Buducnost VOLI Podgorica snapped a two-game losing streak by knocking off ratiopharm Ulm 105-100 in an overtime thriller at home. 

Buducnost wins overtime thriller over Ulm on Ferrell's three-pointer 

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica snapped a two-game losing streak by knocking off ratiopharm Ulm 105-100 in an overtime thriller at home. Buducnost wasted a 13-point fourth-quarter lead as the game went to overtime where Yogi Ferrell knocked down the game-winning three-pointer with 10 seconds to go.

Buducnost improved to 3-4 in Group A and also ended its four-game losing skid against Ulm with its last win over the German side dating back to October 20, 2021. Fletcher Magee was Buducnost’s leading scorer with 23 points while McKinley Wright collected 18 points, Ferrell finished with 17 and Kenan Kemanjas chipped in 15 points and 5 rebounds.

Ulm fell to 4-3 with its third loss in the last four games - all of the defeats coming on the road and all of them conceding more than 100 points. Justinian Jessup scored 25 points, Noa Essengue had 21 and Philipp Herkenhoff tallied 12 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. 

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Ulm jumped ahead 2-5 in the opening minute but watched as the hosts picked up their game pretty quickly with Kamenjas converting a three-point play and Wright hitting a triple in a 14-5 spurt to lead 16-10. After Ulm charged back to knot the game 19-19, Magee converted a three-point play and drained a triple to give Buducnost a 25-22 lead following 10 minutes of action.

Baskets by Tobias Jensen helped Ulm get within 29-28. Ferrell answered with 4 points at the other end and it was 36-28. Ulm knocked down 5 three-pointers in the final 5 minutes of the first half and tied it again 42-42. But it was Buducnost that led at the break 44-42.

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Buducnost had the better start to th second half and led 51-45. Ulm continued to use its outside shooting with 3 three-pointers in a 2-12 run to pull ahead 53-57. And it was 58-62 when Buducnost shot down the Ulm offense for the final 3:17 minutes for a 12-0 run and the home side was ahead 70-62 after 30 minutes.

After hitting a triple at the buzzer of the third quarter, Ferrell started the final frame with a three-pointer as well in pushing the advantage to 73-62. Essengue ended Ulm’s 4:40-minute scoreless stretch. The score was 80-67 and Ferrell added another basket to give the hosts an 82-70 lead with just more than 6 minutes to go. Ferrell was called for a technical on the play though and that started a 2-15 run for Ulm that included 6 points from Essengue and a triple from Isaiah Roby to reclaim the lead 84-85 with 105 seconds left. After Rasheed Suliamon’s long jumper, Jessup drained a step-back three-pointer to make it 86-88. Kemanjas scored with 17 seconds left to tie the game but missed the bonus free throw. Ulm had the final chance to win the game but Jallow’s three-pointer at the buzzer was off target, sending the game to overtime.

The extra period had a number of big baskets with Magee draining a triple and Jessup hitting a three at the other end to tie it again 95-95. Nikola Tanaskovic made it 97-96 before Suliamon fouled out on an unsportsmanlike foul, which resulted in Roby free throws and a Alfonso Plummer triple for a 97-100 Ulm lead. Magee tied the game yet again from deep and then Ferrell delivered the game-winning triple with 10 seconds left.

The winners improved to 2-2 at home this season

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica v ratiopharm Ulm (2024-11-06T18:45:00.000Z)

No Jared Harper was no problem for Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem against Umana Reyer Venice as guards, Khadeen Carrington, Noam Dovrat and Or Cornelius, come to the fore.

Jerusalem guards stepped up with career-highs to cover for Jared Harper

Against [Umana Reyer Venice](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/umana-reyer-venice/roster/vnc/), [Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/hapoel-bank-yahav-jerusalem/roster/jer/) was missing the top scorer (22.0 ppg.) and sixth-best assist contributor (5.7 apg.) of the 2024-25 BKT EuroCup season in [Jared Harper](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/jared-harper/011970/). After being named Round 6 MVP, Harper was one of the five Jerusalem players to miss out on Wednesday’s duel along with [Nimrod Levi](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/nimrod-levi/007768/), [Austin Wiley](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/austin-wiley/013278/), [Justin Smith](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/justin-smith/013276/) and [Kenneth Smith](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/kenneth-smith/010587/). Yet, no Harper, no problem for the Israeli side that saw three other guards, [Khadeen Carrington](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/khadeen-carrington/008912/), [Noam Dovrat](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/noam-dovrat/009879/) and [Or Cornelius](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/or-cornelius/013281/), come to the fore to claim a [94-66 victory over Reyer](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/news/depleted-jerusalem-blows-past-undermanned-reyer-94-66/). 

