By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Round 11 of the 7-day EuroCup featured two games on Tuesday. JL Bourg and Joventut got wins and remain at the top of group A.
Jordan Floyd’s performance was crucial in the victory of the French side. In just 26 minutes he scored 24 points that led Bourg (8-3) to a big win over Venezia (6-5) on home court 86-79.
In a late-game push, Bourg secured a win that keeps the team in front of Joventut at the top of group A.
James Palmer followed Floyd with 17 points, while Derek Willis could not help Venezia despite scoring 23 points.
In a similar turn of events Joventut (7-4) also made a fourth-quarter push against Bursaspor (6-5) that secured a double-digit lead but that was not enough against Bursa who kept fighting. Dusan Alimpijevic’s squad managed to tie the score (82-82) with six seconds left, but Andres Feliz was the hero for the Spanish team. He managed to draw a foul and hit the game-winning free throw in the last second 83-82.
Round 11 results
JL Bourg – Venezia 86-79
Joventut – Bursasport 83-82
Prometey – Brescia (1/18)
Turk Telekom – Hamburg (1/18)
Buducnost – Slask Worclaw (1/18)
Hapoel Tel Aviv- Paris (1/18)
Ulm – Lietkabelis (1/18)
Trento – London Lions (1/18)
Cedevita Olimpija – Cluj-Napoca (1/18)
Gran Canaria – Promitheas (1/18)
Standings
Group A
- JL Bourg 8-3
- Joventut 7-4
- Bursaspor 6-5
- Venezia 6-5
- Prometey 6-4
- Brescia 5-5
- Ulm 5-5
- Lietkabelis 4-6
- Cluj-Napoca 3-7
- Cedevita Olimpija 2-8
Group B
- Gran Canaria 8-2
- Paris 7-3
- Turk Telekom 7-3
- Hapoel Tel Aviv 6-4
- Buducnost 6-4
- Promitheas 6-4
- London Lions 4-6
- Hamburg 3-7
- Trento 2-8
- Slask Wroclaw 1-9