Lietkabelis grabbed its second consecutive home win by topping U-BT Cluj-Napoca 89-84 at Cido Arena in Group A. Jamel Morris led the way with 24 points as Lietkabelis improved to 2-2 in the standings. Zeljko Sakic added 16 points. Leo Meindl scored 22 points for Cluj, which dropped to 1-3.
ratiopharm Ulm bounced back from its last overtime defeat at home and pulled out a hard-fought 90-98 win at Tofas Spor Salonu. The visitors built a 16-point margin in the third quarter but saw Bursaspor rally back to tie it at 83-83 entering the last minute. Key free throws by Yago Dos Santos and Thomas Klepeisz ended up securing the win for Ulm, which improved to 2-2. Dos Santos led the way for the visiting team with 17 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Onuralp Bitim paced the hosts with 19 points and 6 assists.
Hapoel never trailed in routing Trento 93-63 at Shlomo Group Arena to improve to 3-1 and remain tied for the top spot in Group B. The hosts outhustled Trento, scoring 14 fastbreak points to just 1 for Trento and getting 20 points off turnovers while allowing just 7. Jaylen Hoard started in place of the injured Chris Horton and dominated to the tune of 22 points on near-perfect shooting, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks in just 21 minutes. The loss kept Trento winless through four games this season.
Reyer secured a big victory in Group A in defeating Cedevita at home for a second straight win. Reyer built a big lead in the second quarter and carried that to a 76-68 victory for a 2-2 record. Allerik Freeman led Reyer with 15 points and Marco Spissu added 12 points and 5 assists. Cedevita still has not won this season at 0-4 despite Yogi Ferrell pouring in 27 points and Alen Omic collecting 11 points and 21 rebounds to become the EuroCup’s all-time leader in rebounds.
Joventut extended its record to 3-1 after beating Prometey at Palau Olimpic de Badalona. A 13-point, 10-rebound double-double from Henry Ellenson and an 11-point, 8-rebound game from Joel Parra helped lead Joventut to an 82-77 victory, but Prometey fought back in the last quarter and made life difficult for the hosts. Prometey's Caleb Agada finished with a game-high 18 points, 7 of which came in the last 2 minutes of the game.
Gran Canaria knocked down 10 second-half triples and overcame a huge night by Kyle Allman to pull out an 81-89 win over Paris. Gran Canaria, which finished with 13 three-pointers, improved to 3-1, while shorthanded newcomer Paris, missing half-a-dozen players due to injuries and illness, dropped to 2-2. AJ Slaughter scored 19 of his 24 points in the second half, shooting 6-for-11 from long range to lead the winners. Allman finished with 30 points. 8 assists, 5 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks for Paris.