Two of the aforementioned players recorded career-highs in scoring, with Dovrat ending the game with 17 points and Cornelius adding 14. In fact, the two men combined for 31 points after having netted just 13 in total in the first six rounds. Dovrat also bagged 5 rebounds and 4 assists, while Cornelius had 4 rebounds, 2 steals and 5 fouls drawn.

Noam Dovrat's career-best scoring night

“I told the guys in the locker room before the game that there was too much talking about the guys who are not here,” Jerusalem head coach Yonatan Alon said after the game. “But I want to focus on the guys who are here, because they have a lot in them, more than what we saw. And they need to push each other. They did it and they were amazing.”

Carrington chipped in with 16 points, but the player who produced the most complete performance for the hosts was [Jeremy Morgan](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/jeremy-morgan/010431/). The Jerusalem forward ended the game with 14 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 6 fouls drawn for a season-high PIR of 27.

“It was a good team effort,” Morgan noted. “We needed everybody tonight. We were a little short on players and that just shows everybody’s true character in this team and the way we want to play.”

Despite missing those players, Jerusalem pulled off its finest outing at Samokov Arena this season to ruin opposition head coach Neven Spahija’s 62nd birthday by recording its second home victory.

Coming up next is another home clash next week, this time against a strong [Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/jl-bourg-en-bresse/roster/bou/?season=2024-25). Yet, Jerusalem proved on Wednesday that its next-man-up mindset can take it deep into the competition regardless of potential absences of key players.

Noam Dovrat was a key contributor with a career-high 17 points

Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem v Umana Reyer Venice (2024-11-06T18:00:00.000Z)

Valencia Basket outfought Aris Midea Thessaloniki, 59-63, to stay perfect at the top of Group B with a 6-0 record, dropping the Greek team to 2-5.

Valencia stays perfect with tough road win at Aris, 59-63

Valencia Basket outfought Aris Midea Thessaloniki, 59-63, to stay perfect at the top of Group B with a 6-0 record, dropping the Greek team to 2-5.

A closely fought first half featured five lead changes before Valencia took a 33-35 lead into the break. Valencia led for most of the second half but Aris never gave up, and the outcome was only settled in the final minute.

Semi Ojeleye paced Valencia with a double-double of 13 points and 12 rebounds, while Xabi Lopez-Arostegui added 10 points. Joshua Roberts also bagged a double-double for Aris with 10 points and 12 boards, while Trey Woodbury netted 19 points and Vassilis Toliopoulos added 18.

Ojeleye’s dunk opened the scoring but Woodbury netted twice and Toliopoulos struck from long-range to give Aris its first lead, 7-4. Ojeleye replied with a pair of triples, but Nathan Laszewski’s strong dunk tied it up, 10-10. Lopez-Arostegui also hit a three for Valencia, but Leftheris Bochoridis kept it close with a couple of inside scores and Roberts also scored at the rim to make it 16-15. D’Moi Hodge added a three-pointer before Valencia's free throws ended the first quarter tied up, 19-19.

Jaime Pradilla’s coast-to-coast layup started the second quarter scoring, but Toliopoulos replied with two transition buckets during a low-scoring phase of action. Lopez-Arogtegui forced another tie, 23-23, before Roberts made a tough layup and one and Ojeleye hit back with his third triple. Lopez-Arostegui scored twice and Josep Puerto hit a triple as Valencia enjoyed a 3-12 run for a 29-35 lead, but a layup by Toliopoulos pulled it back to 33-35 at the half.

Pradilla converted a delicious feed from Jean Montero early in the third, but Toliopoulos and Woodbury tied it up, 37-37. Nate Reuvers hit a jumper and Matt Costello scored at the rim, but free throws kept Aris close, 39-41, midway through the third. Nate Sestina, Toliopoulos and Brancou Badio all hit from deep, before Woodbury’s tough conversion at the rim and Reuvers’ tip-in made it 44-52 with ten minutes left.

