Quarter-Finals First Leg Top Performers: Austin, Smalls, McCowan, Prince, Johannes

MUNICH (Germany) - Shakira Austin has been one of the standout ballers of the EuroCup Women season and continued her stellar form as the Top Performer of the Quarter-Finals First Leg games.

In what proved to be the most compelling matchup of the week, the forward catapulted Elitzur Landco Ramla to a hard-fought 80-75 victory against Umana Reyer Venezia. Austin was unstoppable at times, eventually coming up with a performance efficiency valuation of 37 after weighing in with 29 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.

Kamiah Smalls also held the hot-hand as she went close to a triple-double when taking Villeneuve d'Ascq to a commanding 84-68 win against Casademont Zaragoza. The guard amassed a majestic 21 points, 9 assists and 8 boards.

Galatasaray Cagdas Factoring raced past Cadi La Seu 86-61 off the back of a one-two punch by Teaira McCowan and Epiphanny Prince.

Powerhouse center McCowan proved too much to handle for the home defense after recording a massive double-double of 15 points and 23 rebounds. Meanwhile, Prince shot 75 percent from the floor en-route to 22 points and added 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Finally, Marine Johannes was doing the business yet again for LDLC ASVEL Feminin as they delivered what looks to be a knockout blow to Angers. The French national team ace claimed 13 points, 5 boards and 5 assists in an 88-58 success.

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