Germani Brescia made official on Wednesday that guard Troy Caupain will have to undergo surgery to treat a shoulder injury and will be sidelined for around four months. Caupain (1.93 meters, 27 years old) suffered the injury last November 1 in a 7DAYS EuroCup Group A game against Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse. After he was monitored for progress since then, team doctors concluded that the shortest route to full recovery would be surgery. Caupain has started in all of his four EuroCup appearances this season, averaging 14.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.2 steals. As such, Brescia will try to rise in Group A without the services of one of the team's top contributors.

Brescia's Caupain to miss 4 months

Germani Brescia made official on Wednesday that guard [Troy Caupain](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/troy-caupain/010583/) will have to undergo surgery to treat a shoulder injury and will be sidelined for around four months. Caupain (1.93 meters, 27 years old) suffered the injury last November 1 in a 7DAYS EuroCup Group A game against Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse. After he was monitored for progress since then, team doctors concluded that the shortest route to full recovery would be surgery. Caupain has started in all of his four EuroCup appearances this season, averaging 14.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.2 steals. As such, Brescia will try to rise in Group A without the services of one of the team's top contributors.

<center>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ca" dir="ltr">Nota della società sull’atleta Troy Caupain<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DreamBig?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DreamBig</a><a href="https://t.co/FrwMioVcCt">https://t.co/FrwMioVcCt</a></p>&mdash; Pallacanestro Brescia (@LeonessaBrescia) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeonessaBrescia/status/1597868295419404288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse bounced back from its first loss of the season to ace a Round 6 battle for first place in Group A on Tuesday despite playing on the road and trailing by double digits in the first half.

The resulting 80-85 comeback triumph on Joventut Badalona's court gave Bourg a 3-1 away mark, with its 5-1 overall record making it Group A's exclusive leader even before the rest of the teams play on Wednesday. 

Bourg had already beaten Umana Reyer Venice (73-79) in Round 1 and Germani Brescia (69-71) in Round 4, but coming to Spain to face Badalona was a tough challenge. Bourg had been unable to defeat Joventut in two previous tries in 2020.

"It's important to take another one on the road," forward James Palmer, who led Bourg's effort with 23 points, said. "We are not just a home team, we want to compete everywhere."

Joventut Badalona - Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse | Round 6 Highlights | 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup

Nonetheless, the outcome seemed to have been leaning the other way in the first half, when Joventut built a 40-29 advantage midway through the second quarter that Bourg battled to trim to 48-45 at halftime. At that point, Joventut had already dished 15 assists amid stellar shooting: 11-for-15 on two-pointers (73%) and 6-for-11 from deep (54%).

"In the beginning of the game we made a lot of mistakes," Bourg head coach Frederic Fauthoux said. "We left a lot of spacing for Badalona's offense, especially \[Guillem\] Vives and \[Andres\] Feliz. In the second half, we did a better job, especially against them, so they could not create that spacing. We were very focused on that."

As a result, Bourg reduced Joventut's offensive production, limiting the hosts' ball circulation and shooting accuracy. In the final quarter, Joventut was held to just 3 assists while making no three-pointers from 5 attempts and scoring just 14 points.

"We all played defense in the second half, and that led us to win," Palmer concluded. "It was a great team win."

Bourg's second-half defense gave it first place in Group A

Joventut Badalona v Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse (2022-11-29T19:15:00.000Z)

Pierre Pelos and James Palmer made key contributions to the hard-fought road victory that Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse pulled out in Badalona on Tuesday night. They combined for 36 points and a PIR of 47, almost half of the total points and PIR of their team.

Palmer achieved career-highs in points (23), assists (5) and index rating (28), surpassing the marks he established just a week before against Frutti Extra Bursaspor (20, 3 and 24, respectively). Palmer had already 19 points after three quarters and even though he wasn’t so prolific in the last one, he showed up with a nice baseline layup and key free throws in crunch time to seal the outcome.

