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Game Center: London, Cluj are Round 11's lone road warriors

Game Center: London, Cluj are Round 11's lone road warriors

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18 January 20235 Mins read

Game Center: London, Cluj are Round 11's lone road warriors

Turk Telekom Ankara 98-74 Veolia Towers Hamburg

Turk Telekom bounced back from a loss last week to Paris Basketball with a comfortable 98-74 home victory over Hamburg. Turk Telekom took control of the game for good early in the fourth quarter to improve to 8-3 in Group B with three wins in the last four games. Axel Bouteille led the way with 23 points and Jerian Grant (18 points and 10 assists) and Tyrique Jones (14 points and 10 rebounds) both had double-doubles. Hamburg dropped its fourth straight to fall to 3-8. New signing Anthony Polite paced Hamburg with 16 points.

Prometey Slobozhanske 79-72 Germani Brescia

Prometey leaned on a big second half to down Brescia 79-72 at Arena Riga. By winning its fourth game in a row, Prometey moved up to joint-second in the Group A standings with a record of 7-4, while Brescia dropped to 5-6. DJ Kennedy and Issuf Sanon led the way for Prometey with 17 points apiece, while Caleb Agada added 11. Veteran center Ondrej Balvin finished with a 10-point, 10-rebound double-double, too. Amedeo Della Valle scored a game-high 20 points for Brescia.

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 82-71 Slask Wroclaw

Buducnost solidified its place in the middle of Group B with a comeback 82-71 win against visiting Slask. A 29-13 run bridging the final two quarters turned the game around after Slask had led for more than 10 minutes until then. Buducnost improved to 7-4 while Slask fell to a league-low 1-10. Buducnost got 14 points from J.J. O'Brien, while Alpha Kaba had a league-high fifth double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds. Lukasz Kolenda led Slask with a career-high-tying 23 points.

Hapoel Vegan Friendy Tel Aviv 95-79 Paris Basketball

J'Covan Brown tied the 7DAYS EuroCup record with 16 assists and Hapoel protected its home court with a resounding 95-79 win over visiting Paris. The win extended Hapoel's win streak to four games, while Paris suffered its first-ever road loss in the competition. Brown finished the game just shy of a triple-double with 17 points, 16 assists and 8 rebounds and Jordan McRae scored 14 of his 17 points in the first half for Hapoel. Ismael Kamagate tallied 17 points plus 12 rebounds in a losing effort.

ratiopharm Ulm 78-69 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys

Ulm enjoyed a peaceful 78-69 win over visiting Lietkabelis at Ratiopharm Arena. The hosts used a 17-2 opening run to take charge and outscored the opponent 22-11 in the third quarter to confirm the outcome. Ulm improved to 6-5 and Lietkabelis dropped to 4-7 and remained winless on the road. Yago Dos Santos led all scorers with 21 points, plus 6 rebounds and 8 assists for a PIR of 30. Bruno Caboclo followed with 12 points and 9 rebounds. Jamel Morris scored 16 points in 19 minutes for Lietkabelis.

Dolomiti Energia Trento 70-84 London Lions

London celebrated its first-ever sweep in the EuroCup after a game-high 23 points from forward Sam Dekker helped it to an impressive 70-84 victory at Trento. The result lifted London to 5-6 in Group B and boosted its hopes of reaching the playoffs, while Trento dropped to 2-9 after a lackluster second-half performance condemned the Italian side to a third successive loss. Center Kosta Koufos added 14 points and 10 rebounds for London. Darion Atkins and Aaron Best paced Trento with 13 points apiece.

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana 80-88 U-BT Cluj-Napoca

Cluj earned a critical victory in its fight to make the playoffs by knocking off Cedevita 80-88 for its first road win. In a battle of teams sitting outside the playoff zone coming into the game, Andrija Stipanovic, Kasey Shepherd and new addition Jalen Jones all scored 14 points for Cluj, which improved to 4-7 in Group A with its second victory over Cedevita. Yogi Ferrell scored 27 points for Cedevita, which fell to 2-9.

Gran Canaria 91-72 Promitheas Patras

Gran Canaria (8-2) will try to remain the team with the best record in the competition when it welcomes Promitheas Patras (6-4) on Wednesday. Gran Canaria is on a four-game winning streak and is a perfect 4-0 on its home floor, while Promitheas has lost just once in four road games this season. When they met earlier this season, Promitheas used a strong finish to pull out a 93-82 win behind Joe Young, who still figures as the EuroCup's top scorer, but is no longer with the team.