Proteas EKA AEL went on a decisive 15-2 run over a span of seven minutes in the second quarter and used that as a platform for victory over visiting Khimik.

Looking to make the EuroCup Final Four for the first time in their history, the Cypriot club won at home in Limassol 70-65 and will attempt to close out the best-of-three quarter-final series next Tuesday in Ukraine.

Of all the teams that reached the EuroCup Quarter Final Round, none are as happy as Khimik.

Beaten by Barons in their penultimate game after blowing a big fourth quarter lead, the Ukrainian team kept its focus and won a do-or-die showdown against pre-tournament favorites Lokomotiv Rostov this week.

The Qualifying Round of EuroCup is in the books and the match-ups are set for the Quarter Final Round with 5-1 Tartu University Rock leading the way after a 78-72 win over Lappeenranta on Tuesday night.

The Estonian side got 21 points from Marek Doronin in coming from behind to down the Fins who have bowed out of the competition.

Khimik suffered a morale-sapping loss one week ago to BC Barons of Riga but they hit back in grand style on Tuesday with a victory over Lokomotiv Rostov to reach the EuroCup Quarter Final Round.

The Ukrainian side won 78-62 to improve to 4-2 and join Barons in the next round of the competition from Group D while Lokomotiv, despite being one of the favorites before the EuroCup, fell to 2-4.

Khimik had control of their EuroCup Group D game last week against BC Barons of Riga.

Or so they thought.