By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The quarter of Promitheas Patras, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Bursaspor, and Bourg en Bresse have a perfect start in the 7DAYS EuroCup season.
Joe Young scored 34 points as Promitheas got the big 93-82 win over Gran Canaria.
Nikos Gkikas added 15 points scoring key three-pointers in crunch time for the winning side.
The Greek team is off to a 2-0 start, exactly like Frutti Extra Bursaspor which beat 81-72 Joventut Badalona on a heavyweight battle between two teams that are aiming for the final.
Derek Needham with 24 points was the man of the game.
Meanwhile, U-BT Cluj-Napoca celebrated its first-ever 7DAYS EuroCup victory in style on Wednesday, inspiring 9,300 fans at sold-out bt-arena by taking a huge 94-76 victory over Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana.
Stefan Bircevic paced Cluj with 24 points, while Josh Adams of Cedevita threatened a triple-double with 25 points, 9 assists, and 7 rebounds before leaving injured.
7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys prevailed over ratiopharm Ulm 80-76 with Jamel Morris scoring 14 points, while Germany Brescia dominated Prometey for the impressive 104-70 win as six players of the winning side scored in double digits with Troy Caupain having 18 points.
Last but not least, Hapoel Tel Aviv got the 100-86 road win over Paris as J’Covan Brown had a hell of a game.
The veteran guard scored 21 points, dished 12 assists, and missed the triple-double by having eight rebounds.
GROUP A
Umana Reyer Venice – Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse 73-79
7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys – ratiopharm Ulm 80-76
Frutti Extra Bursaspor – Joventut Badalona 81-72
U-BT Cluj-Napoca – Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana 94-76
Germani Brescia – Prometey Slobozhanske 104-70
STANDINGS
- Frutti Extra Bursaspor 2-0
- Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse 2-0
- Prometey Slobozhanske 1-1
- Joventut Badalona 1-1
- 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys 1-1
- ratiopharm Ulm U-BT 1-1
- U-BT Cluj-Napoca 1-1
- Germani Brescia 1-1
- Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana 0-2
- Umana Reyer Venice 0-2
GROUP B
Veolia Towers Hamburg – Turk Telekom Ankara 83-88
Slask Wroclaw -Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 58-98
London Lions – Dolomiti Energia Trento 80-75
Promitheas Patras – Gran Canaria 93-82
Paris Basketball – Hapoel Tel Aviv 86-100
STANDINGS
- Promitheas Patras 2-0
- Hapoel Tel Aviv 2-0
- Paris Basketball 1-1
- Gran Canaria 1-1
- Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 1-1
- Veolia Towers Hamburg 1-1
- Turk Telekom Ankara 1-1
- London Lions 1-1
- Dolomiti Energia Trento 0-2
- Slask Wroclaw 0-2