ratiopharm Ulm came away with an 84-67 win against Buducnost VOLI in Round 7 of the 2023-24 EuroCup Regular Season, with the German side leaning on its defense to secure the win.

ratiopharm Ulm relied on defense to control Buducnost VOLI

ratiopharm Ulm bounced back from a defeat at U-BT Cluj-Napoca in Round 6 by securing a convincing 84-67 win against the visiting Buducnost VOLI Podgorica in Round 7 on Tuesday night.

Despite an amazing start from the perimeter in the first quarter, going 5-of-7 from behind the arc, Ulm reached halftime with the game tied, 37-37. After the break, it managed to take control of the game through defense, allowing only 22 points in the first 18 minutes of the second half.

“I think we were pretty good defensively in the second half,” Ulm head coach Anton Gavel stated in the press conference. “We applied pressure, especially we could stop the movement of \[McKinley\] Wright, his shooting and scoring ability. \[Yoan\] Makoundou hurt us big time in the first half, but I think we were better \[against him\] in the second half. We controlled the rebounds a little bit more and that was important.”

Under new leadership following the departure of head coach Petar Mijovic, Buducnost seek a return to winning ways versus an Ulm roster that slipped up against Cluj, yet are armed with Juan Nuñez, who is prospering as one of the continent's hottest backcourt prospects.

ratiopharm Ulm-Buducnost VOLI Podgorica | Round 7 Highlights | 2023-24 BKT EuroCup

### Quietening Buducnost’s weapons

Gavel’s insight can be easily proved by the numbers, as Buducnost’s leading scorer this season, Wright, finished with just 5 points on 2-of-9 from the field, 4 turnovers and a PIR of 3, having previously averaged 13 points and 14 in PIR coming into this game. And even though Makoundou was the game’s top scorer with 17 points, just 4 of them came in the second half. In fact, he could only score in the last period.

Overall, Ulm reduced Buducnost’s production in the second half with great authority, as the visitors recorded a below-par 6-of-16 on two-pointers (37.5%) and 4-of-13 from deep (30.7%), way lower than it had averaged so far. As a result, Buducnost couldn’t even reach the 70-point mark, registering its second-lowest score of the season after finishing with 63 points against Aris Midea Thessaloniki last week.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="de" dir="ltr">Emotionaler Heimsieg 🏀🧡<br><br>Mit einem 84:67 Heimerfolg über Buducnost VOLI Podgorica bleiben wir im EuroCup in heimischer Arena ungeschlagen. Die Rückkehr von Meisterheld Brandon Paul sorgte im Vorfeld der Partie für viel Emotionen in Form von Freude aber auch Tränen. 🧡 <a href="https://t.co/kN98Cmihl8">pic.twitter.com/kN98Cmihl8</a></p>&mdash; ratiopharm ulm (@ratiopharmulm) <a href="https://twitter.com/ratiopharmulm/status/1724524249367351329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

For Ulm, it was its best defensive performance after giving up 80 points against Dolomiti Energia Trento, 111 against Dreamland Gran Canaria, 74 against 7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys, 78 against Turk Telekom Ankara, 103 against Slask Wroclaw and 86 against from U-BT Cluj-Napoca.

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Juan Nunez of ratiopharm Ulm in action against Buducnost VOLI Podgorica in Round 8 of the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season.

The German side improved to a 5-2 record in the BKT EuroCup, while the visitors dropped to 2-5 after losing four straight.

Ulm relied on defense to control Buducnost

ratiopharm Ulm v Buducnost VOLI Podgorica (2023-11-14T18:30:00.000Z)

Host Lietkabelis Panevezys did not allow a single point in the extra period to complete a rally against their coach's former team, Turk Telekom Ankara.

Lietkabelis won in overtime in history-making fashion

It had never happened in the 21-year old history of the BKT EuroCup that a team did not score a single point in overtime. That is, until Tuesday night, when 7bet-Lietkabelis Paneveyzs held Turk Telekom Ankara scoreless in the extra session as it pulled out a 93-86 win.

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It was a unique overtime to start with, as neither team scored a single point for 4 minutes and 23 seconds before Gediminas Orelik nailed his eighth three-pointer of the night to break an 86-86 tie. Orelik then scored his only two-pointer of the game, with 13 seconds left, securing the hosts' win.

And it was a special victory, not just because of the overtime performance, but because Lietkabelis was down by 15 with 7 minutes left in regulation, and down by 12 with 2:15 to go in the fourth quarter.

