No upsets in the sixteenth-final of the EuroCup Women
In the end the sixteenth-final of the EuroCup Women did not come up with any surprises with the higher seeds winning 15 of the games.
Villeneuve d'Ascq were the only top seed to be in trouble after the first leg trailing by 12 points to Jolly JBS Euroline.
They turned things around with a solid second-half performance to beat their guests (78-59) with 20 points coming from Olayinka Sanni.
Ingrid Tanqueray and Julie Page scored 16 and 12 points each. Carine Paul, Marjorie Carpréaux and Carla Thomas added 10 points each.
Carpréaux also dished out 11 assists.
Villeneuve will meet Arras in the next round.
In the 14 other games played, the teams leading from the first game also won the second game. Lemminkainen did not show up for their second game with Gran Canaria and forfeit the series.
The pairing for the Eighth-final is as follows:
Arras vs. Villeneuve d'Ascq Energa Torun vs. Gran Canaria Mann Filter vs. Dynamo Kursk Seat Györ vs. Nantes-Rezé Reyer Venezia vs. Chevakata Partizan Galenika vs. Sony Athinaikos Elitzur Ramla vs. Dynamo Moscow Dynamo-GUVD vs. BC Horizont
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