Name: Dolomiti Energia Trento-Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius | Round 17 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Dolomiti Energia Trento-Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius | Round 17 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup   

Dolomiti Energia Trento v Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius (2025-01-28T19:00:00.000Z)

Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius took a big step towards reaching the BKT EuroCup Playoffs by winning 70-96 at already-eliminated Dolomiti Energia Trento 

Wolves take step toward playoffs with 70-96 win at Trento

Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius took a big step towards reaching the BKT EuroCup Playoffs by winning 70-96 at already-eliminated Dolomiti Energia Trento on Tuesday. Wolves opened a 14-point lead in the second quarter and was not threatened the rest of the way in winning back-to-back games for a 9-8 record in Group A. A victory in the final round against Buducnost VOLI Podgorica will put the Lithuanian side in the playoffs.

Andrew Andrews paced four Wolves scorers in double figures with 19 points - including 12-of-14 from the free throw line - while Matas Jogela had 14 points and both Anthony Cowan and Kristupas Zemaitis added 13 points. Trento had won its last two games and fell to 6-11 despite Saliou Niang scoring 11 points in the loss.

Game Videos

Neither team was able to score in the first 2 minutes until Marek Blazevic’s tip-in for the visitors. Wolves followed with 4 triples and led 0-14. Eigirdas Zukauskas hit a three-pointer to finally get the hosts on the scoreboard after nearly 5 minutes. Toto Forray’s 6 points for Trento closed the gap to 9-16, but Wolves finished the first quarter on a 2-9 run to lead 11-25 after 10 minutes.

Wolves opened the scoring in the second quarter to increase the cushion to 16 points. Myles Cale scored 7 points in an 11-1 burst to get Trento within 24-30. Jeffery Taylor hit a triple to stop the bleeding for Wolves and start a 2-10 answer to lead 26-40. Wolves went into the break ahead 30-40.

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Trento twice scored to make it a 10-point game in the third quarter - the second time being 38-48. The hosts failed to score for the next 2+ minutes and Andrews scored for 6 points as Wolves led 38-56. Jogela and Zemaiis added three-pointers and Wolves held a 50-68 advantage after three quarters.

Wolves put the game out of reach with the first 6 points of the fourth quarter to extend the lead to 50-74. Trento did not get closer than 20 points the rest of the night.

The Lithuanian side still holds own fate in race for the postseason 

Puerto completes a smooth move to look for the rim, but Robinson soars to send the ball against the board!

FLYING BLOCK! Magic Moment of the Night 

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana v Valencia Basket (2025-01-28T17:30:00.000Z)

Marcinkevicius with the alley-oop dunk! Magic Moment

Valencia shifted styles to beat Cedevita

Taking into account that [Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/cedevita-olimpija-ljubljana/roster/lju/?season=2024-25) and [Valencia Basket](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/valencia-basket/roster/pam/?season=2024-25) came from 100-plus-point scoring performances in their last domestic games and that Valencia had already signed off on 17 triple-digit scoring games so far this season between the Spanish league and BKT EuroCup, many could have expected a high-scoring game and an offensive-oriented clash on Tuesday.

Nothing could have been further from reality, as both squads performed below-par in field goal shooting due to hard-nosed defenses on both ends of the floor. Valencia was able [to win 66-72](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/news/valencia-bested-cedevita-on-the-road-66-72/) despite shooting 47.7% on two-pointers and 33.3% on threes. Cedevita shot 39.0% from two-point range and 24.0% from deep.

Valencia looked quite uncomfortable when its shots weren't falling as Cedevita punished the Group B leader with a 15-0 run early in the first period that seemed to jeopardize Valencia’s chances.

“Cedevita was playing a very important game for them,” recognized [Xabi Lopez-Arostegui](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/xabi-lopez-arostegui/005356/) after the game. “We knew that it would be a tough atmosphere and that they would play tough, and it’s how the game started.”

Despite that bad start, Valencia adjusted to a different style, relying on its defense to get back to the game and look for some inspiration from long-range when the game came down to the wire. With the score 60-63 midway through the last quarter, Josep Puerto rose up with back-to-back three-pointers that helped Valencia keep the lead for good.

