EC: Cedevita down Limoges in Zagreb
Big win for Cedevita. Mornar and Crvena zvezda mts suffered defeats.
Elgin Cook (Photo: Cedevita/Marin Susic)
After suffering two consecutive defeats in EuroCup, Cedevita bounced back by scoring a convincing win against French team Limoges – 91:71. What is also very, very important is that Cedevita now have a better head to head score against Limoges, as the French team won the previous game by a 15-point margin.
The Orange squad had 5 players with double digits this night, while the top scorer was Elgin Cook with 19 points.
Unfortunately, Mornar and Crvena zvezda mts were not successful in Round 6 of the 2018/19 EuroCup regular season. Mornar were defeated by Russian giant UNICS Kazan, while Crvena zvezda mts got defeated by German side Ratiopharm Ulm.
EuroCup Regular Season, Round 6, Group D, Wednesday, 7.11.2018:
UNICS KAZAN - Mornar 90:73 (23:12, 27:21, 22:14, 18:26)
Morgan 22, Smith 13 | Luković 19, Drenovac 11.
| Group D | W | L | PTS+ | PTS- | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. UNICS Kazan (qualified) | 5 | 1 | 518 | 448 | 70 |
| 2. Unicaja Malaga | 4 | 1 | 434 | 403 | 31 |
| 3. Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt | 4 | 2 | 472 | 460 | 12 |
| 4. Rytas Vilnius | 3 | 2 | 392 | 376 | 16 |
| 5. Mornar Bar | 1 | 5 | 460 | 553 | -93 |
| 6. Fiat Turin | 0 | 6 | 491 | 527 | -36 |
Group B, Wednesday, 7.11.2018:
CEDEVITA - Limoges 91:71 (29:17, 22:23, 16:15, 24:16)
Cook 19, Pullen & Cobbs 17 | Bouteille 13, Howard 11.
| Group B | W | L | PTS+ | PTS- | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar | 5 | 1 | 513 | 445 | 68 |
| 2. ALBA Berlin | 5 | 1 | 539 | 494 | 45 |
| 3. Cedevita Zagreb | 3 | 3 | 482 | 466 | 16 |
| 4. Tofas Bursa | 2 | 4 | 526 | 551 | -25 |
| 5. Limoges CSP | 2 | 4 | 477 | 511 | -34 |
| 6. Arka Gdynia | 1 | 5 | 440 | 510 | -70 |
Group A, Wednesday, 7.11.2018:
RATIOPHARM ULM - Crvena zvezda mts 95:80 (21:17, 29:16, 23:24, 22:23)
Evans 23, Miller 20 | Dobrić 21, Perperoglou 10.
| Group A | W | L | PTS+ | PTS- | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade | 4 | 2 | 467 | 436 | 31 |
| 2. AS Monaco | 4 | 2 | 465 | 443 | 22 |
| 3. ratiopharm Ulm | 3 | 3 | 489 | 506 | -17 |
| 4. MoraBanc Andorra | 2 | 3 | 438 | 436 | 2 |
| 5. Galatasaray Istanbul | 2 | 3 | 388 | 400 | -12 |
| 6. Germani Brescia Leonessa | 2 | 4 | 472 | 498 | -26 |
Group C, Tuesday, 6.11.2018:
PARTIZAN NIS - Trento 76:71 (22:7, 14:25, 20:17, 20:22)
Landale 18, Paige 16 | Jovanović 20, Marble 10.
| Group C | W | L | PTS+ | PTS- | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | 5 | 1 | 472 | 423 | 49 |
| 2. Valencia Basket | 4 | 2 | 484 | 443 | 41 |
| 3. Zenit St Petersburg | 3 | 3 | 513 | 492 | 21 |
| 4. Turk Telekom Ankara | 3 | 3 | 449 | 471 | -22 |
| 5. Partizan NIS Belgrade | 2 | 4 | 459 | 480 | -21 |
| 6. Dolomiti Energia Trento | 1 | 5 | 417 | 485 | -68 |
