By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Herbalife Gran Canaria needed a win to enter the 7DAYS EuroCup quarterfinals regardless of other results in Group H, but a stunning 96-90 win over fellow quarterfinalists UNICS Kazan set the tone for a big celebration.
AJ Slaughter led the way for the Spanish team with 24 points, 5 assists, John Shurna and Matthew Costello posted 14 points apiece and Aleksander Balcerowski tapped 11 points.
Jamar Smith paced the efforts of UNICS with a new-career high performance of 32 points, while Jordan Morgan signed off with a double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds.
Earlier in the day, MoraBanc Andorra signed off with an 89-61 win against Mornar, as both teams bid goodbye to the competition. Jeremy Senglin led all of his team’s scorers with 16 points and 6 rebounds and Tomasz Gielo tapped 14 points and 6 rebounds. On the other end of the court, Nemanja Vranjes led Mornar with 13 points and Taylor Smith had 11.
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