Prometey Slobozhanske grabbed sole possession of first place in Group A by knocking off Joventut Badalona 95-90 at home on Wednesday. Prometey used a 9-2 late run to secure its sixth straight victory for a 9-4 record. DJ Kennedy paced the winners with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, while Issuf Sanon had 19 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists and Caleb Agada tallied 15 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists. Joventut dropped to 8-5 and 3-4 on the road despite four scorers in double figures; Joel Parra scored 17 points, Kyle Guy had 16, Henry Ellenson collected 14 points and 10 rebounds and Ante Tomic chipped in 13 points in the loss.

Game News

Prometey started lights out from long range with Kennedy hitting 2 triples and the team went 4-of-5 on three-pointers to race ahead 22-10. Joventut answered with the next 5 points and the gap was down to 25-20 on Leonardo Okeke’s three-point play. Prometey was up 26-20 after 10 minutes.

The home side held Joventut scoreless for the first 2 minutes of the second quarter and Sanon helped push the advantage to 35-20. Joventut got within 8 points multiple times, but then fell behind 45-32 and was down 49-38 at the break.

Game Videos

Joventut came out of the locker room in strong form with Joel Parra scoring 5 points in a 2-11 surge to get within 51-49. Another Parra score put Joventut ahead 53-54. Sanon began taking over with 10 points - including 2 three-pointers - in a 16-0 Prometey finish to the third quarter and a 72-57 lead.

Joventut was not ready to concede defeat and Tomic and Guy combined for 9 points in a 4-12 start to the fourth and trim the deficit to 7 points. It was then Ellenson’s turn to step up with 8 points to make it 84-82. Andres Feliz cut the gap to 1 point on a three-pointer only to have Gian Clavell answer from deep for the hosts with 89 seconds left. Kennedy and Ondrej Balvin followed with baskets to deliver the knockout punch.

Prometey grabs first place with tight win over Joventut 

Prometey Slobozhanske v Joventut Badalona (2023-02-01T17:00:00.000Z)

### [Prometey Slobozhanske 95-90 Joventut Badalona](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/prometey-slobozhanske-joventut-badalona/U2022/125/)

Prometey grabbed sole possession of first place in Group A by knocking off Joventut 95-90 at home on Wednesday. Prometey used a 9-2 late run to secure its sixth straight victory for a 9-4 record. DJ Kennedy paced the winners with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, while Issuf Sanon had 19 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Joventut dropped to 8-5 and 3-4 on the road despite four scorers in double figures; Joel Parra led the way with 17 points.

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### [Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 78-68 London Lions](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/buducnost-voli-podgorica-london-lions/U2022/128/)

Buducnost made sure of finishing in the top eight of Group B and clinched a playoff spot with a 78-68 home win over the London Towers. Buducnost improved to an 8-5 record while London dropped to 5-8. Erick Green paced Buducnost with 16 points, Trae Bell-Haynes scored 14 and Cameron Reynolds netted 11, while the outstanding Sam Dekker led London and all scorers with 27 points to go with 8 rebounds. Ovie Soko added 11 points for the Lions.

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### [ratiopharm Ulm 92-86 Frutti Extra Bursaspor](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/ratiopharm-ulm-frutti-extra-bursaspor/U2022/124/)

In a back-and-forth battle that went down to the wire, Ulm held off Bursaspor 92-86. It was Ulm's third consecutive victory, improving it to 8-5, for a share of the second-best record in Group A, while Bursaspor dropped to 6-7 on the season. Ulm also swept the season series against Bursaspor. Ulm was paced by big man Bruno Caboclo with 33 points on 14-for-17 two-point shooting. He also had 8 rebounds. And Brandon Paul netted 19 points on 6-for-9 three-point shooting. Derek Needham scored 22 points for the visitors.

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### [Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana 77-73 Umana Reyer Venice](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/cedevita-olimpija-ljubljana-umana-reyer-venice/U2022/121/)

Last-placed Cedevita got back to winning by edging visiting Reyer 77-73 at Arena Stozice. The victory snapped Cedevita's three-game losing streak and kept its playoff chances alive, improving to 3-10 in Group A. Meanwhile, Reyer dropped to 7-6 and fifth place, but did maintain the potential tiebreak advantage over Cedevita, having won their first clash by 8 points. Yogi Ferrell paced the winners with 20 points and 7 assists. Jayson Granger had 19 points for Reyer.

