €1,500 for committing acts that show lack of respect towards the officiating crew, on occasion of its home game against Paris Basketball under Article 27.2.b) of the Euroleague Basketball Disciplinary Code

Euroleague Basketball has announced the following disciplinary sanction pertaining to incidents that occurred in the eighthfinals of the 7DAYS EuroCup regular season.

Eighthfinals disciplinary sanction

The final game of the 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup Eighthfinals will pit two veteran scorers against one another when Axel Bouteille and Turk Telekom Ankara host Germani Brescia and Amedeo Della Valle. Turk Telekom (13-5) has earned home-court advantage as the second-placed team in Group B while Brescia (8-10) was seventh in Group A.

Head-to-head: Bouteille, Turk Telekom vs. Della Valle, Brescia

The final game of the 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup Eighthfinals will pit two veteran scorers against one another when [Axel Bouteille](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/axel-bouteille/003840/) and Turk Telekom Ankara host Germani Brescia and [Amedeo Della Valle](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/amedeo-della-valle/005884/). Turk Telekom (13-5) has earned home-court advantage as the second-placed team in Group B while Brescia (8-10) was seventh in Group A.

This contest is set to be Bouteille's 70th appearance in the EuroCup, and the first time he will play an elimination game. On the other hand, of Della Valle's 73 appearances in the competition, seven have come in the EuroCup Playoffs.

Bouteille arrives to his EuroCup postseason premier behind a career-best season. He ranks fifth in scoring with 17.7 points per game and fifth with  2.7 three-pointers per game. He's piling up the points based on 59.2% two-point and 43.2% three-point shooting. Bouteille also averages 4.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists.

Della Valle, who is posting 14.6 points per game, has not shot the ball as well as Bouteille. The Brescia guard has been dishing 4.6 assists per game and averaging 1.5 rebounds for an average PIR of 17.0, just behind Bouteille's 17.7.

The two players are each in their fifth EuroCup season and have played against each other twice before, with both of those meeting having taken place in January 2018 when Bouteille was with Limoges CSP and Della Valle with Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia. 

Della Valle's career game from January 2018

Reggio Emilia went on to the semifinals in that 2017-18 season and Della Valle earned All-EuroCup First Team honors. In their head-to-head games, Della Valle and Bouteille split Top 16 home wins, but Della Valle had a lot more prominent role in those two games.

That included his career-best PIR of 38 in Reggio Emilia's 87-54 victory, in which he led the way with 22 points on 4-for-5 three-point shooting, along with a career-high 9 rebounds and also 4 assists and 3 steals. Bouteille finished with 9 points and 2 rebounds in 26 minutes of that loss.

Later that month, in Limoges, Bouteille contributed 4 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in an 80-71 home victory while Della Valle had 18 points in 32 minutes for Reggio Emilia.

Bouteille is a much bigger protagonist this season and will be inspired to get a home win that this time will be worth a place in the EuroCup Quarterfinals. Brescia, on the other hand, will need Della Valle to be at his best and perhaps seeing Bouteille on the other end will inspire him to another major performance. 

Either way, the two veterans will have plenty to say in the last eighthfinals showdown whose winner is slotted to play ratiopharm Ulm in the quarterfinals next week.

It all came together for ratiopharm Ulm in the third quarter on Wednesday as it completed a 17-point comeback to eventually defeat Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 92-83 and advance to the 7DAYS EuroCup Quarterfinals. 

Ulm's tag-team effort overcame 17-point deficit

It all came together for ratiopharm Ulm in the third quarter on Wednesday as it completed a 17-point comeback to eventually defeat Buducnost VOLI Podgorica [92-83](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/ratiopharm-ulm-buducnost-voli-podgorica/U2022/183/) and advance to the 7DAYS EuroCup Quarterfinals. 

The game had been completely in the visitors' control as Buducnost led by 16 after 10 minutes, pushed it to 16-33 on the first shot of the second quarter, and still held an 11-point cushion at halftime. 

