NEWSRos Casares Valencia pulled out all the stops this evening and with a last quarter push took a surprise second 1/8 Final victory and knocked title-holders US Valenciennes Olympic out of this year's EuroLeague Women championship.
In Valenciennes' first EuroLeague Play-Off home loss since 1997, Ros came back from a 13 point deficit early in the second half to put an end to the current champions' repeat title hopes. |
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Most players who travel to Valencia to face Spanish juggernauts Ros Casares do so with trepidation because the basketball-mad city can be a very difficult place to play.
Lucienne Berthieu of French side US Valenciennes Olympic, who play at Ros Casares on Tuesday, is not just any player. |
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More HeadlinesThe current Euroleague champions, US Valenciennes Olympic, played host in their final game of the regular season to last-placed Baltiyskaya Zwezda. The home squad used their fast breaks and high shooting percentage to take a 27-14 lead after the first quarter. |
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In a battle for 3rd place in Group A of the EuroLeague Women, 2004 champions Valenciennes scored a valuable road victory over Hungarian side MKB-Euroleasing Sopron on Thursday night.
A 17-0 run by Valenciennes over the course of the end of the second and beginning of the third quarter undermined a good start by Sopron. |
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