Another putback from Reuvers made it a double-digit lead at the start of the fourth, before close-range scores from Roberts and Woodbury – with three buckets in a row – pulled Aris back, 52-54. Ojeleye’s free throws settled Valencia, but Woodbury hit from deep as both offenses otherwise misfired. It was 55-57 with two minutes left, and Toliopoulos briefly tied it up with a floater before Montero made a long two. Montero then added a layup, and Woodbury’s final score wasn’t enough.

The visitors remain atop Group B with six wins from as many games

Aris Midea Thessaloniki v Valencia Basket (2024-11-06T18:00:00.000Z)

Turk Telekom Ankara produced a rip-roaring performance in a 99-80 home win over U-BT Cluj-Napoca in the BKT EuroCup, as forward Anthony Brown served up a stellar display garnished by a career-high 39 points and a PIR of 45. 

Turk Telekom leaned on rampant Anthony Brown to deliver against Cluj

[Turk Telekom Ankara](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/turk-telekom-ankara/roster/ttk/) produced a rip-roaring performance in a [99-80 home win](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/news/turk-telekom-roars-back-to-brush-cluj-aside-99-80/) over [U-BT Cluj-Napoca](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/u-bt-cluj-napoca/roster/clu/) in the BKT EuroCup, as forward [Anthony Brown](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/anthony-brown/009025/) served up a stellar display garnished by a career-high 39 points and a PIR of 45.

Brown, who averages 19 points and 6 rebounds per game, started out shooting 8-of-8 from deep which had never been done before in the competition, finishing on 8 of 10 as he also broke into the top 10 on the all-time scoring charts for a single game.

In addition, Brown dished out 7 assists and picked up 4 rebounds. He had apt and able helpers in [Braian Angola](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/braian-angola/010465/), who racked up 21 points, 8 boards and 6 assists, as well as [Yoan Makoundou](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/yoan-makoundou/011935/) who chipped in with 18 points.

Having lost the first quarter 22-30, Turk Telekom closed shop in the other three to stifle Cluj’s offense while Brown fired on all cylinders on offense, with the hosts finishing on 14 of 25 from downtown and containing the visitors to just 5 of 24.

Brown was somewhat stunned by his own performance after several patchy displays in the opening rounds.

“I am happy we got the win and I don’t know how to feel right now,” he said in a post-game interview. “I haven’t been shooting good in the EuroCup the first five or six games and I knew I was due a big night. I was being aggressive and played free because the coach gave me a lot of confidence.”

Head coach Emre Can was able to breathe a sigh of relief after seeing his team snap a three-game losing streak in the most emphatic fashion.

“We were not aggressive enough in the first quarter, which is why we conceded 30 points,” said Can. “But we were good once we became aggressive and started running up and down the floor, which is what we need to translate on to the upcoming games. It’s a long season and we need to keep that mentality every single day.”

A flowing team performance by Turk Telekom engineered a whopping 23 assists and 34 rebounds, while an ironclad defense generated 7 steals as it also forced 14 turnovers from Cluj.

The 32-year-old American forward enjoyed a memorable night in which he shattered some personal records 

Turk Telekom Ankara v U-BT Cluj-Napoca (2024-11-06T16:30:00.000Z)

Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem overcame important absences to cruise past an injury-hit Umana Reyer Venice by grabbing a comfortable 94-66 victory in Round 7 of the 2024-25 BKT EuroCup campaign on Wednesday. 

Depleted Jerusalem blows past undermanned Reyer, 94-66

Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem overcame important absences to cruise past an injury-hit Umana Reyer Venice by grabbing a comfortable 94-66 victory in Round 7 of the 2024-25 BKT EuroCup campaign on Wednesday. Jared Harper, Nimrod Levi, Austin Wiley, Justin Smith and Kenneth Smith all missed out for the hosts, while Reyer disputed the game without the services of Xavier Munford, Tyler Ennis, Mfiondu Tshimanga Kabengele and Aamir Simms.

After a balanced first quarter that ended with Jerusalem leading 24-20, the hosts pulled away in the second and never looked back. With this win, the Israeli side improved its record to 5-2, while Reyer dropped to 2-5.

A pair of Jerusalem players recorded career-highs in scoring, as Noam Dovrat paced his team with 17 points and Or Cornelius added 14. Khadeen Carrington netted 16 and Jeremy Morgan and Yovel Zoosman finished the game with 14 and 12 points, respectively, for the hosts. For Reyer, Kyle Wiltjer netted 18 points, 16 of which were scored in the first quarter. Jordan Parks chipped in with 15 points and Davide Moretti scored 11.