Until that point, Ulm had been held together by Fedor Zugic, whose 14 first-half points accounted for a third of his team's tally. Zugic, a 19-year-old from Montenegro who began his professional career with Buducnost, stung his former team with those points without missing a single shot in his 11 first-half minutes.  

Ulm was going to need help from more players to get back in the game, however. That effort started on defense and led to a tag-team approach on offense with Yago Dos Santos, Juan Nunez, Brandon Paul and Bruno Caboclo each carrying the team for stretches as Ulm stormed back into the game. 

"We allowed only 9 points in the third quarter, which gave us the chance to hope, and I think then offensively it just came because we started playing defense," Ulm head coach Anton Gavel said in the post-game press conference. "We were capable of going out on transition after a couple of stops and created a couple of good looks for our shooters, especially for Brandon \[Paul\], and then it was easier life for us once we started playing defense. It took us 20 minutes, but we made it happen."

After Caboclo and Philipp Herkenoff scored Ulm's first 4 points of the second half, a triple by Dos Santos opened things up. He later set up Paul for a three-pointer and drove for another bucket, igniting a 17-2 run. Another Dos Santos assist to Paul, this time at the basket, got Ulm within 1. Thomas Klepeisz completed the comeback with a three-point runner off one leg at 61-59.

ratiopharm Ulm - Buducnost VOLI Podgorica | Eighthfinals Highlights | 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup

The final basket of that run was a triple by another teenager, Nunez, who also drew 3 fouls and added an assist to Robin Christen during the run. After a three late in the quarter by Buducnost's Marko Jagodic-Kuridza, Nunez raced the other way and beat the third-quarter buzzer with a layup for a 68-62 lead.  

Buducnost was hoping to turn things around in the fourth quarter, but instead ran into Paul. The sharpshooter had 10 points in the first 5 minutes of that stanza, including 7 within 35 seconds; after a four-point play with a little more than 5 minutes left in the game, Paul drained his fourth three-pointer to make it 80-69. Caboclo then became the force for Ulm, tallying 7 points, 3 rebounds and 1 block in the closing stretch to secure the win.  

Though the pattern may not have been what Gavel drew up, the tag-team effort with four scorers in double figures and another four between 6 and 8 points is the way Ulm played its best and led to a historic comeback. Trailing 16-33 early in the second half seemed to be an insurmountable deficit. And history would agree. In do-or-die games in EuroCup history, no team ever came back from that large a deficit. Teams had fought back from greater deficits in elimination rounds, but always earlier in the series and never in an elimination game. 

But overcoming a big deficit was secondary on the Ulm players' minds after the game. More important to them was figuring out how to bottle what worked and use it next week in the quarterfinals.

"Intensity and every player playing harder," Caboclo said. "In the beginning, we didn't do that. So the second half, we did an even better job. If we play like this, we have a very strong team."

ratiopharm Ulm v Buducnost VOLI Podgorica (2023-04-12T17:30:00.000Z)

Paris Basketball advanced to the 7DAYS EuroCup Quarterfinals by edging 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys 97-98 in a spectacular eighthfinals game at Cido Arena on Wednesday with young Yuhann Begarin playing a critical role. The club from the French capital was the only team on the road to win and advance among Wednesday's six games. 

Rising stars Begarin, Kamagate led Paris to historic win

Paris Basketball advanced to the 7DAYS EuroCup Quarterfinals by edging 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys [97-98](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/7bet-lietkabelis-panevezys-paris-basketball/U2022/186/) in a spectacular eighthfinals game at Cido Arena on Wednesday with young Yuhann Begarin playing a critical role. The club from the French capital was the only team on the road to win and advance among Wednesday's six games. 

At age 20, Begarin has been taking giant steps throughout the season to become one of the best young players in the competition. No performance was bigger than in this must-win game for Paris. He had 8 quick points to give Paris an early 8-10 lead and stepped up every time his team needed him, finding mismatches on offense due to his rare combination of athleticism, speed and one-on-one skills. 

