EUROLEAGUE WOMEN

Ros Casares power forward Ann Wauters finished the game with 19 points and 10 rebounds

Ros Casares pulled away from CCC Polkowice in the second half and won Game 1 of the EuroLeague Women Round 2 series in Valencia on Tuesday.

Ann Wauters led a balanced attack with 19 points as the Spanish giants claimed an 88-54 victory.

Roberto Iniguez's team will go for a 2-0 sweep in the tie on Friday when Game 2 is played in Poland

Ros opened up a 17-point lead in the first half but Polkowice battled back to trail just 34-30.

Agnieszka Bibrzycka, playing in her first EuroLeague Women game with Polkowice, hit a three-pointer to close the gap to 34-29 and then Iva Perovanovic split a pair of free-throws to cut the deficit to four.

The comeback jolted Ros Casares, who finished the half strong.

Isabelle Yacoubou followed up a miss by Maya Moore and scored down low and following another Moore miss, Sancho Lyttle grabbed the offensive rebound and put the ball in on the follow-up shot for a 38-30 Ros Casares advantage.

Moore struggled to make her shots in the first half but drilled a three for the last points of the second quarter for a 41-32 lead.

Wauters, who had seven points in the first half, began the second with consecutive lay-ups before Lauren Jackson popped back-to-back three-pointers for a 51-32 advantage.

Ros cruised over the last 10 minutes for a decisive win.

Wauters also had 10 rebounds for Ros Casares, who won the battle of the boards, 50-34.

Moore finished three of 10 from long range and had 17 points and nine rebounds.