ULEB Cup – Turow lose game, beat Kyiv on aggregate to advance in ULEB Cup

ZGORZELEC (ULEB Cup) - PGE Turow did not just enough to progress to the final eight of the ULEB Cup after clinching a two-legged victory over BC Kyiv in Poland on Tuesday night.

Pooh Jeter poured in 19 points to lead Kyiv to a 67-58 win on the night, but Turow’s 12-point triumph in Ukraine last week gave them a three-point win on aggregate.

“Everyone wondered where the team came from at the beginning of the season but we’ve got some respect now," said Thomas Kelati, who had 22 points in the first leg and 13 on Tuesday for Turow .

Joining Turow in the final eight were Dynamo Moscow, who completed a two-game sweep of Lukoil Academic with a 103-77 mauling in Russia.

Bosnia-Herzegovina international Henry Domercant led the winners with 25 points.

BJK Cola Turka got 24 points apiece each from Puerto Rico international Rick Apodaca and Preston Shumpert in an 81-69 success against Red Star Belgrade.

The Serbian side crashed out of the competition after managing to only draw 80-80 in the first game last week at the Pionir.

Marc Gasol, the Spain international who will be a strong contender for ACB Player of the Year honors this season, led Akasvayu Girona to a 76-62 triumph over Hemofarm and into the last eight.

Gasol and Branko Cvetkovic each had 16 points as the Girona club, last year’s EuroCup winners, won for the second time in a row against Hemofarm.

DKV Joventut continued to play like one of the favourites with a 69-54 demolition of Khimki to cruise into the last eight.

Another Spain international, Rudy Fernandez, had 18 points. The Badalona club had rolled to a surprisingly easy buried Khimki 96-73 victory last week in Moscow.

Galatasaray lost 88-79 at Gran Canaria but progressed into the competition because of their 25-point triumph in Istanbul in the first leg.

UNICS Kazan advanced to the next round after a 74-59 victory over Artland Dragons.

Russians UNICS had lost the first leg by two points.

Pamesa Valencia will attempt to overturn a five-point deficit from the first leg when they host Zadar on Wednesday in Spain.

FIBA