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Game of the Week: Will Spar Girona defeat Basket Landes to make the Quarter-Finals?

GIRONA (Spain) - There's one last Quarter-Finals ticket available in Group B and it will be snapped up by Spar Girona if they can claim the victory they need against Basket Landes on their home floor on Wednesday.

If Spar Girona don't get the job done, there will be celebrations for Beretta Famila Schio who will advance instead, meaning the Spanish team will have to be content with moving to the EuroCup Women Quarter-Finals with Basket Landes.

The live broadcast of the Spar Girona v Basket Landes game will be freely available on the EuroLeague Women YouTube channel, as well as on Facebook, at 20:15 CET on Wednesday, February 23.

Form guide: Spar Girona currently occupy fifth place in Group B with a 7-6 record, while they are third in the Spanish Liga Feminina with 15 wins and just three losses. Basket Landes sit in seventh place, but are guaranteed at least sixth spot, even with a loss. Meanwhile in the French League, they are second at 10-3 and chasing leaders Bourges Basket.


Last meeting:
Spar Girona collected a hard-fought 80-71 road win in Mont-De-Marsan, with Kennedy Burke going off for 28 points, 5 rebounds and 5 steals. There was also an important cameo from Julia Reisingerova who had a 15-point and 10-rebound double-double.


Marine Fauthoux has shown major growth in a Basket Landes vest this season. 

Key matchup: What a fantastic sight it will be to see rising star Marine Fauthoux of Basket Landes go up against the EuroLeague Women legend that is Laia Palau. The former is growing in influence rapidly and showing that she can be one of the leading players in the competition for a long time to come, while Palau continues to do what she has done for an incredible two decades. In addition to offering the theme of two players at opposite bookends of their career, this will be an important duel in he context of the game. 

X-factor: If Basket Landes want to avoid Spar Girona taking a win double against them and make life difficult for their hosts, they must take care of the ball. Girona are clinical in punishing errors, scoring almost 18 points per game off opponents' turnovers. Meanwhile Basket Landes also need to make some shots from long-range as that has not been their forte this season. 

Tueaday, February 22

Group A
BLMA v Umana Reyer - 20:00 CET

Wednesday, February 23

Group A
UMMC Ekaterinburg v MBA Moscow - 13:00 CET
TTT Riga v KSC Szekszard - 19:00 CET

Thursday, February 24

Group A
BLMA v Perfumerias Avenida - 20:00 CET

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