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EuroCup Round 6: Hapoel Jerusalem beats Aris 84–73

Hapoel stayed unbeaten in a meeting of the Group A leaders. The other results were Le Mans 71–65 Rigas Zelli; Cedevita Olimpija 73–71 Tortona after overtime; Rostock 86–59 San Pablo Burgos; Türk Telekom 98–78 Frankfurt; Venezia 98–77 Siauliai; Maxima Roma 86–84 London Lions; Tofas 94–79 Neptunas; Buducnost 96–84 Chemnitz; Basket Napoli 90–79 Trento; JL Bourg 88–84 Slask Wroclaw; PAOK 113–111 BC Roma; Bahcesehir 96–82 Ulm; Manresa 80–66 Lietkabelis; and Balkan 78–69 KK Bosna.

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Hapoel Jerusalem beat Aris 84–73 in EuroCup Round 6, moving to 6–0 at the top of Group A and handing Aris its first defeat. Both basketball teams had been unbeaten before the game; Aris is now 5–1.

Hapoel came from behind and won the final quarter 27–17. Kenneth Lofton contributed 22 points and 10 rebounds, and Shake Milton scored 19 points.

The completed games

Cedevita Olimpija earned its first win in overtime against Tortona. Tortona’s Justin Gorham forced the extra period with a last-second three-pointer, but Anthony Cowan made two free throws for Cedevita with four seconds left in overtime. Le Mans also came from behind, winning the second half 43–25 against Rigas Zelli. Leopold Delaunay scored 13 points and Lucas Dufeal 11.

Basket Napoli remained unbeaten atop Group C. Balkan also recorded its first win, beating KK Bosna away.

Jerrick Harding scored 18 points for Türk Telekom, and Dogus Ozdemiroglu had 13 points and 12 assists. Lukasz Kolenda scored 14 for Manresa. Trey Woodbury scored 16 for JL Bourg, Tyrese Samuel 14 and Tyger Campbell 13. Javante McCoy scored 27 for Balkan and Aleksandar Stoimenov 19.

Completed Round 6 results; home team listed first
GroupGameScore
ARigas Zelli – Le Mans65–71
ACedevita Olimpija – Tortona73–71 OT
AHapoel Jerusalem – Aris84–73
ASan Pablo Burgos – Rostock59–86
BTürk Telekom – Frankfurt98–78
BVenezia – Siauliai98–77
BMaxima Roma – London Lions86–84
CTofas – Neptunas94–79
CBuducnost – Chemnitz96–84
CBasket Napoli – Trento90–79
CSlask Wroclaw – JL Bourg84–88
DPAOK – BC Roma113–111
DUlm – Bahcesehir82–96
DLietkabelis – Manresa66–80
DKK Bosna – Balkan69–78

Group standings

The standings below show wins and losses in the order listed after the completed games. Tenerife and Cluj Napoca had each played one fewer game.

Standings by group, with win–loss records
PlaceGroup AGroup BGroup CGroup D
1Hapoel Jerusalem 6–0Tenerife 4–1Basket Napoli 6–0Bahcesehir Koleji 5–1
2Aris 5–1Venezia 3–3Tofas 5–1PAOK 4–2
3Le Mans 3–3London Lions 3–3Chemnitz 4–2Manresa 4–2
4Tortona 3–3Maxima Roma 3–3Buducnost 3–3Ulm 3–3
5Rigas Zelli 3–3Siauliai 3–3Trento 2–4Lietkabelis 3–3
6Rostock 2–4Frankfurt 3–3JL Bourg 2–4KK Bosna 2–4
7Cedevita Olimpija 1–5Cluj Napoca 2–3Neptunas 1–5BC Roma 2–4
8San Pablo Burgos 1–5Türk Telekom 2–4Slask Wroclaw 1–5Balkan 1–5

In its November 4 account, Eurohoops listed Tenerife’s game against Cluj Napoca for Thursday at 21:00 CEST (23:00 Yerevan time). The result remained unresolved in that account.

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