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### [Dolomiti Energia Trento 60-78 Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/dolomiti-energia-trento-hapoel-vegan-friendly-tel-aviv/U2022/130/)

Hapoel claimed a 60-78 victory over Trento at BLM Group Arena to extend its winning streak to six games and secure a spot in the playoffs. A 0-8 run right after halftime boosted the visitors to a double-digit lead in the third quarter and Hapoel protected it the rest of the way to improve to 9-4 while Trento dropped to 2-9 after getting its fifth loss in a row. Chinanu Onuaku led all scorers with 22 points, going for 8-of-8 in two-pointers, and contributed 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals for a career-high PIR of 35. Darion Atkins paced Trento with 15 points.

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### [Gran Canaria 118-99 Paris Basketball](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/gran-canaria-paris-basketball/U2022/129/)

Group B pace-setter Gran Canaria improved its record to 11-2 and sent an ominous warning to its rivals in the EuroCup knockout stages about just how offensively potent the side is after six players finished in double figures in a 118-99 home rout of Paris Basketball. David Mutaf paced the hosts with 22 points and Aleksander Balcerowski poured in 20, Aamir Simms led Paris with 22 points as the visitors dropped to 8-5.

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Game Center: Buducnost, Hapoel win and clinch playoff spots

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica made sure of finishing in the top eight of Group B and clinched a playoff spot with a 78-68 home win over the London Towers on Wednesday. Buducnost improved to an 8-5 record while London dropped to 5-8.

Erick Green paced Buducnost with 16 points, Trae Bell-Haynes scored 14 and Cameron Reynolds netted 11, while the outstanding Sam Dekker led London and all scorers with 27 points to go with 8 rebounds. Ovie Soko added 11 points for the Lions.

The game got off to a slow start as both sides struggled in offense, with London missing its opening 13 shots from the floor and netting the first with only 1:13 minutes left on the clock in the first quarter. That allowed Buducnost to take a 10-3 lead and the home team was 13-7 ahead at the end of the first period. That marked London’s fewest points in a single quarter of a EuroCup game. Its previous low was 10 points in the third quarter against Gran Canaria earlier this season.

Both teams improved slightly in the second quarter as Buducnost was 21-15 ahead midway through, with Reynolds leading the way for the Montenegrin side while Dekker stood out at the other end. Reynolds and Haynes had 8 points each for Buducnost in the first half while the versatile Dekker netted 14 for London, including a buzzer-beating three-pointer which slashed the home team’s advantage to 37-26 at halftime. That, incidentally, was the opening half’s only three-pointer on either side, with Buducnost shooting 0 of 6 while London hit 1 of 6.

The home side was in cruise control in the opening 5 minutes of the third quarter but London found another gear and, helped by two dunks from Josh Sharma in quick succession, reduced the arrears to 43-39 before Marko Jagodic-Kuridza hit Buducnost’s first three-pointer of the evening.

Sharma had three dunks in the third quarter, profiting from some fine pick-and-roll plays with his teammates, while Jagodic-Kuridza sank another three-pointer following an audacious long-range effort from Bell-Haynes which amounted to a 54-44 lead for the home team ahead of the final period.

Dekker opened the fourth quarter with a dunk but London was kept at bay as Buducnost caused damage to the visitors with trademark offensive rebounding and it was clear London faced an uphill battle when Bell-Haynes hit another one from downtown to give the home team a 64-50 lead. The visitors replied with an 8-2 run inspired by the unstoppable Dekker, with his ability to score from various positions carrying London’s effort to stage a comeback. However, the writing was on the wall when Green made a long three to give Buducnost a 74-63 lead with 1:37 left on the clock and the hosts closed out the contest to make the knockout stage of the competition with five games to spare.

Buducnost advances to playoffs with 78-68 win over London 

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica v London Lions (2023-02-01T18:00:00.000Z)

### Prometey Slobozhanske head coach Ronan Ginzburg:

"To beat Badalona is a big achievement for the club. We played well in the first half. In the second half, we started struggling. I took some risks and stretched some players’ minutes too much and we got tired. But in the end, character won the game."

 

### Joventut Badalona head coach Carles Duran:

"The problem was the first half. The team played better in the second half. But it’s clear when you allow 95 points it’s very difficult to win away. But Prometey played very well. They are a very good team."

