The do-or-die eighthfinals of the 7DAYS EuroCup will be completed tonight with five more teams that will advance to the quarterfinals.
Game Night: Bursaspor stuns Partizan; Gran Canaria, Metropolitans, Valencia and Virtus advance
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Boulogne Metropolitans 92 87-66 Umana Reyer Venice
Metropolitans made quick work of short-handed Reyer in storming to an 87-66 victory at Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan. The hosts took control for good with a 10-0 first-quarter run and took it into the 20s with a 15-0 charge to close the third quarter. Metropolitans will travel to Valencia Basket for the quarterfinals. Vince Hunter and Keith Hornsby scored 14 points apiece to lead a balanced Metropolitans attack. Mitchell Watt paced Reyer with 11.
Valencia Basket 98-80 Hamburg Towers
Four-time champion Valencia fended off debutant Hamburg with a 98-80 victory at home to move into the quarterfinals. Valencia, which will face Boulogne Metropolitans 92 in the next phase, pulled away in the third quarter thanks to its offensive execution as well as 16 offensive rebounds. Jasiel Rivero scored 21 points to lead the way for Valencia and Bojan Dubljevic added 15 points and 9 rebounds. Maik Kotsar paced Hamburg with a career-high 23 points.
Partizan NIS Belgrade 95-103 Frutti Extra Bursaspor
Bursaspor shocked a packed Stark Arena in the Serbian capital by downing host Partizan 95-103 in their eighthfinals clash. Bursaspor made club history by earning a place in the quarterfinals where it will play Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana. Bursaspor led for the majority of the game, but was down 5 with 14 seconds to go in regulation. John Holland made a triple with 7.1 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime and a 0-10 run in the extra session sealed it. Andrew Andrews led Bursaspor with 24 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds, and Onuralp Bitim had 20 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists. Aleksa Avrmoavic scored 23 points in the losing effort for Partizan, which suffered its first home loss of the season.
Virtus Segafredo Bologna 75-67. Lietkabelis Panevezys
Virtus defeated visiting Lietkabelis 75-67 on Wednesday night and will face ratiopharm Ulm in the quarterfinals. Despite enjoying a 14-point advantage early in the third quarter, the hosts had to use a strong defensive display in the fourth - in which the visitors were held to just 10 points in the opening 9 minutes - to confirm the win. Mam Jaiteh led the way for the winners with 20 points in just 21 minutes on 9-of-10 shooting and Kyle Weems added 13 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals. Gediminas Orelik and Nikola Radicevic were Lietkabelis’s top scorers with 12 apiece.
Gran Canaria 87-60 Slask Wroclaw
Gran Canaria cruised past Slask 87-60 to advance with ease to the next stage. The home side raced into an 11-0 lead and that set the tone for the rest of the encounter, with Slask rarely looking like competing for a shock road win. Nico Brussino led the way with 15 points on 4-of-6 three-point shooting plus 8 rebounds, while Slask’s Kerem Kanter topped all scorers with 16 points. Gran Canaria will now face MoraBanc Andorra at home next week in the quarterfinals.