UMMC Ekaterinburg beat Fenerbahçe to win game one<

UMMC Ekaterinburg scored after three seconds with a three-point shot from Agnieszka Bibrzycka and did not lose the lead for the rest of the game.

Ekaterinburg opened the game with an (11-2) start and led (30-18) by the end of the first quarter.

Penny Taylor (left) scored 9 second-quarter points as UMMC went into the interval with an increased advantage (49-35).

UMMC did not allow Fenerbahçe a chance of getting into this game and outscored them (45-27) during the second half of the game to win the match (94-62).

Six players from UMMC finished in double digits with Asjha Jones leading the way with 19 points.

Taylor and Bibrzycka scored 15 points each. Former Fenerbahçe player Cappie Pondexter scored 14 points and had 6 assists. Sandrine Grunda and Svetlana Abrosimova added 11 and 10 points apiece.

For Fenerbahçe Nevin Nevlin led the way with 23 points. Nevriye Yılmaz scored 11 points but also had 7 turnovers while Tammy Sutton-Brown scored 10 points.

Bourges Basket lost at home to MKB Euroleasing

MKB were more aggressive at the start of the game and forced Bourges into committing fouls as the they controlled the first five minutes to lead (8-5).

Céline Dumerc started the Bourges revival and then Nwal Endéné Miyem went to work in the paint with back to back scores.

The hosts continued to concentrate their efforts with the big ladies inside and Emméline Ndongue levelled the score (13-13) with almost eight minutes played.

Hungarian international Nora Bujdoso gave Bourges Basket the lead from the free-throw line.

Dumerc completed the 7-0 run also from the free-throw line as her side opened the first lead of any significance (19-13) with nine minutes played.

Yet Jelena Milovanovic from MKB had the last word of the first period as she split a pair of free-throws.

She then scored on the buzzer to bring her side to within 3 points of Bourges Basket (16-19).

Katalin Honti soon had the teams back on level term less than one minute played in the second period (19-19).

Katarina Manic ended the MKB run with a three-pointer. She also scored again for Bourges 90 seconds later, this time from two-point territory (24-19).

Despite going 6 points clear Bourges were unable to pull away as MKB held firm and scored 7 unanswered points to briefly regain the advantage.

Bourges struggled offensively. Despite regaining the lead and the work of Dumerc, it was MKB that went into the locker ahead as Milovanic scored on the buzzer again (36-35).

Ndongue did all the scoring for Bourges Basket while Milovanic was the centre of attraction of MKB at the start of the third period. MKB actually managed to stretch their lead (44-39) with a little over 22 minutes played.

Cathy Melain tried to get her side going as she made openings for Santos and Ndongue to score for Bourges.

However Honti and Milovanic refused to be put down for MKB. They hit Bourges 10-0 with back to back three-pointers by Milovanic and Tijana Krivacevic (53-43).

Miyem stopped the avalanche briefly with a three-pointer for Bourges. But MKB went back on the attack and scored 10 more points to lead (63-46) going into the final quarter.

The first seven minutes of the fourth quarter was disappointing because MKB lost their scoring touch and missed every attempt for almost seven minutes.

In addition Bourges Basket were not able to take advantage of this as they also missed their shots. They failed to put away free-throws as they managed only 5 points.

Dóra Horti ended the MKB draught (65-51). However Bourges Basket still had over 3 ½ minutes to save the game.

But with only 2 points coming from Ndongue, Pierre Vincent called for a time-out with three minutes left to play.

His side then went on what can be described as operation three-point as Manic, served by Melain, and then Dumerc fired in back-to-back three-pointers (59-65) as the game entered its last minute.

Dumerc went 1-of-2 from the free-throw line before Amber Holt made a couple of free-throws for MKB to restore the 6-point advantage with 30 seconds left to play.

The guests continued to make things difficult for themselves with turnovers as Bourges Basket went on the hustle. With about 10 seconds to play Kathleen MacLeod was called for a shooting foul on Dumerc from beyond the arc.

Dumerc hit the first two free-throws. She then missed the third one but the rebound was picked up by Ndongue who then scored and was also fouled.

She scored her free-throw to bring Bourges to within a single point (65-66) with less than six seconds to play.

Milovanovic (right) was fouled and scored both free-throws. Bourges just had enough time for one last effort to take the game into overtime with Cathy Melain.

The effort fell short leaving Bourges Basket as the only home team to lose in game one of the EuroLeague Women quarter-finals.

Milovanic finsihed the match with 25 points while Honti and Holt scored 16 and 12 points apiece. Honti also had 6 assists.

Ndongue led the Bourges attack with 18 points and 9 rebounds. Dumerc scored 14 points and aslo had 6 assists.