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Good start in EuroCup Women for French clubs USO Mondeville opened their EuroCup Women Group A competition with a comfortable victory (99-37) against Vagos. Mondeville led (13-3) after five minutes of play and controlled the pace of the game for the remaining 35 minutes.
Mondeville (21-12) ahead by the end of the first period moved 20 points clear after 17 minutes and went into the interval leading (45-23). A 20-0 run by Mondeville in the third period (65-25) ended the game as a contest after 28 minutes. Lenae Williams (right) led the scoring with 26 points in a match where all 10 players from Mondeville scored. Caroline Aubert dished out 8 assists.
Montpellier also faced a club from Portugal, Cab Madeira, and ended up winning (79-43). Valéry Demory's starting five players got the team off to a good start (15-3). Then he decided to change all five players. Montpellier continued to dominate and led (27-11) at the end of the first period. Montpellier led (31-11) after two quick baskets at the start of the second period.
Montpellier did not play well for the last two minutes of the quarter and Cab Madeira scored the last 7 points. Montpellier were 10 points clear (41-31) at the break. Montpellier came out of the locker room more focused and kept their guests scoreless for seven minutes while scoring 15 points. Montpellier more or less ended the game as a contest leading (61-37) going into the final quarter. Pauline Krawczyk (left) led the scoring for Montpellier with 20 points as her side cruised to victory. Only two other games from other groups were played on Wednesday, 11 November 2009. Gran Canaria 75-58 Olivais Coimbra USO Mondeville 99-37 Vagos Gran Canaria 75-58 Olivais Coimbra Lattes Montpellier 79-43 CAB Madeira Nyon Basket 53-74 CCC Polkowice Mann Filter 69-46 Jolly JBS Sibenik Chevakata 62-80 Besiktas JK Dynamo Moscow 109-60 Hapoel Hatikva Tel Aviv Dynamo Kursk 58-42 Samsun Basketball Nadezhda 90-64 Botas Spor Zeljeznicar NLB 72-68 BC Dnipro
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Vagos' two Brazilians, Clarissa Dos Santos and Izabela de Andrade, were the only players to trouble Mondeville during the first quarter.
The two teams traded basket for basket with Montpellier leading (41-24) after 18 minutes.