Game News

Pelos was a timely weapon for Bourg despite not-so-big numbers, as 7 of his total 13 points came in a 2-minute span, early in the fourth quarter, that capped a 2-9 run which gave the visitors a 68-74 edge and the confidence they needed to win. He also provided key rebounds at both ends when the game was on the line that prevented Bourg from falling.

Game Videos

Palmer and Pelos powered up in Badalona

After a 0-2 start in Group A, Umana Reyer Venice recorded its fourth consecutive win by thrashing Germani Brescia 60-80 on the road. Both teams know each other well and it was how Reyer took better care of the ball that made the difference.

Reyer finished the game with 21 assists and 11 steals. Jayson Granger led his team with 6 assists and Yankuba Sima finished the game with 3 steals. On the other hand, Brescia had fewer assists (16) and steals (8) than its opponents and also finished the game with 16 turnovers.

Reyer's defense forced Brescia to shoot the ball with really low percentages. Brescia made 50% of its two-point shots and shot 22.2% from downtown, making just 6 of 27 three-pointers and also missing half of its 12 free throw attempts. Reyer buried 20 of 29 two-pointers (69.0%) in what was the biggest key to this game and was also more effective from all angles (34.5% 3FG, 71.4% FT). Brescia's first-half percentages (31% 2FG, 15% 3FG) allowed Reyer to build a 24-46 halftime lead and the visitors kept total control of the game throughout the second half.

Reyer took care of the ball in Brescia

Germani Brescia v Umana Reyer Venice (2022-11-29T19:30:00.000Z)

Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse took sole possession of first place in Group A by beating Joventut Badalona 80-85 at Palu Olimpic on Tuesday night. The visitors trailed by doubñe-digits in the second quarter, but they struck back in the second half and allowed just 14 points in the fourth quarter to win the game. Bourg improved to 5-1 while Joventut dropped to 4-2.

James Palmer led the way for Bourg with 23 points and 5 assists. Pierre Pelos posted 13 points and 5 rebounds and Jordan Floyd provided 11 points and 3 steals. Henry Elenson had 16 points for Joventut and Pep Busquests scored a career-high 15 points in the losing effort. 

Busquets got the hosts going with 3 three-pointers in 5 minutes for an early 13-10 home lead that Kyle Guy and Elenson extended to 20-12. The visitors also found some offensive momentum with rotations, though, and finished the first quarter trailing 24-19. Maxime Courby and Axel Julian combined from downtown to give Bourg its first lead, 26-27, early in the second. The home team reacted in style with a 14-2 run based on a smooth offense to earn a double-digit margin, 40-29, but Bourg responded with the same weapon; offense, as it scored 18 points in 5 minutes to reach halftime down 48-45.

In a replay of what happened in the second quarter, Bourg managed to get ahead 52-53 after Frantz Massenat drilled a three soon after the break. Joventut didn’t react as strongly as it did before, but managed to chain together a couple of threes from Pau Ribas and Zsombor Maronka to enter the last stanza up 66-65. Pelos put Bourg in front 68-74 with 7 points in a row, boosting visitors’ confidence, which was a key factor when Tomic and Elenson took the reins to even things at 78-78 entering crunch time. Julian drilled a corner three and Palmer added a free throw for a 78-82 edge, and even though Pau Ribas scored to make it a one-possession game with 28 seconds to play and Palmer could only convert once from the line, consecutive misses from behind the arc by Andres Feliz and Elenson ruined all Joventut hopes of a miracle comeback.

Bourg stuns Joventut, 80-85, to move atop Group A

In an all-Italian League showdown in Group A, Umana Reyer Venice confirmed its good momentum by thrashing Germani Brescia 60-80 at Palaleonessa A2a on Tuesday for its fourth consecutive win. Allerik Freeman led the winners with 22 points, Derek Willis added 13 while Amedeo Tessitori and Jordan Parks each had 11 for Reyer. CJ Massinburg scored 12 points for Brescia, which dropped to 2-4 in the standings and is now on a three-game losing streak. David Moss added 10 for the hosts.

