Semifinals
A busy Wednesday included games in this section, which had visiting teams looking to seal their semifinals spots with wins while home teams were looking to tie the series and avoid starting in the quarterfinals. Murjanatu Musa and Landes had a good start and withstood Galatasaray’s late charge to win 75-70 and set up a deciding game back in Istanbul. Girona played Fenerbahce tough again, leading for most of the third quarter, but Iliana Rupert led the visitors in a 65-58 win to finish the sweep.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-25-26/games/128381-BLA-GALA#boxscore
Landes [75]: Musa 20/9r Wojta 14 Lacan 11
Galatasaray [70]: Juhasz 19/8r Kuier 11/12r Fitik 10 Williams 6 Johannes 5 Smalls 5 Erdogan 2
Series tied 1-1
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-25-26/games/128384-GIR-FENER#boxscore
Girona [58]: Coulibaly 19/9r Holm 12/6r Pendande 7 Quevedo 5 Carter 5 Jocyte 3/7r
Fenerbahce [65]: Rupert 21/9r McBride 17 Meesseman 12/7a Williams 8 Cakir 4 Allemand 3/8r/7a Uzun 0 Milic 0
Fenerbahce wins series 2-0
Quarterfinals
Home teams in this section were looking to advance while visiting teams were looking to avoid elimination. Zaragoza had won the road game, but had the pressure again of trying to advance to a tournament that they were hosting, getting a huge crowd cheering them on to a big lead early. Valeriane Ayayi and USK Prague tried to come back late, but their title defense ended with a 73-66 loss. The Italian teams battled again with Schio trying to close out the series at home, but Reyer won 79-72 to set up a deciding game at home.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-25-26/games/128387-ZARAG-USK#boxscore
Zaragoza [73]: Hempe 12 Vorackova 11 Fingall 9 Leite 5 Pueyo 4 Flores 2
USK Prague [66]: Ayayi 23/6r Salaun 15 Feagin 8 Carleton 6 Hof 4/6r Cazorla 4
Zaragoza wins series 2-0
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/euroleague-women-25-26/games/128390-SCH-REYER#boxscore
Schio [72]: Shepard 19/14r Zandalasini 13 Verona 11 Laksa 7 Conde 2/8r Badiane 2
Reyer Venezia [79]: Holmes 19/7r Dojkic 13 Mavunga 9 Charles 8/8r Pan 8 Cubaj 7/8r Santucci 7 Villa 4
Series tied 1-1
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