“Zenit” suffered an away defeat in the first match of the quarterfinal playoff series of the EuroCup from “Reggio Emilia”. The team of Vasiliy Karasev successfully started the meeting, completing the first quarter with a score of 17:13.
However, in the next quater hosts took the initiative in their own hands and did not release it until the final siren. The collective from Italy was stronger in each of the remaining quarters, having issued a confident victory – 75:61.
The most effective in “Zenit” was Sergey Karasev, who scored 19 points and made 5 rebounds.
Kazan UNICS suffered an away defeat from “Bayern” – 73:83.
“Lokomotiv-Kuban” beat at home “Gran Canaria” – 79:74.