By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
After the first game of Round 16 in the BKT EuroCup, U-BT Cluj-Napoca are the big winners against Turk Telekom.
The final score was 94-81, with the winners dominating the second half and DJ Seeley having a great night, scoring 31 points on 8 out of 9 threes.
Zavier Simpson added 21 points, 10 assists, and five turnovers, while the winners made 11/19 threes.
Anthony Brown with 20 points was the top scorer of the losing side and now the two teams are tied with a 9-7 record in Group B standings.
With Johnathan Stove scoring 22 points, the Hamburg Towers got the 84-77 over Lietkabelis, which got 27 points by Dorde Gacic, however, both teams don’t have qualifications chances for the next phase.
In Group A, Trento got the 100-86 road win over Joventut Badalona with both teams tied at a 6-10 record and hoping that they can fight for a spot in the next phase in the 11th hour.
Myles Cale with 21 points was the top scorer of the winners, while Sam Dekker scored 19 for the home side.
Group A
Joventut Badalona – Dolomiti Energia Trento 86-100
Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius – Dreamland Gran Canaria (22/1)
Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv – Bahcesehir College Istanbul (22/1)
ratiopharm Ulm – Buducnost VOLI Podgorica (22/1)
Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul – Trefl Sopot (22/1)
Standings
- Bahcesehir 13-2
- Gran Canaria 10-5
- Hapoel Tel Aviv 9–6
- Ratiopharm Ulm 9–6
- Besiktas 8-7
- BC Wοlves 7-8
- Buducnost 7-8
- Joventut 6-10
- Trento 6-10
- Trefl Sopot 1-14
Group B
U-BT Cluj-Napoca – Turk Telekom Ankara 94-81
Veolia Towers Hamburg – 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys 84-77
Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse – Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (22/1)
Valencia Basket – Aris Midea Thessaloniki (22/1)
Umana Reyer Venice – Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem (22/1)
Standings
- Valencia 13-2
- Cedevita Olimpija 10-5
- Hapoel Jerusalem 9-6
- Cluj-Napoca 9-7
- Turk Telekom 9-7
- Venice 8-7
- JL Bourg 8-7
- Lietkabelis 4-12
- Hamburg 4-12
- Aris 3-12