By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Valencia is one of the four remaining undefeated teams (the other are Lokomotiv Kuban, Unics Kazan, and Crvena Zvezda) in EuroCup thanks to the 79 – 71 victory over Partizan Belgrade at home.
Will Thomas scored 17 points, Mike Tobey added 15 points plus five rebounds and Louis Labeyrie dropped 12 points for Valencia that took control in the third quarter (21 – 14) and didn’t let Partizan escape with a win.
Marcus Paige had 14 points and Aleksej Nikolic for the Serbian team.
Despite the absence of injured Brandon Jennings, Zenit St. Petersburg crushed Trento on the road. No less than seven (!) players scored in double figures for the winning squad with Jalen Reynolds (14 points, 13 rebounds) and Phil Scrubb (14 points, six rebounds, five assists) contributing the most.
On Tuesday (17/10), ASVEL beat Turk Telekom at home.
Group C Standings (via Proballers) :
Position | Team | % Victory | GP | GW | GL | PTS + | PTS – | GA |
1 | Valencia | 100 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 235 | 200 | 1.175 |
2 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 66.67 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 266 | 229 | 1.1615 |
3 | ASVEL | 66.67 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 221 | 208 | 1.0625 |
4 | Partizan NIS | 33.33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 233 | 243 | 0.9588 |
5 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 33.33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 203 | 241 | 0.8423 |
6 | Turk Telekom | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 210 | 247 | 0.8502 |