"It is a very important win for us, we are still alive to advance to the playoffs," Lietkabelis head coach Nenad Canak said after the game in which he went against a team he helped put together. Canak was hired as Turk Telekom's head coach over the summer, but was dismissed after three rounds of the new EuroCup campaign.

He is now 2-1 on Lietkabelis's bench, which registered this win in an improbable fashion, scoring the final 18 points of this game, turning a 75-86 deficit into an overtime victory.

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"Maybe in the first three quarters we did not deserve a victory, but the last quarter and overtime, we deserved it," said Orelik, who nailed 3 triples in the final 92 seconds of the regulation.

And even though Lietkabelis would not have won without Orelik's heroics, he was not the only hero. Nikola Popovic scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half, Martynas Varnas was 4-for-7 from long range on his way to 17 points, and Donatas Sabeckis dished 10 assists, while scoring 10 points, including slaloming coast-to-coast to score a layup with 0.9 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime.

"I can only say 'thank you' to my guys. We were down 15 against that kind of a team, but we kept fighting", Coach Canakj stressed. "This is their win."

The home team did not allow a single point in the extra period to complete a rally against their coach's former team.

7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys v Turk Telekom Ankara (2023-11-14T17:00:00.000Z)

Going against the BKT EuroCup's best defense, Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse took a page from Aris Midea Thessaloniki's book and held the visitors to 65 points thanks to busy hands.

 Steals leader Bourg proves it can win with defense, too 

Faced with a visit from the BKT EuroCup's best defense through the first six rounds, Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse made its intentions clear right away against Aris Midea Thessaloniki on Tuesday.

In a battle for the upper hand in the Group B standings, Bourg literally blanked Aris for the first 5 minutes of their encounter while soaring to an 11-0 lead that eventually reached 23-4 late in the first quarter. Aris would rally in the second and take brief leads soon after halftime, but Bourg relied on its defense during the last 15 minutes to eke out [a 72-65 victory](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2023-24/mincidelice-jl-bourg-en-bresse-aris-midea-thessaloniki/U2023/66/#boxscore) and stay a perfect 4-0 at Ekinox arena so far this season.

Among the keys to the outcome was steals. Aris came into the game with the league's best points-against defense, allowing just 69.8 points per game. It also ranked first in keeping opponents to 46.3% accuracy on two-point shots and forcing the most turnovers, 17.5 per game. Bourg overcame those threats by shooting 57.9% inside the arc and, if not avoiding turnovers, at least forcing Aris into the same 18 that the hosts committed. 

Bourg was credited with 13 steals among those Aris turnovers, raising its league-leading average to 10.7 per game. That's 1.4 more than the next-best team, ratiopharm Ulm, and at least 3 more steals per game better than all but five of the EuroCup's 20 teams.

And Bourg is way ahead of the pack with making at least 11 steals in five of its seven games so far. Only Aris, Ulm and two undefeated teams, Dreamland Grand Canaria and Paris Basketball, have as many as two games with 11 or more steals.

JL Bourg en Bresse Top Steals vs. Aris Midea Thessaloniki, 11/14/2023

Mincidelice Bourg en Bresse's top steals vs Aris

On Tuesday, [Jeremy Morgan](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/jeremy-morgan/010431/) was the head thief, with 5 steals. That tied the second-highest total in the EuroCup this season and came within 1 steal of Bourg's club record in the competition. [Isiaha Mike](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/isiaha-mike/011836/) and [JeQuan Lewis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/jequan-lewis/012617/), playing his first EuroCup game due to injury until now, added 2 swipes each. 

Mike, with 2.4 per game, and Morgan (1.9), are the only teammates ranked in the top 10 in that category this season, with [Maxim Salash](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/maksim-salash/004525/) close behind at 1.6 on average. After their busy hands did the work on defense while holding Aris to just 65 points, Mike was encouraged that Bourg can keep building on its 5-2 record in Group B and get even better going forward.

"We went on a little bit of a skid, but we're glad to be back in the winning column now," Mike said post-game. "I think that's been a theme for us; not being able to maintain a high level throughout 40 minutes. We're still trying to work out the kinks, but I feel like the more we play together, the more we get back to the film room, the sky's the limit for us."

Steals leader Bourg proves it can win with defense, too

Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse v Aris Midea Thessaloniki (2023-11-14T18:30:00.000Z)

Paris remains perfect, edges depleted Joventut in OT

Paris Basketball remained unbeaten after a dramatic 94-101 overtime road win over Joventut Badalona on Tuesday night. T.J. Shorts sent the game into overtime with a pair of free throws with 5.6 seconds left in regulation, and Nadir Hifi scored 7 of his game-high 27 points in overtime to improve Paris to 7-0 atop of Group A, while Joventut dropped to 3-4 in the standings.

