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EuroCup Women down to the last 8Sony Athinaikos' defense of the EuroCup Women continues after overturning a 6-point deficit in eliminating Partizan Galenika. Latoya Davis scored 17 points for the Greek champions during the (71-56) victory. Greek international and captain Dimitra Kalentzou scored 15 points and dished out 5 assists. Elsewhere 2007 champions Dynamo Moscow were beaten by Elitzur Ramla (57-60). Le'Coe Willingham double-double of 17 points and 16 rebounds helped the Israeli team defend their 9-point lead from the first leg.
Russian club side Chevakata are the only team left in the EuroCup Women not to have dropped a game. They are the number one seeds and ended the dreams of Italian team Reyer Venezia (73-64) and swept the series (140-126). Dynamo-GUVD are the second Russian club to qualify despite falling in the second leg (56-64) against BC Horizont. Arras, Gran Canaria and Nantes Rezé were the first teams to qualify. Eighth-final results:Chevakata 73-64 Reyer Venezia (Chevakata wins 140-126) Villeneuve d'Ascq 56-58 Arras (Arras wins 134-122)
Quarter-final pairingsChevakata (1) vs. Nantes-Rezé (8) Return to the EuroCup Women index Return to the top of page Women picture credits: Masbasket
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Mann Filter Zaragoza's 18-point lead from game one was too big a margin for hosts Dynamo Kursk. The Spanish team won the second leg (69-59) with 16 points from Svetlana Maksimenko and 11 points each from Allison Feaster-Strong (in picture), Jaklin Zlatanova and Kiesha Brown.