On Wednesday, Nolan Smith and Cedevita Zagreb returned to EuroCup action as they hosted Spirou Charleroi of Belgium as they won 88-75. Nolan led his team with 20 points in 28 minutes. Goran Suton added 13 points and 7 rebounds. In the loss, ex-San Diego State player Mohamed Abukar had 27 points, ex-McNeese State player Demond Mallet had 14 points and 6 assists, and ex-Hampton player Devin Green had 11 points and 6 rebounds.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/games/results/showgame?gamecode=30&seasoncode=U2013#!boxscore
David McClure and Neptunas fought hard against a strong Besiktas team from Turkey, but came up just short in a 72-70 loss at home. David had 3 points in 20 minutes and Valdas Vasylius had 16 points. In the win, ex-Texas player Brad Buckman had 23 points and 12 rebounds, ex-Tennessee player Chris Lofton had 14 points, ex-Colorado State player Colton Iverson, who was just the 53rd pick of the Indiana Pacers before a draft day trade to the Boston Celtics, had 11 points and 8 rebounds, and ex-Santa Clara player Doron Perkins had 11 points.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/games/results/showgame?gamecode=48&seasoncode=U2013#!boxscore
Daniel Ewing and Paris-Levallois seemed overmatched for a while in Italy against Cimberio Varese but made a big comeback in the fourth quarter only to fall short 77-71. Daniel had 10 points and 8 assists in 29 minutes. Aloysius Anagonye had 15 points and 8 rebounds. In the win, ex-St. Peter's player Keydren Clark had 21 points, ex-Oklahoma player Ebi Ere had 13 points and 6 rebounds, ex-Houston player Aubrey Coleman had 13 points, and ex-Old Dominion player Frank Hassell had 12 points and 11 rebounds.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/games/results/showgame?gamecode=31&seasoncode=U2013#!boxscore
Mistie Bass and Lyon had a midweek game as they hosted Landes and again hit the comeback trail as they used a surge in the final quarter to win 72-67. Mistie had 19 points and 9 rebounds in 38 minutes. In the loss, ex-Nebraska player Danielle Page, who was Mistie's teammate for several seasons in France, had 19 points and 8 rebounds.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.basketfrance.com/_livestats/prod/pdf/lsg302613.pdf
On Thursday, DeMarcus Nelson and Red Star Belgrade returned to EuroLeague play with a trip to Israel to play Maccabi Tel Aviv with the hosts winning 96-82. DeMarcus had 10 points in 21 minutes. Charles Jenkins had 11 points and Ivan Radenovic had 10 points and 7 rebounds. In the win, ex-Virginia player Devin Smith had 17 points, ex-Duquesne player Shawn James and Sofoklis Schortsanitis, who was the 34th pick of the Los Angeles Clippers in 2003 before his rights were later traded to the Atlanta Hawks, had 13 points each, ex-USC player David Bluthenthal had 11 points, and ex-UNC Greensboro player Ricky Hickman had 10 points.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamecode=23&seasoncode=E2013#!boxscore
Marty Pocius and Zalgiris Kaunas made the trip to Italy to play Emporio Armani Milan, but an attempt to close a halftime deficit failed in an 82-75 loss. Marty had 16 points in 28 minutes. Robertas Javtokas had 12 points and 6 rebounds and Sarunas Jasikevicius and Justin Dentmon had 10 points each. In the win, ex-Indiana State player David Moss had 16 points and ex-Baylor player Curtis Jerrells had 14 points and 6 assists.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamecode=17&seasoncode=E2013#!boxscore
On Friday, Jess Foley and the Adelaide Lightning took on the Canberra Capitals, but lost their lead in the fourth quarter to fall 77-71. Jess had 14 points and 8 rebounds in 36 minutes. Laura Hodges had 20 points and 6 rebounds and Amy Lewis had 10 points. In the win, ex-WNBA player Jessica Bibby had 24 points and ex-WNBA player Abby Bishop had 15 points and 14 rebounds.
Here is the boxscore:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=415984693&c=1-4478-0-268957-0&pool=-1