The hosts, playing without guards Andres Feliz and Pau Ribas, and big men Ante Tomic and Vladimir Brodziansky, rallied from an 11-point third quarter deficit to take an 80-73 lead in the fourth quarter. But T.J. Shorts started pulling the strings on Paris's offense, and Collin Malcolm scored important baskets to force overtime, in which the visitors took control and won the game. 

Malcolm finished with 18 points, Shorts with 13 points and 9 assists, and Tyson Ward collected 13 points plus 9 rebounds in a victory. Veteran playmaker Kenny Chery paced Joventut with 18 points, while 17-year-old Michael Ruzic shined with 17 points and 5 rebounds. Andrew Andrews had 11 points and DeShaun Thomas and 19-year old Jordi Rodriguez each scored 10 in defeat.

The teams traded blows from the get-go, with Thomas scoring twice for the hosts, but a triple from Nifi and a tip-in from Michael Kessens made it 8-11. Ruzic scored a pair of baskets, and 21-year-old Yannick Kraag went coast-to-coast for the hosts. Chery's triple made it 19-13, but Malcolm scored 8 straight points, including a triple, and the teams were tied a 23-23 after one quarter.

Thomas and Pep Busquets opened the scoring for the hosts in the second quarter, but Paris answered with back-to-back-to-back threes from Shorts, Ward and Hifi. That was just a start of a 0-16 run, capped by a driving layup from Shorts that opened a 27-39 margin. Ruzic had another basket, a tip-in before three-pointers from Rodriguez and Guillem Vives halved the margin, only for Shorts and Leon Kratzer to make it 40-50 at the break.

Joventut had a better start to the second half, with Thomas and Busquets each knocking down a triple to get the hosts within 49-52. A baseline jumper from Chery made it 53-55, but Paris answered with a quick 0-9 run, which included a three-pointer from Hifi. Chery and Kraag snapped the run with back-to-back triples for the hosts. Hifi hit another triple for Paris, but Chery and Ruzic nailed back-to-back threes for the hosts, making it 67-69 after 30 minutes.

Joventut opened the fourth quarter with back-to-back threes from Rodriguez and Chery, to jump in front 73-69. Paris needed nearly 4 minutes to score in the quarter, and a three-pointer from Vives extended it to 80-73. Malcolm scored 4 points for Paris, but Andrews was making free throws for the hosts. Sebastian Herrera nailed a transition triple for Paris, and fastbreak baskets from Shorts and Malcolm tied it at 87-87 in the final minutes. Andrews got a roll on a runner to restore Joventut's lead, but Shorts made both foul shots with 5.6 left in regulation, sending the game into overtime.

Hifi opened the extra session with a three-pointer, then added a three-point play to make it 91-95. Ruzic had another triple, but Shorts made a driving layup, then served Leon Kratzer for a shot-clock beating layup which made it 94-99, icing the game.

Shorthanded Joventut rallied from a double-digit deficit to lead late, but Paris was too strong in the extra session.

Joventut Badalona v Paris Basketball (2023-11-14T19:30:00.000Z)

ratiopharm Ulm improved to 5-2 in the EuroCup after defeating Buducnost VOLI 84-67 in Round 7, with the German side taking its game to another level after the halftime interval.

ratiopharm Ulm steps up after the break to down Buducnost VOLI, 84-67

ratiopharm Ulm clinched its fifth win in the 2023-24 BKT EuroCup Regular Season after defeating the visiting Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 84-67 at ratiopharm arena on Tuesday night. The game was tied at halftime, 37-37, but Ulm gave up only 2 field goals and 11 points in the third quarter, building a double-digit advantage that grew to 18 points, 75-57, entering crunch time.

Trevion Williams posted a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead Ulm, which improved to 5-2. Dakota Mathias followed with 13 points, as Juan Nunez and Phillipp Herkenhoff scored 12 apiece. LJ Figueroa and Karim Jallow also netted 11 and 10, respectively, for the winners. Buducnost was paced by Yoan Makoundou, who was the game’s top scorer with 17 points, 13 of which came in the first half. Brandon Paul, who was honored before the game by his former team, finished with 14 points in a losing effort. Buducnost slipped to 2-5 after suffering its fourth loss in a row.