Wiltjer netted Reyer’s first 7 points, but Carrington scored 5 of his own, Chris Johnson added 3 and Dovrat nailed a triple for a 10-7 Jerusalem lead. Yet, the guests went on a 0-6 run, with Amedeo Tessitori scoring inside, Wiltjer hitting 2 of 2 from the line and Rodney McGruder sinking a layup in transition to put Reyer ahead, 10-13. The hosts responded with an 11-0 surge, including easy finishes from Cornelius and new signing Derek Ogbeide on the break following Reyer turnovers on offense. Wiltjer netted a floater off the glass to end Jerusalem’s run and trimmed the deficit to 21-15. The Reyer forward was hot both from inside and beyond the arc, adding another 5 points to take his tally to 16, as Jerusalem maintained a 24-20 lead after 10 minutes.

The hosts started strong in the second quarter, as Cornelius and Tessitori traded buckets before a triple from Carrington and an Ogbeide layup opened a 32-22 margin. Dovrat nailed one from deep and Yovel Zoosman scored a hard-fought basket to extend Jerusalem’s run to 14-2. Reyer netted just one field goal in the first 6 and half minutes of the second, before Wiltjer came off the bench to score from inside, 38-24. Yet, Jerusalem went on a 7-0 run to extend its lead to beyond 20 points before a layup from Jordan Parks in transition made it 47-29 at halftime.

The game turned into a back-and-forth affair in the opening stages of the second half, but Jerusalem maintained a 57-36 cushion following triples from Dovrat and Morgan. Carl Wheatle and Moretti nailed back-to-back threes, but Cornelius netted a layup in transition to end Reyer’s momentum, 59-42. An exchange of blows saw Jerusalem push the margin to 69-47, with Morgan netting a triple and Cornelius adding 4 points to his tally. All Reyer managed to do in the last minute of the third was to cut the difference to 69-51 from the line.

Jerusalem started strong in the closing quarter, going on a 12-2 run to practically finish the game off. A Morgan triple followed a midrange jumper from Carrington before 2 three-pointers from Zoosman made it 81-53. Then, Reyer lost its two bigs, Tessitori and Alessandro Lever, both of whom fouled out, before a Dovrat jumper extended Jerusalem’s lead beyond 30 points, 86-55, with the hosts cruising the rest of the way.

Both teams were missing key players for this fixture

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana and Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse battled hard for 40 minutes in a very physical game. Bourg ended up winning 83-88 behind Jean-Marc Pansa's strong contribution. 


Pansa decided back-and-forth battle in Ljubljana

[Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/cedevita-olimpija-ljubljana/roster/lju/) and [Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/cosea-jl-bourg-en-bresse/roster/bou/) battled hard for 40 minutes in a very physical game on Wednesday, which saw [Bourg prevail 83-90 ](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/news/bourg-stops-cedevita-83-90/)behind [Jean-Marc Pansa](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/jean-marc-pansa/009552/)'s strong contribution. 

Pansa is playing his first EuroCup season in five years. In his first experience in the competition, he averaged 2.4 points and 1.3 rebounds in 10 games with Nanterre 92 in the 2020-21 campaign and never scored in double digits. After that, Pansa went to play in the French second division for four years, first for Sharks Antibes and then for Boulazac Basket Dordogne.

Cosea Jl Bourg-en-Bresse center Jean-Marc Pansa Pansa had 13 of his 14 points in the final 16 minutes, hitting 4 of 4 two-pointers and 6 of 7 free throws. He added 6 rebounds, a block and 6 fouls drawn for a PIR of 21, a new career high.

Pansa leads Bourg past Cedevita

At age 27, Pansa is at the prime of his career and compensates his lack of experience at this level with hustle, determination and outstanding physicality. He had a strong EuroCup return, going for 16 points in 19 minutes against Veolia Hamburg Towers. Pansa also reached double digits twice before this game, against Umana Reyer Venice and Aris Midea Thessaloniki. He arguably played his best game of the season against Cedevita, making the difference off the bench.

Pansa was limited to just 1 point in the first 24 minutes but made the difference in the second half. He scored 9 points in the next 6 minutes on a layup, a three-point play and 4 free throws to put Bourg in charge, 68-69, at the end of the third quarter. Pansa also played a critical role in the fourth quarter, as his put-back layup in the final seconds allowed Bourg to seal the outcome.

