Khimik Yuzhne edged Aykon TED Ankara 75-71 in their Eurocup Eighthfinals on Wednesday at Abdi Ipekci Arena in Istanbul. The game was played on a neutral court due to the political turmoil ongoing in Ukraine. Khimik escaped from a 10-point first-quarter deficit and held strong after Akara came back from 7 down in the fourth quarter to tie it with two minutes remaining.
Jamal Shuler, player of BC «Khimik»: "It was very important game for us. We lost three games in a row in Eurocup, but today we were like one team. We have won a strong french team, which took first place in French Championship. We have done everything that depended on us and now we are waiting for the result of Berlin's game.
Khimik Yuzhne kept its chances to reach the Eurocup eighthfinals by downing Strasbourg 74-63 at home in Group N on Wednesday. Khimik finished Group N with a 3-3 record and will make it to
Alba Berlin made it to the elimination rounds by edging Khimik Yuzhne 65-68 in overtime in Group N on Thursday. The game was played on Thursday due to force majeure. Alba could not
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Khimik Yuzhne held off Radnicki Kragujevac 73-68 at home Wednesday to open up Group N play with a victory. In a game that featured multiple lead changes and momentum shifts throughout, the hosts
Khimik Yuzhne rallied from a double-digit halftime deficit to PAOK Thessaloniki 70-58 and advance to the Last 32 on Tuesday. Khimik improves to 6-3 in the sole possession of the second place in Group F
Alexandr Riabchuk player of BC "Khimik": First of all I want to congratulate "Alba", they did a good gift to his coach for his birthday. We had two problems tonight - defensive rebounds
Paul Delaney, player of BC "Khimik": It was very difficult to prepare for such type of opponent as "Radnicki" - they are well-run and have a good three poin percentage. In the first half we made a lot of mistakes. In the second half played a more focused in defense and played as a team.
Romeo Travis, player of BC "Khimik": Basketball - this is a game where running. We ran in the first quarter, they run in the second, we ran in the third and did not allow them to run on.
On the eve of a key Eurocup game in which "Khimik" will play at home against the Greek "PAOK", head coach of the team of Yuzhne Karlis Muiznieks gave a short interview with reporters:
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