### Prometey Slobozhanske forward DJ Kennedy:

"We knew a lot was at stake, that this was for first place in our group. We just want to keep locking in and taking it one game at a time. We did a good job. They made a good run. That is a great team but we were able to fight at the end and get the win.

 

### Prometey Slobozhanske forward DJ Stephens:

"It was a big game for us being in second place and playing the first-place team. Us getting the win and being able to be in first place is a pretty good feeling, but we can’t relax. We have other teams gunning for us."

 

### Prometey Slobozhanske guard Issuf Sanon:

"It was a tough game for us tonight. They beat us in Spain. We made some mistakes and didn’t play how we always play. But today we did everything coach asked us to do so it was a good game for us."

Ronan Ginzburg, Prometey: 'Character won the game'

### Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv head coach Danny Franco:

"First of all, it was not a great game of ours but in the second half, we came out playing defense as we knew. We got 40 points in the first 20 minutes, we spoke about that at halftime and came back to receive only 20 points in the second half. Cannot go better than that, and we built our confidence on offense as well. Even on a bad shooting night, we came up with a good result 

"I would like to thank Trento for great hospitality. I’ve been in Italy several times but never here. Italy is always beautiful and very nice, I like to thank the organization, before basketball and everything, for the conditions, and the chance to see the beautiful side city of Trento. For us, it was a mental game coming off a couple of big wins, with good atmosphere in the team. A great win can be good for confidence sometimes, but overconfidence is not good. Mentally I think we struggled a little bit in the first half, but we picked it up defensively in the second. That effort on defense helped us win in a game that we didn’t play our way on offense, with a lot of turnovers. Defensively we locked in as a team, and that helped us get this important win and go back home smiling."

  

### Dolomiti Energia Trento head coach Emanuele Molin:

"I think we played pretty good the first two quarters, doing well what we were supposed to do, slowing down their transition and their shot selection. In the second half, we did not have any more energy to answer their power. We created a lot of good shots but we didn’t shoot well. When Hapoel got the lead, we went down and trashed all what we were doing."

 

### Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv center Chinanu Onuaku:

"We actually played defense \[in the second half\], we got stops, and it helped us getting in offense, getting easy buckets and have more flow on offense. \[What we can still improve is\] just our defense and team rebounding, that’s it. If we can do that, we can take it all the way."

Danny Franco, Hapoel: 'We picked it up defensively in the second half'

Dolomiti Energia Trento v Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv (2023-02-01T19:00:00.000Z)

### Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana head coach Jurica Golemac:

"It means a lot. We are in bad moment, we lost a couple of games in a row and for sure this is going to help us. We are on a good way and we have to keep working. I cannot say this is something different. We have a very short rotation, nobody in this world can play with five or six players that every night are good. We got ups and downs. We had a couple of players with good energy, with good momentum, with good confidence. And we all played defense together, and that is what gave us a win."

### Umana Reyer Venice head coach Walter de Raffaele:

"We had a chance to win. We had a chance to take the lead. But we missed an open shot, we allowed some offensive rebounds or some turnovers. Details make the difference. To be more consistent we have to work on that. Congratulations to Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana."

### Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana guard Josh Adams:

"It is massive for us, just to show our fans, ourselves and the broader world we are a serious team, and the past performances don't define who we are. I think we really locked in on defensive principles for the first time. Everyone had great energy and did the little things that help you win the game, rebounding and the effort on the defensive end."

Josh Adams, Cedevita: 'It is massive for us'

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana v Umana Reyer Venice (2023-02-01T19:00:00.000Z)

### ratiopharm Ulm head coach Anton Gavel:

"In the second half, we were rebounding the ball better, we were getting stops. In the third and fourth quarter, we allowed 16 and 20 points, which means we were better defensively. Of course, we hit some shots, even some tough ones, and that carried us throughout the second half. But turnovers, taking care of the ball, and especially rebounding, was the big key for us."

### Frutti Extra Bursaspor head coach Dusan Alimpijevic:

"For sure defense made the difference. We couldn't control their two players, they scored a combined 50+ points. We couldn't respond well, especially beginning of the second quarter. We have to learn the game is not 20 minutes, it is 40 minutes. For sure, Ulm and their coach deserve it, and we have to analyze what is happening with us lately."

### ratiopharm Ulm center Bruno Caboclo

"We kept putting pressure. They have a good team of guards. They kept making tough shots, but we adjusted and came back and got a win. I just play hard every time."

