Joventut Badalona has extended its record in the 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup to 3-1 after beating Prometey Slobozhanske at Palau Olimpic de Badalona on Wednesday night.

A 13-point, 10-rebound double-double from Henry Ellenson and an 11-point, 8-rebound game from Joel Parra helped lead Joventut to an 82-77 victory, but Prometey fought back in the last quarter and made life difficult for the hosts. Prometey's Caleb Agada finished with a game-high 18 points, 7 of which came in the last 2:00 of the game, but a 25-8 third quarter for Joventut meant that the gap proved to be a bit too big for the visitors to overturn.

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Joventut got out to a fast start, leading 11-2 with 5:41 left in the first quarter thanks to 5 points from Kyle Guy, but a Prometey timeout changed the rhythm of the game. The introduction of Agada altered things, too, as he immediately made his presence felt on defense, finishing the first 10 minutes with a very impressive 3 steals. Joventut won the first quarter 23-18, but an impressive 9-point showing in the second quarter Illia Sydorov helped Prometey grow further into the game, as it went into the break with the score tied at 40-40. The third quarter was a disaster for Prometey, though, as Joventut managed to go on a 25-3 run in the first 6:20 of the quarter to take a 65-43 lead. Prometey then began to react, first through Dustin Hogue and then through Gian Clavell, closing the quarter with the score at 65-48. Things got interesting in the last period when Prometey started scoring quickly, as Denys Lukashov, DJ Stephens and Agada all stepped up on the offensive end with timely buckets. Prometey got within two points of Joventut, 79-77, after an Agada three-pointer, but that was as close as it got, with Pau Ribas draining three free throws at the end of the game to end things as a contest.

Joventut survives scare to down Prometey, 82-77

Joventut Badalona v Prometey Slobozhanske (2022-11-02T19:15:00.000Z)

Umana Reyer Venice secured a big victory in Group A as the Italian side defeated Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana at home for a second straight win.  Reyer built a big lead in the second quarter and carried that to a 76-68 victory for a 2-2 record.

Allerik Freeman led Reyer with 15 points and Marco Spissu added 12 points and 5 assists. Cedevita still has not won this season at 0-4 despite Yogi Ferrell pouring in 27 points and Alen Omic collecting 11 points and 21 rebounds to become the EuroCup’s all-time leader in rebounds.

Neither offense started on fire with the score just 2-0 more than 3 minutes into the game. Reyer heated up with 10 straight points to lead 12-3 and it was 20-15 after 10 minutes. The hosts remained ahead the entire second quarter, extending the cushion to 33-20 with a 9-0 run and leading 38-29 at the break. Cedevita could not cut into the gap with Reyer answering every challenge and multiple times pushing the cushion to 13 before leading 58-49 after 30 minutes. The visitors trimmed the deficit to 58-52 only to have Reyer drain 3 triples within 2 minutes to lead again by 13 points with 6 minutes to play. Cedevita could not get closer than 8 points the rest of the way.

Reyer downs Cedevita, 76-68, to spoil historic Omic night

Umana Reyer Venice v Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (2022-11-02T19:15:00.000Z)

Despite finishing with a 57.1% on free-throw shooting, ratiopharm Ulm managed to pull out a valuable win on the road when it visited 7DAYS EuroCup runner-up Frutti Extra Bursaspor. Ulm amassed a 16-point advantage early in the third quarter but saw how the game went to the edge in the last moments, when Bursaspor tied it 83-83, entering the last minute.

The game turned then into a free-throw contest and then is when Ulm players showed their cool. Up to that point, Ulm had made just 5 out of 13 attempts from the line (38.4%), but converted 7 out of 8 in the last 35 seconds of the game to seal the outcome. On the other hand, Bursaspor went 3 of 7 from the line in the same period.

“We kept the cool head, and we executed our game plan and that’s why I think we deserved to get the win today”, said Ulm guard Thomas Klepeisz, who combined with Yago Dos Santos to score his team’s last 9 points. “This gives us a lot of confidence because that’s what we were lacking. We lost a couple of close ones in the German league, as well as in the EuroCup, and now we saw we can also win close games, and I hope we can build on this."

Ulm stayed calm when it mattered most

Frutti Extra Bursaspor v ratiopharm Ulm (2022-11-02T17:00:00.000Z)

Hapoel Tel Aviv never trailed in routing Dolomiti Energia Trento 93-63 on Wednesday at Shlomo Group Arena to improve to 3-1 and remain tied for the top spot in Group B. The hosts outhustled Trento, scoring 14 fastbreak points to just 1 for Trento and getting 20 points off turnovers while allowing just 7.