“We didn’t start the game good,” Valencia head coach Pedro Martinez confessed at the post-game press conference. “I think we played better in the second half, and especially in the last quarter. I think we arrived in better physical condition at the end of the game and finally, we won an important game for us.

“I think we have to be happy because Olimpija Ljubljana played with a lot of energy and played a good game, with great defense, very aggressive and we had problems, but at the end we \[managed to\] adapt to this defense, and especially the 2 three-pointers by Puerto were key for our win.”

Being able to adjust to a different kind of game can be a key to what Valencia can expect in the playoffs, as Xabi Lopez-Arostegi stressed.

“\[This win\] is very important”, he said. “These kinds of games are very good for us to improve as a team, to play tough games like we are going to play in the future, so we are happy to get this win away.”

The Group B leaders had to overcome a 15-0 run early in the game to prevail in a defensive battle in the Slovenian capital

Matas Jogela thought he got by Saliou Niang but the Trento recovered for the spectacular block.

Niang meets Jogela for the swat! Magic Moment

 Matas Jogela thought he got by Saliou Niang but the Trento recovered for the spectacular block.

Valencia Basket is one win far from securing the best record in the BKT EuroCup Regular Season after defeating Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana 66-72 at Arena Stozice on Tuesday 

Valencia bested Cedevita on the road, 66-72

Valencia Basket is one win far from securing the best record in the BKT EuroCup Regular Season after defeating Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana 66-72 at Arena Stozice on Tuesday night. The visitors had to overcome a 15-0 run early in the first period and needed to wait till the last quarter to earn a game-high 56-63 advantage that Josep Puerto converted into a win with back-to-back threes late in the game. 

Valencia improved to 15-2 and can secure home-court advantage throughout the postseason if it wins or Bahcesehir College Istanbul loses in Round 18, while Cedevita dropped to 10-7, but still could confirm a playoff berth this week depending on Wednesday’s results.

Puerto led all Valencia scorers with 13 points, followed by Chris Jones and Xavi Lopez-Arostegui, who provided 12 and 10, respectively. Brynton Lemar paced Cedevita with 14 points, Devin Robinson recorded a double-double of 12 points and 12 boards, DJ Stewart did the same with 11 and 12, while Aleksej Nikolic scored 11 in the losing effort.

Despite Nate Sestina opening fire from deep, the hosts showed great energy in the early going and went on a 13-0 run with all starters scoring to force the first timeout by Valencia. Cedevita went a little bit further with a basket by Stewart to earn a 15-3 edge, but the visitors rapidly found offensive momentum when Jones and Brancou Badio teamed up. Five points by the former launched Valencia and 5 more by Puerto brought the visitors within 18-17 after 8 minutes. Stefan Jovic completed the comeback with an extraordinary offensive move to close the first quarter with Valencia enjoying its first lead of the game, 20-21.

Jovic opened fire in the second with another bucket, as the offensive woes continued for the home side, due to several turnovers and missed free throws. But Cedevita didn’t step back and built on defense, stopping Valencia’s scorers from getting momentum, as Joan Beringer and Lemar combined to return the lead to the hosts, 24-23. Both teams swapped leads and the game had several ties until Lemar made it 32-29 with a corner three-pointer. Puerto came to the rescue to minimize the disadvantage to 32-31, but missed a buzzer-beating three that allowed Cedevita to lead at halftime.

Semi Ojeleye and Nikolic traded three-pointers soon after the game resumed, as both teams based their offenses on long-range shooting, but with no big success except those. Robinson rose with a monster dunk and a smooth jumper to keep Cedevita ahead, but Valencia didn’t lose track and remained close, 41-40, midway through the third quarter. A three-point play by Sestina after a TV timeout brought the lead back the visitors, 41-43, but Cedevita managed to stay calm using the free-throw line and offensive rebounding. Ojeleye hits his second from behind the arc to make it 47-48, but Beringer kept the hosts up at the end of the third period with a dunk, 49-48.

