By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
With a 108-69 win over Promitheas Patras, Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv puts an end to a great regular season performance in the 7Days EuroCup.
The Israeli team moves to No. 2 spot, but in order to stay second, Turk Telekom needs to lose to Buducnost on Wednesday (29/03).
Promitheas will stay fourth no matter what happens until the end of Round 18, and will face Paris in the quarter finals, at home.
Jaylen Hoard led Hapoel to their 13th victory with a double-double of 23 points and 11 rebounds (PIR 34). Tomer Ginat added 18, Chinanu Onuaku 16, while Xavier Munford scored 11, and J Covan Brown 10 points.
“We have a deep team, a lot of guys who can contribute from different places, so I think we are a balanced team, and I think we can go far“, Hoard said after the game.
Joe Thomasson was the top scorer of the Greek side with 16 points, while the only other player in double digits was Arnoldas Kubolka with 14.
Frutti Extra Bursaspor won against Germani Brescia at home 86-76, and kept their chances of moving up to No. 6 position in Group A.
Dusan Alimpijevic team now has 8-10 score, same as Brescia, but it seems that much won’t change, since JL Bourg (8-9) is playing on the road against eliminated Cedevita Olimpija (29/03).
Onuralp Bitim scored 22 points with five rebounds and assitsts for the winning side, while Derek Needham added 18. Anthony Clemmons finished the match with 17, while Dave Dudzinski had a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
C.J. Massinburg led Brescia with 25 points, John Petrucelli added 15, Tommaso Laquintana 13, andTai Odiase 12 points.
In a game that had no competetive charge, since both teams are fixed on the standings, London Lions defeated Paris on the road 85-96.
Despite winning, the British team remains seventh in Group B, and Paris fifth.
Tomislav Zubcic led the winning side with 24 points. Luke Nelson added 17 and Vojtech Gruban 14 points, while Jordan Taylor finished the match with 13.
Tyorne Wallace was the leading scorer of Paris with 22 points, Juhann Begarin added 18 and Aamir Simms 14 points, while Ismael Kamagate had a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
7Days EuroCup Round 18 results:
Bursaspor – Brescia 86-76
Hapoel Tel Aviv – Promitheas 108-69
Paris – London Lions 85-96
Prometey – Reyer Venice (29/03)
Turk Telekom – Buducnost (29/03)
ratiopharm Ulm – Cluj-Napoca (29/03)
Trento – Slask Wroclaw (29/03)
Joventut – Lietkabelis (29/03)
Cedevita Olimpija – JL Bourg (29/03)
Gran Canaria – Hamburg (29/03)
Standings
Group A
1. Prometey 13-4
2. Joventut 12-5
3. ratiopharm Ulm 10-7
4. Lietkabelis 10-7
5. Reyer Venice 9-8
6. JL Bourg 8-9
7. Brescia 8-10
8. Bursaspor 8-10
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9. Cluj-Napoca 5-12
10. Cedevita Olimpija 3-14
Group B
1. Gran Canaria 14-3
2. Hapoel Tel Aviv 13-5
3. Turk Telekom 12-5
4. Promitheas 11-7
5. Paris 10-8
6. Buducnost 9-8
7. London Lions 8-10
8. Hamburg 6-11
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9. Trento 3-14
10. Slask Wroclaw 1-16
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