Jaylen Hoard started in place of the injured Chris Horton and dominated to the tune of 22 points on near-perfect shooting, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks in just 21 minutes. J.P. Tokoto added 18 points for Hapoel, Xavier Munford scored 13, Jordan McRae 11 and J’Covan Brown dished 8 assists. Diego Flaccadori was Trento’s top scorer with 11 points and Matteo Spagnolo and Drew Crawford added 10 apiece. The loss kept Trento winless through four games this season.

It was a contrast of styles early with Hapoel carving up the Trento defense to get good looks at the rim, while Trento stayed even thanks to a pair of threes and some second-chance points. Six minutes passed before McRae attempted a three for Hapoel’s first outside shot. Brown heated up with 4 points and 2 assists to lead a 13-3 run to close the first quarter with a 28-18 lead. Darion Atkins snapped the Trento drought with a jumper to open the second quarter, but the Hapoel assault continued with Tokoto leading a 14-2 charge to make it 42-20. Trento showed signs of life with a 2-11 spurt capped by a Drew Crawford layup. Hoard settled the halftime score at 48-33.

Hoard scored 10 points in the first 3 minutes of the second half as Hapoel restored a double-digit advantage. Trento had no answers as the difference swelled to 76-41 on Tokoto’s shot in the lane and the margin remained the same, 79-44, at the end of the quarter. Hapoel’s control was never in question in the fourth quarter, which saw the lead peak at 37 as the hosts cruised to victory.

Hapoel routs Trento, 93-63 

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Dolomiti Energia Trento (2022-11-02T17:45:00.000Z)

ratiopharm Ulm bounced back from its last overtime defeat at home and pulled out a hard-fought win at Tofas Spor Salonu on Wednesday evening. The visitors built a 16-point margin in the third quarter but saw Bursaspor rally back to tie it at 83-83 entering the last minute. Key free throws by Yago Dos Santos and Thomas Klepeisz ended up securing the win for Ulm, which improved to 2-2. 

Dos Santos led the way for the visiting team with 17 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Klepeisz followed with 15 points and 6 assists and Sagaba Konate and Devin Robinson contributed 11 and 10 points, respectively. Onuralp Bitim paced the home team with 19 points and 6 assists, David Dudzuinski chipped in 16 points, Zach Auguste neared a double-double with 15 points and 9 boards, and Derek Needham added 12 points for Bursa, which dropped to 2-2.

Shooting 3-of-4 from three, Ulm managed to earn a quick 7-13 lead after 5 minutes. But long-range accuracy was not the only tool the visitors used, as Konate, Karim Jallow and Robinson showed up inside to extend Ulm’s advantage to 13-23. The hosts found Auguste and Yigitcan Saybir to reduce the gap to 17-23 at the end of the first quarter and completed the rally when Bitim got red hot and drilled 3 three-pointers in a row to put Bursaspor on top, 35-34, midway through the second quarter. Ulm stayed calm and used contributions from bench players like Maximilian Langenfeld and Nicolas Bretzel to recover and earn a 41-48 edge at halftime. 

The guests improved their defensive performance after the break, allowing just one field goal in the next 6 minutes, to amass a 45-61 advantage. Clemmons took over with a three-point play and a free throw that turned the lights on for Bursa. Bitim followed him to help the hosts to a 14-4 run that closed the third quarter with everything still undecided, 59-65. The temperature got even hotter when Dudzinski made it 63-67 soon after, but triples by Klepeisz and Langenfeld restored a double-digit margin to Ulm, 68-78, with 5 minutes remaining. Needham came to the rescue with back-to-back triples and later drew an unsportsmanlike foul that made it a one-possession game, 79-81, entering crunch time. Another bomb from Needham tied it up, 83-83, but Dos Santos was cold as ice to provide key free throws and a steal that made it 85-88 with 5 seconds remaining. Bitim had the chance to force overtime from the line, but he missed and allowed Ulm to celebrate a valuable road win.

Ulm survives thriller in Bursa, 86-90

### ratiopharm Ulm head coach Anton Gavel:

"We put up a fight. In the third quarter, we were pretty good to get some stops and we were able to create some shots and hit some shots. In the end, we knew that Bursa was going to come back but the guys never gave up and believed in the win all the way for the 40 minutes until the end even if we missed some free throws. We are happy about this one."

### Frutti Extra Bursaspor head coach Dusan Alimpijevic:

"They won well deserved. I congratulate their coach and their team. They deserved it and we didn’t. It’s as simple as that."

### ratiopharm Ulm guard Thomas Klepeisz:

"It’s a crazy atmosphere. \[The fans\] got them into the game in the third quarter, but we kept the cool head and we executed our game plan and that’s why I think we deserved to get the win today. This gives us a lot of confidence because that’s what we were lacking. We lost a couple of close ones in the German league, as well as in the Eurocup, and now we saw we can also win close games, and I hope we can build on this."

