Frutti Extra Bursaspor defeated U-BT Cluj-Napoca 95-80 on Wednesday for its second consecutive win in Group A, which raised its record to 4-2. Onuralp Bitim led the winners with a career-high 26 points. Derek Needham added 21, Anthony Clemmons had 16 and Zach Auguste 10 for Bursaspor. Karel Guzman and Emanuel Cate each scored 16 points for Cluj, which dropped to 2-4 and continued to look for its first-ever 7DAYS EuroCup road win. Nemanja Gordic added 13 points, Leo Meindl had 12 and Patrick Richards 11.
Needham, Bitim lead Bursaspor past Cluj, 95-80
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Guzman, Gordic and Meindl each hit a triple to give an early 11-13 lead. Bitim and Needham fueled a 9-0 run highlighted by Auguste's alley-oop slam to put Bursaspor in charge, 20-13. Meindl and an unstoppable Cate allowed Cluj to regain a 30-31 lead midway through the second quarter. Bitim and Needham kept pacing Bursaspor but Guzman helped Cluj to tie the game, 42-42, at halftime.
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Bitim's coast-to-coast three-point play made it a six-point game, 50-44, soon after the break. Bitim got help from Auguste and Yigitcan Saybir to boost the hosts' lead to 67-55 after 30 minutes. Richards and Gordic brought Cluj as close as 73-67 with 6 minutes left. Needham and Clemmons made sure Bursaspor kept a safe margin in crunch time.