Minsk-2006 put up a brave fight but lost 77-64 to Partizan Galenika in the first leg of the team's EuroCup Women Sixteenth-Finals tie on Thursday night.
Spartak Noginsk held off a late rally to win 69-64 on the road at SCM-CSS Craiova for their first win in EuroCup Women Group B.
Craiova got within three, 67-64, but Ramona Tarta missed a lay-up with 17 seconds left, and a pair of turnovers from the otherwise excellent Lydia Whitehead gave the visitors the chance to seal it with late free throws.