Kenny Gabriel and Tessitori combined for all the points in a 0-7 run that gave Brescia an early 7-11 lead. Tessitori got help from Allerik Freeman and Derek Willis to boost the visitors' margin to 13-21 after 10 minutes. Willis kept pushing Reyer and Riccardo Moraschini's fastbreak layup prompted Brescia call timeout, 13-29, after a 2-16 run. Freeman's buzzer-beating three-pointer fixed the halftime score at 24-46.

Little changed after the break, as Reyer boosted its margin to 24-52 on a three-pointer by Freeman, kept a 38-64 lead at the end of the third quarter and did not find much trouble to seal the outcome long before the final buzzer.

Reyer thrashes Brescia, 60-80, for fourth straight win

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

"Defense for 40 minutes \[was the key to the win\]. We had really solid defense for 40 minutes, focusing and concentrating on our goals on defense. That was a very good step against a good team.

"I think it was a really good win. We played a solid game almost all game long, especially defensively. This allowed us to go on fast breaks and \[find\] easy solutions on offense. It is a very important step forwards and we need to keep going, follow this way."

### Germani Brescia head coach Alessandro Magno:

"For sure, according to the final score, it was a tough game, if you just check the final score. But it was the first game after a long period where we needed to squeeze the energy of our players to try to win, even in our domestic league. We had Amedeo Della Valle out in the last few days due to the virus and it was clear for everybody that he had no energy to play the game. After 5 minutes, John Petrucelli was out, so we decided to start big. I think the start was even good, with some ideas. After that, without our main scorers, was, to be honest, a bit tough to try to find the way to arrive to the basket. We also built some good shots that we never scored: open threes, layups, free throws. It is tough to play against such a good team like Reyer that is deep, talented, sized. So obviously, once I felt that the game was almost over, and the way to come back to the game was doing an extra effort, I needed to take care of the rotations and try to focus on the next game. Congratulations to Reyer, that arrived here well-coached, with good ideas."

### Umana Reyer Venice guard Allerik Freeman:

"It is definitely an important win. We just came out focused, came out with a sense of urgency, just trying to get ourselves going, catch some rhythm. And tonight, I thought we let the defensive end do that for us. I just think we have to continue to play defense like that and I think we can continue playing well, like we did tonight."

Freeman, Reyer: 'We came out with a sense of urgency'

### [Promitheas Patras 83-98 Turk Telekom Ankara](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/promitheas-patras-turk-telekom-ankara/U2022/56/)

Turk Telekom registered its fifth consecutive victory in Group B by downing Promitheas 83-98 on the road on Tuesday night. Turk Telekom improved to 5-1 in the standings. Axel Boutielle led the winners with 24 points to match his career-high and Jerian Grant added 18 points and 6 assists. Joe Young had 30 points for Promitheas, which dropped to 4-2.

<center>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/TyriqueJones_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TyriqueJones_</a> on clean up duty with the PUTBACK 😤<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/7DAYSMagicMoment?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#7DAYSMagicMoment</a> <a href="https://t.co/s5wpkc3dVc">pic.twitter.com/s5wpkc3dVc</a></p>&mdash; 7DAYS EuroCup (@EuroCup) <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroCup/status/1597671831057539072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

### [Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv 64-70 Buducnost VOLI Podgorica](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/hapoel-vegan-friendly-tel-aviv-buducnost-voli-podgorica/U2022/59/)

Buducnost never trailed in capturing a 64-70 road victory over Hapoel at Shlomo Group Arena on Tuesday night. Cameron Reynolds staked Buducnost to a big lead with 5 three-pointers in the opening quarter and finished the game with 22 points to lead all scorers. Alpha Kaba posted his fourth straight double-double with 17 points and 14 rebounds for the winners, who improved to 4-2 in Group B. Xavier Munford paced Hapoel with 21 points and 6 assists. The result dropped Hapoel to 3-3 in the standings.

