U-BT Cluj-Napoca recorded a fantastic 113-111 (20-37, 34-20, 23-16, 21-25, 15-13) win over Spanish Dreamland Gran Canaria, the trophy holders, in the penultimate stage of Group B men’s European basketball championship.

Players of the U-BT Cluj-Napoca basketball teamPhoto: Flaviu Buboi/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Editorial/Profimedia

U-BT Cluj-Napoca – Dreamland Gran Canaria 113-111, in the Eurocup groups

The U-BT Cluj-Napoca men’s basketball team achieved impressive success against Dreamland Gran Canaria at the end of a truly dramatic match.

The team, coached by Mihai Silvasan, dominated the opening game of the trophy winner, but the U managed to make up for the deficit of 19 points that existed at one point, although they could not count on such important players as the Cuban Karel Guzman (fibrillary microlesion) or the American DJ Seeley (knee tendinopathy).

Transylvania had no fewer than four players score over 20 points in the game: Jarell Eddy (24 points), Emmanuel Ketze (23 points), Patrick Richard (23 points) and Bryce Jones (21 points).

In other penultimate games on Tuesday, 7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys beat Slask Wroclaw 91-75, on Wednesday Mincidelice JL Bourg-en-Bresse beat Turk Telekom Ankara 68-64 away, ratiopharm Ulm lost at home to Greek team Aris Midea Salonic 66-86, and Buducnost VOLI Podgorica beat Dolomiti Energia Trento 97-78 on the road, reports Agerpres.

Thanks to the victory in Spain, the team from Cluj rose to second place, and in case of victory at the last stage, they will directly go to the quarter-finals of the competition.

Clueini will play its last match on February 7, also away, against 7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys, while Dreamland Gran Canaria will play away against Buducnost VOLI Podgorica.

Eurocup, rating Group B

1. Mincidelice JL Bourg-en-Bresse 14 wins / 3 losses / 0.824 points

2. U-BT Cluj-Napoca 13 / 4 / 0.765

3. Dreamland Gran Canaria 12 / 5 / 0.706

4. Ratiopharm Ulm 9 / 8 / 0.529

5. Aris Midea Thessaloniki 8 / 9 / 0.471

6. Turk Telekom Ankara 7 / 10 / 0.412

7. The future of VOLA Podgorica 7 / 10 / 0.412

8. Dolomiti Energia Trento 7 / 10 / 0.412

9. 7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys 6 / 11 / 0.353

10. Sleonsk Wroclaw 2 /15 / 0.118

Know

  • The top two places in each group go directly to the quarter-finals, and the teams ranked 3-6 advance to the round of 16.