### A three-point contest won by Ulm

Paul opened fire with a three-pointer on his return to the ratiopharm arena, starting a nice offensive exchange between both teams that turned into a 9-7 edge for the home side in the early going. Paul showed up again from downtown and Makoundou improved to 8 points in the game to make it 9-14 soon after. Williams came to the rescue with back-to-back treys that got Ulm within 15-16, and even though Paul remained red-hot from behind the arc, the hosts managed to close to the first period leading 23-19 with an 8-0 run behind triples by Herkenhoff and Mathias.

### Defenses took over

The scoring slowed down at the beginning of the second period. Vladimir Mihailovic brought Buducnost within 23-22 with a long three-pointer, but those were the only points for the guests in the next 3 minutes. Ulm wasn’t much better on offense, but it found its sixth and seventh three-pointers of the night coming from Nunez and Williams, good for a 31-24 margin after 15 minutes. Buducnost shifted its focus by starting feeding Jacorey Williams and Makoundou inside, and it turned into a 0-6 run that made it a one-possession game once again, 31-30. Buducnost completed the comeback when Fletcher Magee sunk a three to put the guests ahead, 34-36, although Pacome Dadiet responded quickly from deep to finish a 5-minute field-goal drought for Ulm and make it all square, 37-37, at halftime.

### Ulm took a double-digit lead

The trend didn’t change much after the break, as baskets were few and far between. Nunez scored a tough one-legged jumper and Jones responded with a couple of free throws to keep the tie at 39-39 after 23 minutes. Williams scored inside and Jallow hit a corner three to give Ulm some momentum and establish a 44-39 edge that forced a Buducnost timeout. It didn’t work as expected, though, as the visitors’ struggles on offense continued. Herkenhoff took the reins with a couple of free throws and a triple to provide Ulm with its first double-digit lead, 51-41. Buducnost needed 7 minutes to hit its first field goal in the quarter, which finally came thanks to Magee, but it didn’t help the visitors shift the momentum. Then, 5 points in a row by Mathias closed the third period with a game-high 11-point difference, 59-48, for Ulm.

### Buducnost tried, Ulm responded

Makoundou gave Buducnost hope, scoring the first bucket of the last period and igniting a 2-9 run that got the visitors back into the game, 61-57. But, Dadiet stopped the rally with a free throw, as Ulm stuck to its defense to prevent Buducnost to complete the comeback. Jallow took the reins to score two challenged buckets that gave the hosts breathing room, 66-57, and put the guests on the ropes with less than 5 minutes to go. Buducnost head coach Vladimir Todorovic tried to revitalize his team for the last time with a timeout, but a pair of treys by Williams and a three-point play by Jallow capped a 14-0 run that effectively sealed the outcome, 75-57, entering crunch time.

Karim Jallow of ratiopharm Ulm has possession against Buducnost VOLI Podgorica in Round 7 of the 2023-24 BKT EuroCup Regular Season.

The German side scored 47 second-half points to come away with the win.

Ulm steps up after the break to down Buducnost, 84-67

Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse started and finished strong to turn back visiting Aris Midea Thessaloniki with a 72-65 decision on Tuesday. Bourg improved to 5-2 in Group B. Aris fell to 3-4. Teenager Zaccharie Risacher led Bourg with 16 points. Isiaha Mike added 14, Jeremy Morgan 12 and Bryce Brown 10. Aris got 15 points each from Kris Bankston and Vassilis Toliopoulos, while Ronnie Harrell added 14.

Bourg holds off Aris, 72-65, to stay perfect at home

Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse started and finished strong to turn back visiting Aris Midea Thessaloniki with a 72-65 decision on Tuesday. Bourg improved to 5-2 to retain a share of second place in Group B with a perfect 4-0 home mark. Aris fell to 3-4 despite having rallied to take a brief lad after falling behind on the scoreboard 11-0 after tipoff and 23-4 late in the first quarter. 

Teenager Zaccharie Risacher led the winners with 16 points. Isiaha Mike added 14, Jeremy Morgan 12 and Bryce Brown 10. Aris got 15 points each from Kris Bankston and Vassilis Toliopoulos, while Ronnie Harrell added 14, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. Aris reeled back its 19-point deficit with a 12-26 second quarter and took a brief advantage in the third before Risacher scored 8 points in a 10-2 run, after which the visitors did not challenge for the lead again.