 

 

Ulm's Klepeisz: 'This gives us a lot of confidence'

### Lietkabelis Panevezys head coach Nenad Canak:

"We didn't want to play that way, that is not our game \[fast-paced\]. We were bad on defense but compensated on offense. But if we want to make something this year, we must play better defense. It was an important factor for our win to control the rebounds, but again, in some moments, we should have done a better job, especially on boxing out. In some crucial offenses, they made second-chance points, but in the end, it was important that we won."

### U-BT Cluj-Napoja head coach Mihai-Vlad Silvasan:

"First, I want to congrat the whole team for the win. It was a good fight tonight. We had our chances but at the end of the day, we were not good enough or consistent enough to take the victory. Our percentage on three-point shots was bad, 29% and on free throws 54%. We fought, got 16 offensive rebounds and tried to play defense but in the end, they scored better than us and won.

"It was a huge fight. Unfortunately, for us, in all three games that we've lost until now, people said that we fought well. We still need to learn to win in this competition. We missed also today Karel Guzman from our main rotation. So that was also a problem for us. At the end of the day, I am happy that we fought. I thought we could win this game, we stayed until the end. They made some important shots and that was the outcome. We don't want to break after just four games. No team is unbeatable for sure, and we will still try to improve. We will still try to be better in each game. Now it is a break for us with national team windows, so we have time to analyze, prepare, rest and try to be better."

### Lietkabelis Panevezys forward Zeljko Sakic:

"It led us by the whole club, by the whole city. This game, for us, is a big win because we came back after a loss, so it is very, very good. The effort was at a high level, especially in the last two quarters, but we managed to play our game and I am so happy for this group of guys and staff. Maybe we are some small team but we have managed to do some big, big things."

### U-BT Cluj-Napoja guard Jordan Taylor:

"It was a tough game. We had a lot of lapses in defense and we allowed a lot of offensive rebounds. This means effort in execution. It is just the fourth game, there is still time to improve."

 

### U-BT Cluj-Napoja center Andrija Stipanovic:

"Again we lost a tight game. We gave our best, we fought until the end. This is just the beginning of the season and we are a new team in this competition. We need to learn how to win in this competition, we have quality and I am sure that good results will come."

Lietkabelis's Sakic: We've managed to do some big things' 

7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys v U-BT Cluj-Napoca (2022-11-02T17:00:00.000Z)

### Hapoel Tel Aviv head coach Danny Franco:

"Very simple. Our defense \[made the difference\]. We were active for a couple of minutes making a big run. We took our foot off the gas a little bit, we let Trento come back a bit. But our defense in the third quarter just opened up a big lead. And I’m proud of my guys, of the job we did today, going into the FIBA break with a good record. We have a long season in front of us. I’m very happy for the fans, for all our supporters here and for my guys."

### Dolomiti Energia Trento head coach Emanuele Molin:

"We played against a better team than us. A bad night. Let’s see if we are capable of doing better the next time."

### Hapoel Tel Aviv forward Jaylen Hoard:

"Chris got hurt last game, so coming into today I knew I had to do a pretty good job because I think he’s leading the EuroCup in rebounding and he’s been playing well for us. So I just wanted to step in and do a good job."

Coach Franco: 'I'm proud of my guys'

7-bet Lietkabelis Panevezys grabbed its second consecutive home win in Group A by topping U-BT Cluj-Napoca 89-84 at Cido Arena on Wednesday. Jamel Morris and Zeljko Sakic made the difference for the winners down the stretch.

Morris led the way with 24 points as Lietkabelis improved to 2-2 in the standings. Sakic added 16 points, Kristian Kullamae 14, Vytenis Lipkevicius 11 and Paulius Murauskas 10 for Lietkabelis. Leo Meindl scored 22 points for Cluj, which dropped to 1-3. Andrija Stipanovic added 20 points, Jordan Taylor 14 and Patrick Richard 12.

Stipanovic stepped up early for Cluj, but Lipkevicius made back-to-back three for a 19-18 Lietkabelis lead after 10 minutes. Stipanovic kept pacing the visitors and got help from Taylor for a 21-29 Cluj lead. Sakic and Morris led the hosts to a 39-36 lead at halftime.

Morris scored 13 third-quarter points and joined forces with Kullamae to boost Lietkabelis's lead to 64-59 after 30 minutes. Cluj used a 0-7 run that Nandor Kuti capped with a three-pointer to get a 68-69 lead with 7 minutes left. Sakic and Morris each struck from downtown in a 10-0 run that put Lietkabelis ahead for good, 78-69. Taylor, Meindl and Stipanovic got Cluj within 85-82, but Kullamae sealed the outcome from the foul line.