Yahor Meshcharakou led four players in double figures with 17 points as Azovmash Mariupol improved to 2-3 in Group D with an 84-80 victory at home over Deutsche Bank Skyliners. The contest in Ukraine went back-and-forth all game and really wasn't decided until an unsportsmanlike foul on Skyliners big man Derrick Allen in the final minute resulted in three Meshcharakou foul shots to complete an 8-1 run late. Ilian Evtimov scored 28 points, including 6 three-pointers, and Allen added 23 points but it was not enough for Skyliners, which also received 10 points from Dominik Bahiense de Mello. Deutsche Bank, which also committed two turnovers in the final minute, dropped to 0-5 and next week faces a must-win game at home against Pamesa Valenica. Azovmash collected an important win at home and welcomes Anwil Wloclawek next week looking to even its record. Meshcharakou was not alone for Azovmash as Rodney Buford scored 16 points while Tyus Edney had 13 points as did Robert Archibald, who also chipped in 10 rebounds.

Meshcharakou opened the scoring for the host team, which pulled ahead 5-0. A Bufford three-ball helped push it to 10-2. Jimmie Hunt and Evtimov knocked down long balls to trim to 12-8. Meshcharakou answered with a long ball and Azovmash was up 19-8. Skyliners used long balls from both Bahiense de Mello and Evtimov to stay in the game and Evtimov's basket left Skyliners behind just 21-20 after one period. Alex King's opening basket and two Allen foul shots put the guests ahead 21-24. The game went back-and-forth throughout the second quarter with the lead changing hands seven times until Meshcharakou's three-point play made it 37-36. And Edney hit a basket right before the buzzer for a 40-38 score-line at the break. Archibald hit two free throws to start the second half before Ayinde Ubaka's long ball gave Frankfurt the lead again. Buford's basket made it 55-50 only to see Bahiense de Mello knock down another three-ball as the teams were even 59-59 after three periods. Hunt's three-pointer opened the fourth and his second bomb of the period gave Skyliners a 65-70 lead. But Edney answered with a three-pointer of his own and Kris Lang's three-point play completed an 8-0 run for a 73-70 Azovmash advantage. Allen evened things with his own three-point play but Tomas Delininkaitis's three-pointer made it a 76-73 lead. An unsportsmanlike foul on Allen resulted in Meshcharakou making 3-of-4 foul shots for an 81-74 lead in the closing minute. Evtimov drained another three-pointer and Panagiotis Liadelis made just 1-of-2 free throws but Skyliners' King committed a turnover which Azovmash turned into two Delininkaitis foul shots and an 84-77 advantage. And Evtimov's three-point play only provided the final score-line as Buford stole the ball from Maksym Shtein in the waning seconds.