Gorzow bite Botas, Galatasaray under pressure, Ramla on the rise

MUNICH (Germany) - There were some eye-catching results on Thursday night as Polish duo Gorzow and Bydgoszcz did the business against Turkish opposition and Ramla kept on rolling.

InvestInTheWest Enea Gorzow made a statement as they edged out former EuroLeague Women hopefuls Botas SK 72-67 in an entertaining matchup. Laura Juskaite proved to be the difference-maker as the Lithuanian scored a game-high 21 points and also claimed 14 rebounds.

Another Polish team beating Turkish opposition came by way of Artego Bydgoszcz also winning a close one as they pipped Galatasaray 79-75. Jennifer O'Neill dropped 20 points, Brianna Kiesel had 16 points and 9 assists, while Laura Miskiene added 14 points and 13 boards to heap pressure onto Galatasaray who are now 1-2 in Group E.

Ramla stayed on the rise, brushing off KP Brno with ease 80-63. Brittany Boyd continued to show her skills as she came up with 20 points, 14 rebounds and 7 assists.

Sepsi Sic are also now 2-1 after they strode past Lulea 81-74. CCC Polkowice were also victorious on Swedish soil, getting off the mark against A3 Basket Umea 91-66, as Maria Conde and Artemis Spanou shared 50 points.

Tsmoki-Minsk are celebrating their first win of the campaign thanks to a dynamic individual display from Oderah Obiageli. She was the inspiration behind a 64-53 defeat of MBK Ruzomberok after great work at both ends of the court resulted in 22 points, 10 rebounds and 6 blocks.

Billie Massey also came up with a tremendous display for Basket Hema SKW as they shut out Herner 54-45 and prospered from an outstanding 22 points and 19 rebounds.

Elsewhere, Besiktas defeated Prishtina 95-58 and Lointek Gernika Bizkaia won 70-46 at Olivais FC.

The rest of the week's games were played on Wednesday night.

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