Liege Basket made certain of a place in Round II of the EuroCup with a crushing 73-56 victory over BC Kalev Cramo in Group E.

Forward Karim Souchu was one of four players finishing in double figures for the Belgians, whose 3-1 record is enough to earn them a berth in the next stage.

		Karim Souchu (Liege Basket)

Kalev (1-2) could still join Liege but must beat BC Kyiv in the final group game next week.

After a slow start from both teams, Liege found their rhythm and back-to-back three-pointers from Francois Lhoest and Souchu helped the hosts gain a 15-6 advantage by the end of the first quarter.

And that lead was never relinquished as Kalev's brief fightback at the start of the second was quickly ended by an 8-0 run which stretched the half-time score to 39-23 in Liege's favour.

Their dominance continued in the third quarter as 12 points without reply for Liege ended all hopes of a Kalev victory, with an 18-16 run in the fourth quarter nothing more than a consolation for the Estonians.

Souchu scored 19 points for the victors while Lhoest (15 points and 11 rebounds), Roger Huggins (16 points) and Ronald Ellis (15 points) also weighed in.

Center Travis Reed was Kalev's best player, pouring in 12 points and hauling down eight rebounds.