<center>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">🔵🔵🔵🔵<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KKB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KKB</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeOwnTheFuture?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeOwnTheFuture</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/7dayseurocup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#7dayseurocup</a> <a href="https://t.co/8VST17sDU8">pic.twitter.com/8VST17sDU8</a></p>&mdash; KK Budućnost VOLI (@KKBuducnostVOLI) <a href="https://twitter.com/KKBuducnostVOLI/status/1597682070842548224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

### [Joventut Badalona 80-85 Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/joventut-badalona-mincidelice-jl-bourg-en-bresse/U2022/54/)

Bourg took sole possession of first place in Group A after beating Joventut 80-85 at Palu Olimpic on Tuesday night. The visitors trailed by doubñe-digits in the second quarter, but they struck back in the second half and allowed just 14 points in the fourth quarter to win the game. Bourg improved to 5-1 while Joventut dropped to 4-2. James Palmer led the way for Bourg with 23 points,. Henry Elenson paced Joventut with 16 points.

<center>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">On terminera la soirée avec une seule photo... <br>Des sourires, des sourires et des sourires 😏😍 <a href="https://t.co/Fpj7M6QVSg">pic.twitter.com/Fpj7M6QVSg</a></p>&mdash; JL Bourg Basket (@JLBourgBasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/JLBourgBasket/status/1597703978351230976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

### [Germani Brescia 60-80 Umana Reyer Venice](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/germani-brescia-umana-reyer-venice/U2022/52/)

Reyer beat Brescia 60-80 for its fourth straight win to improve to 4-2 in Group A. Allerik Freeman led the winners with 22 points and Derek Willis had 13. CJ Massinburg had 12 points for Brescia, which dropped to 2-4 in the standings and is now on a three-game losing streak. Reyer led 13-21 after 10 minutes, extended its margin to 24-46 at halftime and never looked back.   

<center>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="it" dir="ltr">🔥 L’Umana Reyer domina la gara del PalaLeonessa e porta a casa la quarta vittoria consecutiva in Eurocup!<br>Avanti così, leoni 🦁 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/7DaysEurocup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#7DaysEurocup</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Reyer150?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Reyer150</a> <a href="https://t.co/Zuyyv1GRXs">pic.twitter.com/Zuyyv1GRXs</a></p>&mdash; Reyer Venezia (@REYER1872) <a href="https://twitter.com/REYER1872/status/1597700524329291776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Game Center: Four road winners conquer Tuesday

Promitheas Patras v Turk Telekom Ankara (2022-11-29T17:30:00.000Z)

Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv v Buducnost VOLI Podgorica (2022-11-29T18:00:00.000Z)

### Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse head coach Frederic Fauthoux:

"We played differently in the second half than in the first. We controlled more the tempo, we were down for a long time but we stayed in the game. After we scored some good baskets we did some good plays on defense, so I’m happy for the win. \[Leading the group\] is an extra bonus, but we deserve to be first because this group played very well, they believe in us, so it’s a great, a very good job.

"We are very happy for this victory because Joventut Badalona is a great team. They know this competition and they have a deep roster. I think we deserved this win because in the second half we controlled the tempo of this game, we found good shots in offense and we got some stops in the end so it was a great effort and a great win for us. In the beginning of the game, we made a lot of mistakes, we left a lot of spacing for Badalona’s offense, especially \[Guillem\] Vives and \[Andres\] Feliz. In the second half, we did a better job, especially against them, so they could not create that spacing, we were very focused on that."

### Joventut Badalona head coach Carles Duran:

"Congratulations to Bourg. For us, it is very difficult to win if you play bad basketball. There have been many things; energy, toughness, shooting percentages, etc. It was not our best game, we didn’t play well. We lost against a team that did better, especially in the second half. They put more toughness, at the level this competition demands, and we didn’t. They won because they played better than us."

### Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse forward James Palmer:

"In the second half, we had a better defensive effort. It was a team effort. We all played defense in the second half and that led us to win. It was a great team win. It’s important to take another one on the road, we are not just a home team, we want to compete everywhere."