In the end, Pansa had 13 of his 14 points in the final 16 minutes, hitting 4 of 4 two-pointers and 6 of 7 free throws. He added 6 rebounds, a block and 6 fouls drawn for a PIR of 21, a new career high. After two consecutive losses, Bourg was back in track with a prestigious win at Stozice Arena.

"It was a tough game tonight. We had to bounce back because we lost in the last two EuroCup games, especially the last one at home," Pensa said after the game. "The way we defended in the third and fourth quarters was very important for us. We secured the rebounds, and we know that this team has played really tough.

"We just played our game, that's our identity. We are proud of the job we did tonight and now, we have to keep going."

The 27-year-old center had one of his finest games yet for Bourg

Pansa decided the back-and-forth battle in Ljubljana

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana v Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse (2024-11-06T17:30:00.000Z)

Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse returned to winning ways in Group B by downing Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana 83-90 in the Slovenian capital on Wednesday. 


Bourg stops Cedevita, 83-90! 

Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse returned to winning ways in Group B by downing Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana 83-90 in the Slovenian capital on Wednesday. Bourg improved to 5-2 in the standings while Cedevita dropped to 4-3. 

Xavier Castaneda paced the winners with 16 points, Jean-Marc Pansa added 14, Jordan Usher had 13 and Brandon Paul 10 for Bourg. Jaka Blazic led Cedevita with 23 points. Devin Robinson added 15 while Devante Jones had 13 for the hosts.

Usher got Bourg going with a three-pointer and Kevin Kokila matched Robinson's jumper with a layup for a 2-5 lead. Blazic struck twice from downtown, Usher downed his second triple and Joel Ayayi's put-back layup restored a 8-10 Bourg lead. Robinson dunked, Castaneda downed a mid-range jumper and Blazic's three-point play gave Cedevita its first lead, 13-12. Ayayi and Blazic traded layups, Maksym Salash hit a mid-range jumper and Rok Radovic tied the game, 17-17, after 10 minutes.

Paul and Adrian Nelson each struck from beyond the arc and Hugo Benitez buried a jumper for a 19-25 Bourg lead early in the second quarter. Blazic scored in transition, Castaneda nailed a rainbow jumper and DJ Stewart's layup kept Olimpija within 23-27. Robinson dunked again, then Stewart followed a jumper with a layup to complete the hosts' comeback, 29-27. Jones ignited the crowd with back-to-back triples and Martynas Geben's layup caused Bourg to call a timeout at 37-29. Castaneda struck from downtown and Salash added a layup to bring the visitors within 37-34. Geben scored again and Usher dunked before Castaneda hit a floater that fixed the halftime score at 39-38.

Robinson buried a triple soon after the break. Kokila dunked, Geben answered with a power layup and Salash sank a triple that got Bourg as close as 45-43. Geben scored again and Aleksej Nikolic erased Kokila's slam with a driving layup. Nikolic kept pacing Cedevita, Pansa and Robinson traded layups and Salash's jump hook drew Bourg within 54-50. Paul downed a three-pointer and Castaneda soon made it a 1-point game. Pansa stepped up to give Bourg a 60-61 lead. Jones sank a floater and Beringer added a put-back slam, but Paul and Maxime Courby kept Bourg in charge, 65-69. Blazic beat the buzzer with a triple to get Cedevita within 68-69 after 30 minutes.

Ayayi scored in transition early in the fourth quarter, Benitez swished a jumper and Courby struck from downtown to boost Bourg's lead to 72-76. Pansa found space for an uncontested dunk, causing Cedevita to call timeout at 72-78. Blazic rescued the hosts with a three-point play, Usher dunked again and Stewart's dunk gave Cedevita hope at 78-80. Robinson took over with a wild slam and Castaneda drew a three-point shooting foul with 37.8 seconds remaining. He hit all 3 attempts, Benitez split attempts and Pansa's put-back layup sealed the outcome down the stretch.

The visitors improved to 3-1 on the road this season

Bourg stops Cedevita, 83-90

Lietkabelis runs past Hamburg, 91-68

7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys clicked on all cylinders in beating the visiting Veolia Towers Hamburg 91-68 on Wednesday night. Registering its second straight win, Lietkabelis improved to 2-4 in Group B, while Hamburg dropped to 1-6 on the season, leaving it in last place.

