Eurobasket A took control early at Lux Gare and beat Société Générale-SES 72-51 in Bascol Division 2. SOG opened the scoring through Raimondas Sasnauskas (SOG), but EURA answered with 7 straight points and then another 7-0 burst to move from 4-7 to 4-14. Laurynas Bagdonas (EURA) added an early three, Silke Barbe Hoskens (EURA) scored twice inside, and Rimgaudas Greicius (EURA) helped close the first quarter at 20-7.
The second quarter created the real separation. Greicius started it with 6 consecutive points for a 26-7 score, and Valentin Mitov (EURA) then went on a strong run of his own, producing 13 points in the period. EURA reached 39-15 before SOG's coach stopped play. Hachim El Basri (SOG), Mohamed Hakim Hammami (SOG) and Sasnauskas answered in phases, but the visitors still led 40-22 at the break.
After halftime, EURA kept the rhythm under control. Giovanni Carandente (EURA) and Greicius pushed the margin to 47-24, and later Baptiste Bessiere (EURA) extended it to 57-31, the biggest lead of the night at 26 points. SOG had useful moments from El Basri and Nébil Touinsi (SOG), yet never got close enough to change the game. The home side's coach also used a timeout at 24-47 early in the third.
Top scorers were Greicius with 20, Mitov with 18 and Carandente with 11 for EURA. Sasnauskas led SOG with 18, ahead of El Basri with 10. SOG also had recurring foul pressure: Yelysaveta Kalinichenko (SOG) was charged three times in a row in the second quarter, and Georgi Ganchev (SOG) later fouled out.
(AI generated)