The Lithuanian side is officially out of the playoff race following this defeat.
Prometey overwhelms Wolves in Riga, 91-64



Prometey Slobozhanske improved its chances of reaching the BKT EuroCup Playoffs from Group A by downing Wolves Vilnius 91-64 in Riga, Latvia, in Round 15 on Wednesday. Prometey improved to 8-7 while Wolves dropped to 5-10 and were mathematically eliminated from the playoff race.
Ronald March led Prometey with 16 points. Oleksandr Lypovyy and Illia Sydorov each added 13 while Tai Odiase, Caleb Agada and Issuf Sanon had 10 apiece for Prometey. Jeffery Taylor paced Wolves with a EuroCup career-high 18 points. Garrison Brooks added 14 for the visitors.
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Prometey builds a double-digit lead
Kristupas Zemaitis got Wolves going with a three-pointer. Gian Clavell answered from downtown and Ondrej Balvin dunked for a 5-3 Prometey lead. Lypovyy made a triple and got help from Clavell and March, prompting Wolves to call timeout at 16-9. Odiase dunked and Sanon capped a 10-0 run with a bomb from beyond the arc. Odiase added a couple of jump hooks and another dunk before Sanon's driving layup fixed the score at 29-15 after 10 minutes.
Hosts took off
Taylor followed a jumper with a three-pointer to give Wolves hope, 32-20, early in the second quarter. Rasheed Sulaimon swished a jumper to bring the visitors within single digits, 32-23. Balvin rescued Prometey once Wolves got into the foul penalty, and Sydorov made consecutive triples to establish a 41-27 margin. A red-hot Sydorov followed a baseline jumper with this third three-pointer to break the game open, 49-29, at halftime.
Wolves bit back
Agada made a jumper right after the break and Lypovyy struck from downtown to make it a 25-point game, 56-31. Taylor and Tre'Shawn Thurman tried to change things for Wolves, combining for 7 points in a 1-9 run that got the visitors within 57-40. Eigirdas Zukauskas and Vitalijus Kozys each added a three-pointer that got Wolves even closer, 60-50. Lypovvy dunked, Sydorov hit a jumper and March made back-to-back triples for a 70-52 Prometey lead after 30 minutes.
Prometey gave no option
The outcome was clear but both teams kept fighting for the tie-break advantage, as Wolves had registered a 14-point victory against Prometey in Round 6. Sanon followed a three-pointer with a driving layup and March added a coast-to-coast layup to restore a 25-point Prometey lead, 77-52. March dunked and Lypovyy's three-pointer sealed the outcome, 82-55, as Wolves never got close to that 14-point margin.