Lietkabelis took control with an 11-2 run bridging the first and second quarters and never looked back. Mantas Rubstavicius led six scorers in double figures with 22 points, while Andrija Stipanovic shined with 11 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds. Vytenis Lipkevicius also scored 11, while Martynas Varnas, Marko Pecarski and Oleksandr Kovliar each scored 10 in victory. Kur Kuath had 10 points for Hamburg.

Hamburg got its offense going first, with Kenneth Ogbe and Osaro Rich each sinking a three-pointer to open 8-11 lead. But Stipanovic fueled the efforts of the hosts on both ends of the floor, first defensively, then scoring twice from close range, and also setting up a Varnas fastbreak dunk during a 6-0 run. A triple from Kovliar made it 19-15, but Reece had a three-point play for Hamburg while Leif Moeller and Niklas Wimberg each nailed a long jumper, tying the game. A three-point play from Grantas Vasiliauskas made it 24-21 after 10 minutes.

Rubstavicius single-handedly extended the margin to 32-23 in the first 3 minutes of the second quarter by scoring all the points in an 8-0 run, including a pair of three-pointers. Triples from Lipkevicius and his fastbreak layup extended the margin to 42-27 as Hamburg's offense struggled. Wimberg scored a second-chance basket, but Pecarski and Dovis Bickauskis made sure Lietkabelis took a 48-30 advantage, its biggest lead of the half, into halftime.

Ogbe started the second half with a three-pointer, but Rubstavicius and Stipanovic extended the margin some more and a basket from Pecarski made it 56-35. Hamburg was not going to simply go away, showing effort on defense, but Kuath was the only player managing to do some damage offensively before a triple from Moeller cut it to 58-42. Keondre Kennedy and Varnas traded three-pointers before back-to-back threes from Rubstavicius and Lipkevicius in the final 40 seconds of the quarter made it 70-47.

The margin remained in the 20s in the fourth, as Patrick Heckmann and Kovliar traded triples. Wimberg also had a three for the visitors, but Gabrielius Maldunas dunked on a fastbreak to make it 75-53. Kennedy, Brae Ivey and Ogbe scored for Hamburg, but only cutting it to 77-59 midway through the fourth. However, Rubstavicius and Varnas had back-to-back triples to fuel a 10-2 run as Lietkabelis celebrated its second victory in a row.

It marked a second consecutive win for the Lithuanian squad 

7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys v Veolia Towers Hamburg (2024-11-06T17:00:00.000Z)

Led by the effervescent Anthony Brown, the Turkish team overcame a first quarter deficit to snap a three-game losing streak

Turk Telekom roars back to brush Cluj aside, 99-80

Turk Telekom Ankara improved to 4-3 in Group B of the BKT EuroCup and snapped a three-game skid with an emphatic 99-80 home win over U-BT Cluj-Napoca, thanks to a blistering performance from Anthony Brown who posted a career-high 39 points to go with 7 assists and 4 boards.

Braian Angola racked up 21 points and 8 rebounds while Yoan Makoundou added 18 points for Turk Telekom, which rallied superbly from a 22-30 first-quarter deficit and turned the matchup on its head as Brown did damage from all over.

At the other end, Zavier Simpson shined with 22 points, 9 assists and 6 boards and Zach Hankins chipped in with 20 points for Cluj, which saw its three-game winning streak vanquished and slipped to 3-4.

The visitors made a bright start and opened up an 8-point lead as Simpson pierced through Turk Telekom’s defense almost at will and Hankins dominated the paint, with the pair netting 9 points each for Cluj in the first quarter.

However, Turk Telekom came storming back in the latter stages of the second as Brown started firing on all cylinders, propelling the home team into a 20-8 run which turned a 32-39 deficit into a 52-47 lead at halftime.

Turk Telekom found yet another extra gear in the third quarter as the unstoppable Brown poured 14 points in that period, galvanizing the home team into an 80-64 lead ahead of the final 10 minutes. At that stage, the hosts were a staggering 11 of 16 from downtown and it was clear there was no way back for Cluj.

Brown and Turk Telekom kept their feet on the gas in the fourth and the livewire forward sank another three long-range shots to finish on 8 of 10 from deep, having missed only his last 2 attempts when the writing was already on the wall for the visitors.

His monster display was complemented by relentless work all over by Angola and Makoundou, who both facilitated Turk Telekom’s fast-paced offense leaving Cluj with too much work to do.

Led by the effervescent Anthony Brown, the Turkish team overcame a first-quarter deficit to snap a three-game losing streak