Once Lietkabelis took a 50-46 margin after the break, Begarin was ready to respond, hitting a three-pointer, scoring off a steal and making sure his team got a 57-61 margin midway through the third quarter. When the dust settled, Begarin had been on the court for over 31 minutes, matching a career-high with 22 points on 5-of-7 two-point shooting and 6-of-8 free throws. He added 6 rebounds, 3 steals and 5 fouls drawn for a PIR of 22. 

Begarin leads all Rising Star eligible players in scoring with 12.2 points and ranks third overall in steals wth 2.0 per game. His greatest competitor in the face for the EuroCup Rising Star trophy, however, plays alongside him, as Ismael Kamagate also had a good performance against Lietkabelis and is the front-runner to win the award. 

Juhann Begarin and Ismael Kamagate combined for 32 points and 15 rebounds to lead Paris Basketball past 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys.

Begarin, Kamagate make the difference in Panevezys

Kamagate narrowly missed a double-double with 10 points on 4-of-5 two-point shooting and 9 rebounds, plus 2 blocks and 4 fouls drawn for a PIR of 21 in less than 19 minutes of action. 

He's been all over the defensive stats categories, too. Kamagate ranks second in rebounds with 8.6 per night and is second in blocks at 1.5 per game. He is 15th in PIR average (17.1) despite seeing limited playing time. On a per 40-minute basis, Kamagate ranks fourth in PIR (29.6), seventh in blocks (2.6) and second in rebounds (14.8). 

"We've got a lot of athletic guys that can get out and run, so whether it is misses or makes, we try to get up and attack the rim," Tyrone Wallace said after the game. "We have a good team, and as long as we play together and stick together, we can go far."

With youngsters like Kamagate, Begarin and up-and-coming talent Mohamed Diawara, Paris has made sure to be a fun-to-watch team that is making history in the 2022-23 EuroCup. So far, it is the fifth French team to reach the EuroCup Quarterfinals, after LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, AS Monaco, Strasbourg and Metropolitans 92. Only ASVEL (2005-06) and Strasbourg (2006-07) managed to get this far in their first-ever EuroCup campaign.

7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys v Paris Basketball (2023-04-12T16:00:00.000Z)

Anthony Cowan recorded his second double-double of the season to inspire Promitheas Patras to an 89-75 victory over Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse. 

Cowan delivered in key moments to put Promitheas into quarters

Anthony Cowan recorded his second double-double of the season to inspire Promitheas Patras to an 89-75 victory over Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse. The hosts secured their fifth home win in a row to seal qualification to the 7DAYS EuroCup Quarterfinals after dominating parts of the game at Dimitris Tofalos Arena on Wednesday night.

Cowan stepped up in crucial moments to ensure that Promitheas's hard work didn't come undone. He finished the game with 20 points and 10 assists for a PIR of 32 – his third-best of the campaign. The Promitheas guard went 1-for-3 on two-pointers and 3-for-4 from the free-throw line, while drilling all 5 of his attempts from behind the arc. The only time he made more three-pointers this season was in Round 17 when he registered 6 triples and scored 38 points to lead Promitheas to an 84-81 win over Paris Basketball. His 10 assists were his second-highest total this season after recording 11 in Round 16 against London Lions.

Anthony Cowan (20 points) Highlights vs. JL Bourg en Bresse, 04/12/2023

Anthony Cowan highlights vs JL Bourg en Bresse

Despite leading Promitheas in points scored on Wednesday, Cowan didn’t net his first points until late in the second quarter. In fact, he opened his account with 2:16 to play, when he sank his first three-pointer just before registering his sixth assist in the game to tee up Arnoldas Kulboka for his third straight triple and establish his team’s largest lead of the game at that point, 40-26.

Bourg tried to bounce back after the interval and reduced the deficit to 41-38, but Cowan came to the fore again to take his tally to 8 points for a Promitheas 46-40 lead. The visitors demonstrated their die-hard spirit and fought back to go within 58-55 with less than a minute to play in the third quarter. Yet, Cowan had ice in his veins and scored his fourth triple to help Promitheas take a 61-55 lead into the last quarter. This was when Bourg made its last comeback attempt, with Jordan Floyd netting 3 free-throws to trim the deficit down to 78-71, but Cowan stepped forward once more from three-point land to kill the game.