Valencia geared up early in the fourth, as Ojeleye hit again from deep and Jaime Pradilla capped a fastbreak with a slam to boost Valencia to a 49-53 edge and force a Cedevita timeout after only 1:18. Stewart and Robinson took over then, helping the hosts ahead 56-55. Another spurt, this time coming from Lopez-Arostegui and Jones, switched the lead again, and set a game-high 7-point difference for Valencia, 56-63, with 4 minutes to play. Stewart and Lemar brought Cedevita within one possession right after the timeout, but the hosts couldn’t do anything against Puerto, who chained together a couple of triples to make it 63-69 with less than 100 seconds to go. Nikolic hit a long three to keep Cedevita alive, but consecutive misses by Stewart and Lemar allowed Badio and Costello to seal the outcome, 66-72.

Despite recording its second-lowest scoring output of the season, Valencia claimed another win

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana-Valencia Basket | Round 17 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup   

Bahcesehir College Istanbul rolled on with its fifth win in the last six games to cement the top spot in Group A of the BTK EuroCup and improved to 14-3 after an 85-81 home win over ratiopharm Ulm as the German side slipped to 9-8

Bahcesehir left Ulm’s playoff fate hanging in the balance

[Bahcesehir College Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/bahcesehir-college-istanbul/roster/bah/?season=2024-25) rolled on with its fifth win in the last six games to cement the top spot in Group A of the BTK EuroCup and improved to 14-3 after [an 85-81 home win](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/news/tai-odiase-shines-as-bahcesehir-edges-ulm-85-81/) over [ratiopharm Ulm](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/ratiopharm-ulm/roster/ulm/?season=2024-25) as the German side slipped to 9-8.

More importantly for Ulm, it missed a chance to seal a playoff berth with a game to spare after overturning a 15-point second-half deficit, only to let a 75-76 lead slip away in the home stretch as [Tai Odiase](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/tai-odiase/011823/) stepped up for Bahcesehir.

It would have been a big ask for Ulm to win such a tough road game under any circumstances, but the visitors will be kicking themselves in the teeth for drawing blanks when the chips were down, having roared back after trailing 51-36.

The result means Ulm’s fate is out of its own hands, as it needs other results to go its way ahead of the final regular season round, when it hosts [Hapoel Shlomo Teal Aviv](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/hapoel-shlomo-tel-aviv/roster/hta/?season=2024-25). Should it fail to qualify, Ulm may well be haunted by [an 82-85 home loss to Buducnost Voli Podgorica](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/news/buducnost-wins-thriller-at-ulm-82-85/) and even more so by the [85-71 debacle at Dolomiti Energia Trento](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/news/trento-rolls-past-ulm-86-71-to-keep-playoff-hopes-alive/) in the previous two games, with the Italian side out of contention.

Ulm’s head coach Ty Harrelson rued the missed opportunity but lauded his team's valiant second-half effort.

“I am proud of my team the way we came back in the second half. Unfortunately, we didn’t make the plays in the last minute and a half or so and that made the difference,” Harrelson said in his postgame comments. “The home team showed their composure and their experience when the game got tight and that’s something for us to learn from.”

Bahcesehir had more in the tank in the last few minutes and Odiase, who paced the Turkish side with a game-high 22 points, highlighted that it was his team’s defense that made the difference in a dramatic finish.

“They are a really good team in transition but we stuck to our defensive principles and got the win,” Odiase said. “We turned the ball over a bit too many times but we were able to keep our composure down the stretch,” he added. 

Bahcesehir head coach Dejan Radonjic was pleased after his team dug deep to keep its perfect home record intact, despite already being assured of finishing top of the group and thus clinching an automatic quarterfinal berth.

“It was a tough game against a very good opponent full of young and talented players,” the Montenegrin tactician said. ”They play in a specific way but defensively we did a lot of good things, especially in the first half. We lacked energy in the last 10 minutes, but we did enough to win the game.”

The German side missed a chance to seal its postseason berth with a game to spare 

Bahcesehir College Istanbul v ratiopharm Ulm (2025-01-28T16:00:00.000Z)

Toto Forray dishes the ball to Selom Mawugbe who drives down the lane for the big dunk.