A triple by JeQuan Lewis in his EuroCup debut and a big block by Kevin Kokila highlighted Bourg's 0-11  opening run. The hosts would hold Aris scoreless for 5 minutes until Bankston tipped in his own miss. Nonetheless, Maksim Salash's second layup, Mike's back-to-back layups and Brown's triple made it 23-4 already. It was all Bankston could do to cut it to 25-8 after 10 minutes. Harrell and Toliopoulos quickly cut the difference for Aris, and the latter's jumper soon lowered it to single digits, 27-18. Brown and Marcus Carr exchanged triples before Bankston and Roberto Gallinat got Aris within 34-29. Toliopoulos buried a triple from near halfcourt on the halftime buzzer to make it 37-34.

Out of the lockers, Surtan Sanogo's flip-in gave way to Toliopoulos drilling a go-ahead triple at 37-39, completing Aris's comeback from 19 points down, 23-4, just 12 minutes earlier. After a 41-41 tie, Risacher almost single-handedly restored Bourg's advantage with a corner triple, a step-back jumper and a fastbreak layup to make it 51-43. Still, Bankston, Toliopoulos and Marcus Carr kept Aris close, 53-49, after three quarters. Morgan and Brown stretched the difference to 59-41 early in the fourth, but Harrell's banked-in triple held the visitors in it, 60-54, with 6 minutes left. Risacher rescued the moment with a triple and fastbreak layup, both created by his teammates, and Bourg had its double-digit lead back, 65-54. Harrell willed Aris back within 67-60 and Gallinat's free throws cut it to 67-62 with 90 seconds left, but Morgan answered from the corner to let the Bourg fans breathe easier the rest of the way.

After losing all of an early 19-point lead, Bourg regrouped to stay perfect at home in Group B.

BC Lietkabelis completed an impressive comeback against Türk Telekom B.K. in Round 7 of the 2023-24 EuroCup Regular Season, wining 93-86 in overtime.

Lietkabelis rallies, beats Turk Telekom in overtime, 93-86

7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys overcame a 12-point deficit late in the fourth quarter, then become the first team in the competition history to not allow a single point in overtime, as it downed Turk Telekom Anakara 93-86 in a Tuesday night thriller. Lietkabelis registered its second straight win, improving to 3-4 in Group A, while last season's runner-up Turk Telekom lost its fifth straight game, dropping to a 1-6 record.

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Turk Telekom led for all but one third-quarter possession, and was up by 15 with 7 minutes left in regulation. The visitors still had a double-digit lead in the penultimate minute, but Gediminas Orelik knocked down 3 three-pointers in 60 seconds before Donatas Sabeckis went coast-to-coast to score a layup with 0.9 seconds left in the fourth, which forced overtime. In the extra session, no team scored until Orelik's triple with 37 seconds to go, as Lietkabelis went on to secure the win.

Orelik was 8-for-14 from long range and finished with 31 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds. Nikola Popovic had 18 points, Martynas Varnas 17 and 7 rebounds, while Sabeckis had 10 points and 10 assists. Tyrone Wallace scored 22 for Turk Telekom, Jalen Adams had 20 points and 5 assists, Steven Enoch amassed 12 points and 13 rebounds, and Okben Ulubay also scored 12 in a losing effort.

Adams and Yigitcan Saybir helped the visitors to a 1-8 run and an 8-15 lead. Lietkabelis went inside to Popovic and Vytenis Lipkevicius had a nice reverse layup, before Varnas hit a three-pointer that cut the margin to 17-19. But Wallace answered in the same manner, as the visitors led 19-24 after the opening 10 minutes.

Lietkabelis scored the first 7 points of the second quarter, with Varnas knocking down a three that gave the hosts their first lead, 26-24. However, Turk Telekom answered with a 0-14 run, started with back-to-back-to-back threes, 2 from Ulubay and 1 from Wallace, helping the visitors to 26-38 midway through the second quarter. Enoch was scoring inside for the visitors, but Orelik hit 3 triples before Varnas's four-point play cut it to 41-44, and the visitors held a 44-48 advantage at halftime.

Turk Telekom scored the first 7 points of the third, including a triple from Wallace to open a double-digit margin once again. A corner three from Adams made it 51-64. Popovic was scoring inside for Lietkabelis, slightly eating away at the deficit, and Varnas nailed a corner three as the visitors took 62-70 into the fourth quarter.

