By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
With six players scoring in double digits, Ulm got an unexpectedly easy 104-87 win over Besiktas, finishing their BKT EuroCup games for 2024 on a high note.
Marcio Santos and Justinian Jessup with 16 points each were the top scorers of the winners, while NBA prospect Ben Sharaf added 10 points, six assists, and also five turnovers.
Kelan Martin with 17 points was the top scorer of Besiktas, however, the Turkish side was trailing by 10 or more points from the end of the first period and never managed to make a comeback.
Thanks to this result Ulm, depending Gran Canaria’s upcoming game may end up on a tie for the second spot in Group A, while in Group B Valencia is not perfect anymore after losing last week the rescheduled game against Lietkabelis.
Group A
ratiopharm Ulm – Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul 104-87
Trefl Sopot – Buducnost VOLI Podgorica (2/1)
Dreamland Gran Canaria – Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv (2/1)
Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius – Joventut Badalona (3/1)
Dolomiti Energia Trento – Bahcesehir College Istanbul (3/1)
Standings
- Bahcesehir 10-2
- Gran Canaria 9-3
- Ratiopharm Ulm 9–4
- Hapoel Tel Aviv 7–5
- Besiktas 7-6
- BC Wοlves 6-6
- Buducnost 5-7
- Joventut 4-8
- Trento 4-8
- Trefl Sopot 0-12
Group B
7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys – Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (2/1)
Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem – Aris Midea Thessaloniki (2/1)
Umana Reyer Venice – Valencia Basket (2/1)
Turk Telekom Ankara – Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse (3/1)
U-BT Cluj-Napoca – Veolia Towers Hamburg (3/1)
Standings
- Valencia 11-1
- Hapoel Jerusalem 7-5
- Turk Telekom 7-5
- Cedevita Olimpija 7-5
- JL Bourg 6-6
- Cluj-Napoca 6-6
- Venice 6-6
- Lietkabelis 4-8
- Aris 3-9
- Hamburg 3-9