Mawugbe with the thunder dunk! Magic Moment

 Toto Forray dishes the ball to Selom Mawugbe who drives down the lane for the big dunk.

 Robinson takes advantage of the mismatch and gets rid of his defender to shatter the rim

Robinson destroys the rim! Magic Moment

  Robinson takes advantage of the mismatch and gets rid of his defender to shatter the rim

Bahcesehir College Istanbul-ratiopharm Ulm | Round 17 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup   

Brimah closes the door to Lemar twice in the same play


Brimah blocks twice! Magic Moment

 Brimah closes the door to Lemar twice in the same play


Bahcesehir College Istanbul ground out a hard-fought 85-81 home win over ratiopharm Ulm in Round 17 of the BKT EuroCup and improved to 14-3 in Group A, while the German side slipped to 9-8 after a fourth successive loss. 

Tai Odiase shines as Bahcesehir edges Ulm, 85-81

Bahcesehir College Istanbul ground out a hard-fought 85-81 home win over ratiopharm Ulm in Round 17 of the BKT EuroCup and improved to 14-3 in Group A, while the German side slipped to 9-8 after a fourth successive loss.

Bahcesehir had already secured the top spot in the group but the result could turn out to be damaging for Ulm, which now needs other results to go its way if it is to clinch a playoff berth.

The towering Tai Odiase carried Bahcesehir with a game-high 22 points, shooting 7 of 9 from the floor and 8 of 9 from the line. Jaleen Smith added 15 points and Axel Bouteille chipped in with 14 for the home team, which blew a 15-point lead in the second half before it forced the final twist.

At the other end, Nelson Weidemann racked up 18 points and 5 boards for Ulm, while Justinian Jessup added 17 points and 7 boards. Noa Essengue contributed 13 points and Isaiah Roby chipped in with 11 for the visitors, who committed 17 turnovers and managed as many assists.

Both teams made a flying start from downtown early on as Bahcesehir sank 5 of 9 in the first quarter while Ulm made 4 of 6, with Odiase netting 9 points for the hosts in the opening quarter. His effort was countered at the other end by Jessup, who scored 11.

Having carved out a slender 24-23 lead, Bahcesehir hit top gear in the second quarter as the home side ramped up its defense and kept shooting the lights out from long range. Bahcesehir took better care of the ball in the first half as the Turkish side dished out 13 assists while Ulm amassed only 5, allowing the home team to take a comfortable 44-34 lead into the locker room at halftime.

Ulm looked out for the count early in the third quarter as Bahcesehir raced clear 51-36, but the German outfit then found another gear and slashed the deficit to 63-55 ahead of the final 10 minutes of the contest. Searching for an unlikely win that would have sealed its playoff berth with a game to spare, Ulm headed into the fourth quarter with all guns blazing and sank a barrage of three-pointers.

Having closed in on the hosts with a 5-12 run, Ulm went on to turn the tide and nose ahead 75-76 with a few minutes remaining, but Bahcesehir showed its steel in the home straight and wrestled the game away from Ulm to keep its perfect home record intact. 

The home team’s big man dominated throughout and came up big in the home stretch

Stewart sends a nice pass for Berenger, who finishes in style

Stewart launches Beringer for the slam! Magic Moment

 Stewart sends a nice pass for Berenger, who finishes in style

Robinson flies high to stop Puerto! Magic Moment

 Puerto completes a smooth move to look for the rim, but Robinson soars to send the ball against the board!

Stewart denies Ojeleye wih a powerful block, allowing Cedevita to complete a perfect play with a dunk by Beringer on the fastbreak

Stewart blocks, Beringer dunks! Magic Moment

 Stewart denies Ojeleye wih a powerful block, allowing Cedevita to complete a perfect play with a dunk by Beringer on the fastbreak

A lightning three-man move ends with Odiase rocking the rim!

A stunning team move by Bahcesehir! Magic Moment

 A lightning three-man move ends with Odiase rocking the rim!