But Wallace and Palmer had steals followed by fastbreak dunks on back-to-back possessions to open a 62-77 margin early in the fourth. Lietkabelis needed more than 3 minutes to score its first points of the quarter, before three consecutive baskets from Popovic got the hosts within 70-78. Wallace hit a pair of tough baskets on the other end, getting the margin back within double figures, but Sabeckis hit 1 triple with 2:15 left in regulation, then Orelik nailed back-to-back-to-back shots that made it 84-86 with 32 seconds left. Wallace missed before Sabeckis went coast-to-coast for a layup, forcing overtime.

In an unusual turn of events, neither team scored for more than 4 minutes in the extra session. Then Orelik nailed a three-pointer, his eighth, with 37.3 seconds to go to make it 89-86. He followed it up by banking a shot to seal the deal.

Donatas Sabeckis of 7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys has possession against Turk Telekom Ankara during the two teams' Round 7 matchup in the 2023-24 BKT EuroCup Regular Season.

Gediminas Orelik became the hosts' hero in a thrilling Round 7 contest.

SC Prometey downed Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. 98-89 in Riga, Latvia, in Round 7 of the EuroCup on Tuesday night. 

SC Prometey outguns Hapoel Tel Aviv in Group A, 98-89

Prometey Slobozhanske returned to winning ways in the 2023-24 BKT EuroCup by downing Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv 98-89 in Riga, Latvia, on Tuesday. Prometey improved to 3-4 in Group A while Hapoel dropped to 4-2. 

Tai Odiase paced the winners with 19 points. Davon Reed contributed 16, Ronald March and Illia Sydorov added 14 apiece and Oleksandr Lypovyy had 12, while Issuf Sanon got 10. Braian Angola led Hapoel with 18 points. J'Cowan Brown and Jaylen Hoard each had 15. Bar Timor added 14, Kyle Alexander 13 and Idan Zamalson 10 for the guests.

### Prometey shook off slow start

Timor buried back-to-back three-pointers to give Hapoel an early 3-8 lead. Sanon and Caleb Agada rescued Prometey, then Vyacheslav Bobrov's tip-in put the hosts ahead, 15-14. Sydorov followed a wild three-point play with a bomb from downtown, joining forces with Sanon and March to boost the hosts' margin to 29-26 after 10 minutes.

### Timor put Hapoel in charge

Reed hit his second triple early in the second quarter. Hapoel used a 0-6 run, highlighted by John Holland's three-pointer, to tie it at 32-32. March followed a baseline jumper with a bomb from beyond the arc for a 37-34 Prometey lead. Sydorov and Reed joined the three-point shootout to make Hapoel call a timeout at 43-38. Timor stepped up for Hapoel and Alexander's layup put Hapoel ahead, 48-49, at halftime.

### Lypovyy made it rain

Alexander kept pacing the guests after the break, leading a 0-6 run that boosted his team's lead to 48-55. But, Lypovyy rescued Prometey with three consecutive triples in a 14-0 run, in which Agada also struck from downtown. Hapoel found a go-to guy in Zalmanson, who brought his team within 65-62. Agada, Odiase and a red-hot Lypovyy then extended the hosts' lead to 75-67 at the end of the third quarter.

### Prometey held on to solid lead

Sanon's fastbreak layup made it a double-digit game, 77-67, early in the fourth quarter. Odiase hit a couple of jump hooks to keep Prometey out of trouble, 85-73, with over 4 minutes left. Brown and Angola each sank a three-pointer to give Hapoel hope, 89-84, in the penultimate minute of the contest. However, Reed answered from downtown to seal the outcome, allowing Prometey to cruise to a well-deserved win.

Illia Sydorov makes a tough jump shot during Prometey Slobozhanske's win against Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv in Round 7 of the 2023-24 BKT EuroCup Regular Season.

The hosts ended a two-game losing run, while the visitors have now lost back-to-back games.

Prometey outguns Hapoel, 98-89

Prometey Slobozhanske v Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv (2023-11-14T17:00:00.000Z)

### Mihai Silvasan, Cluj head coach

"We want to continue playing well, even though we will face a team that has not lost for three consecutive games. For sure, they are in a good shape. Trento is an athletic team, that plays good basketball and they can also score from the three point line. We need to play good and we obviously want another victory!"

### Patrick Richard, Cluj player

"Another big game, another step in the season. Our focus and goal is to take one game at a time. Obviously, we started our season very well, but another road game that is very tough to win. We go there, try to focus and stick to our plan. We continue to get better! We appreciate our fans for sticking with us, they have our back and I believe sky is the limit!"

Pre-game quotes: Trento vs. Cluj

Dolomiti Energia Trento v U-BT Cluj-Napoca (2023-11-15T19:00:00.000Z)