Anthony Cowan delivered in key moments to put Promitheas into quarters

Promitheas Patras v Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse (2023-04-12T18:00:00.000Z)

Joventut Badalona booked its place in the 7DAYS EuroCup Quarterfinals after defeating the London Lions 89-78 at Palau Olimpic de Badalona on Wednesday night, and one player who was pivotal in the win was veteran center Ante Tomic. At points in the game when London mounted a comeback, the 36-year-old took over to ensure that Joventut remained calm.

Ante Tomic used his experience to keep Joventut in control against London

Joventut Badalona booked its place in the 7DAYS EuroCup Quarterfinals after defeating the London Lions 89-78 at Palau Olimpic de Badalona on Wednesday night, and one player who was pivotal in the win was veteran center Ante Tomic. At points in the game when London mounted a comeback, the 36-year-old took over to ensure that Joventut remained calm.

 

The first quarter was defined by Joventut's 5 made three-pointers, which helped it close the opening 10 minutes with a 19-12 lead. Tomic, however, had 0 points – a total he also had going into the halftime break, with Joventut ahead 39-31. In his 10:27, he had missed 1 two-pointer and hadn't been to the free-throw line.

 

That would change after the interval, though. With London looking to get back into the game, Tomic scored 6 points in the third quarter, with 4 of those coming from 5 free-throw attempts. The Croatian big man scored his first points of the game with 7:07 remaining in the third, extending the lead to 48-39, before having two perfect trips to the line to fight off Aaron Best's best efforts, making it 52-41 and 54-42.

Ante Tomic went 4-of-8 from two-point range in Joventut Badalona's 89-78 win against the London Lions in the 7DAYS EuroCup Eighthfinals.

Ante Tomic's made field goals vs. London

In the fourth quarter, Tomic really came into his own. He helped open an 11-point lead once again, 69-58, with 8:01 left, before completing a three-point play to make it a 16-point game, 74-58, shortly after. Some heroics by Sam Dekker and a mid-range make by Jordan Taylor cut the gap to 76-68, but Tomic scored a layup to calm some nerves among the Joventut faithful, 80-68. He was fouled on the hosts' next trip down the floor, going 1-of-2 from the line, 81-68, and a couple of made free throws stopped London's momentum after a Tomislav Zubcic triple, 83-71.

 

Tomic would add to his 16 points, but his baskets – particularly in the fourth quarter – helped Joventut hold off London's comeback attempt, and it also made sure that the hosts would not have a repeat of last year's shock eighthfinals defeat to ratiopharm Ulm. Now, Tomic will be expected to once again display his leadership on the court when Joventut takes on Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv, the No. 3 seed from Group B, in the quarterfinals.

Joventut Badalona v London Lions (2023-04-12T18:00:00.000Z)

Gran Canaria had to battle hard to beat Frutti Extra Bursaspor 72-66 at home and advance to the 7DAYS EuroCup Quarterfinals. Its second-half defense,  in which it protected the paint much better, was among the most significant keys to the game.

Bursaspor was very effective inside the arc in the first half, making 6-of-9 two-point shots (66.7%) in the opening quarter and 8-of-16 (50%) in the first 20 minutes. At halftime, Bursaspor had 56% two-point shooting. After the break, Bursaspor only took 13 two-point shots and converted just 4 for a poor 30.8% shooting inside the arc.

Bursaspor was limited to just 66 points, its second-lowest mark this season. It previously scored 65 in a road loss against Umana Reyer Venice in Regular Season Round 7. Bursapor also struggled from beyond the arc, making just 7-of-31 shots. Its three-point shooting percentage (22.6% 3FG) was the club's season-low on the road. Bursaspor was limited to 11 assists. Gran Canaria had 18 assists with 20-of-32 shooting on two-pointers (62.5%).

Gran Canaria's second-half defense was key 

Gran Canaria v Frutti Extra Bursaspor (2023-04-12T19:15:00.000Z)