Umana Reyer Venice got back to the winning ways with a no-doubt-about-it 89-69 win over the visiting ratiopharm Ulm on Wednesday night. The victory snapped Reyer's two-game losing streak, lifting its record to 6-4 in Group A, while Ulm dropped to 5-5.
Reyer eases past Ulm, 89-69



The hosts took control in the first quarter, opened a big double-digit lead in the second quarter, and never looked back. This win also gives Reyer a tiebreak advantage over Ulm, since Ulm won their season-opener by 1 point. Mitchell Watt paced the hosts with 19 points and Derek Willis scored 17. Amedeo Tessitori collected 15 points plus 9 rebounds, and Jordan Parks had 14 in victory. For Ulm, Bruno Caboclo had 18 points and 8 rebounds in his EuroCup debut. Brandon Paul added 12 for the visitors, while Joshua Hawley and Thomas Klepeisz scored 11 apiece.
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Reyer had a 12-0 run early in the first quarter with Watt scoring 7 points, but Ulm hit a pair of triples on either side of that run to even the score at 12-12. The hosts broke that tie with an 11-2 run to take control. Ulm did stay in touch, and cut it to 23-19 on the first play of the second quarter on a dunk by Caboclo, but Tessitori got the hosts going again before Allerik Freeman strung together 8 points, including a pair of three-pointers, to help open 41-23 midway through the second quarter.
Robin Christen hit a three for the visitors, but Watt and Parks made sure that Reyer increased the margin some more, 51-32 at halftime. Threes from Willis and Michael Bramos extended the margin to 59-37. Paul had a three-pointer at the other end, and Juan Nunez a three-point play, but Watt and Tessitori kept converting inside, and Parks made it 71-50 at the end of the third quarter. Reyer cruised the rest of the way, leading by as many as 27 points before the game's end.