Anton Gavel, Ulm: 'We rebounded better in the second half'

ratiopharm Ulm v Frutti Extra Bursaspor (2023-02-01T18:30:00.000Z)

In a back-and-forth battle that went down to the wire, ratiopharm Ulm held off Frutti Extra Bursaspor 92-86 on Wednesday night. It was Ulm's third consecutive victory, improving it to 8-5, for a share of the second-best record in Group A, while last year's EuroCup finalist Bursaspor dropped to 6-7 on the season. Ulm also swept the season series against Bursaspor.

Ulm was paced by big man Bruno Caboclo, playing in only his fourth game in the competition, and dominating inside with 33 points on 14-for-17 two-point shooting. He also had 8 rebounds. Brandon Paul netted 19 points on 6-for-9 three-point shooting, Thomas Klepeisz scored 11, while Yago Dos Santos dished 11 assists. Derek Needham scored 22 points for the visitors, Zach Auguste collected 13 points and 7 rebounds and David Dudzinski collected 12 points plus 8 rebounds.

The two teams traded blows in the early going, with Paul knocking down a pair of threes and Caboclo scoring twice from close range for Ulm. Needham and Bitim led the visitors' efforts, before a pair of buckets from Saybir fueled a 0-12 run to end the first quarter and put the visitors up 18-26. 

Ulm closed the gap taking it to the rim, which included Fuchs scoring twice in traffic, but a pair of triples from Needham in a 0-8 run opened a 28-38 margin. However, Caboclo had a three-point play, and scored 6 more points for the hosts, closing the margin to a single point, but Omer Utku Al's triple helped Bursaspor take a 44-50 advantage into halftime.

Ulm scored the first 7 points of the second, sparked by Paul's four-point play, and Paul added another three-pointer to make it 55-52. But Aubrey Dawkins and Needham answered with back-to-back threes on the other end to help Bursaspor restore the margin, 60-66. but Ulm scored the final 6 points of the third, including Karim Jalow's buzzer-beating runner to tie the game going into the fourth. 

Neither team managed to get an advantage, as the score stood at 75-75 midway through the fourth before Paul banked a triple, Klepeisz had a four-point play, and Cabolco's 6 points opened 88-78 with 1:47 left. Three-pointers from Dawkins and Dudzinski gave Bursaspor hope, cutting the deficit to 4 points with 38 seconds to go, but Ulm held on.

Ulm holds off, sweeps Bursaspor

Who's hot: Joel Parra, Joventut Badalona

Two of the hottest teams in the competition, Prometey Slobozhanske and Joventut Badalona, play a battle for outright possession of first place in Group A on Wednesday. It is also a game that will feature one of the hottest players in the 7DAYS EuroCup – a 22-year old Joventut forward [Joel Parra](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/joel-parra/007464/).

Prometey (8-4) enters this game on a five-game winning streak and Joventut (8-4) has won four of its last five. During that five-game span, Parra has been one of the most productive players, scorers and shooters in the competition.

Since Round 8, just four players have scored more points than the Joventut forward, who is averaging 18.4 points over that span. Parra has scored at least 11 points in each of those five games, and has 16 or more points in four of theme.

In the first and in the last game in this five-game run, Parra scored a career-high 23 points. He first did it in a dramatic home win over Umana Reyer Venice, a game in which he nailed a career-high 5 triples on 7 attempts, and he scored 23 again last week in a come-from-behind victory over Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana.

Joel Parra's 15 three-pointers since between Rounds 8 and 12.

What makes his run mighty impressive has been Parra’s three-point shooting. Over the last five games, Parra has knocked down 15 three-point shots on an astounding 68.2% accuracy. 

He has made more triples in the last five games alone than he did in any of the three EuroCup seasons he played before this one. 

Parra's 15-for-22 three-point shooting is a massive improvement in accuracy, but also in volume over the first seven games of the season, during which he made just 6 threes on 16 attempts (37.5%).

While shooting and making more threes, compared to the first seven rounds of the season, Parra also increased the number of two-point shots he is both making and attempting, as well as his number of trips to the free throw line.

It not only led to Parra more than doubling his scoring output, from 8.9 points on average in the first seven appearances, to 18.4 in the last five, but it also turned him into one of PIR leaders over the last five games. Parra improved from averaging a PIR of 12.0 to posting 21.8 per game, accumulating a fourth-highest 107 index rating points.

If young forward continues his hot run on Wednesday night, Joventut could be starting February sitting pretty atop of Group A standings.