Five players scored in double figures as Triumph Lyubertsy improved to 6-1 atop Group E with a comfortable 73-82 victory at Hapoel Galil Elyon. Sergey Toporov led the way with 17 points while Fedor Dmitriev and Terrell Lyday each added 14 points. Mire Chatman had 11 points and Ognjen Askrabic chipped in 10 points for the Russian team, which took control of the game with a 4-12 run to start the fourth period. Triumph hosts Swans Gmunden next week. Hapoel Galil Elyon fell to 1-6, wasting a 16-point, 10 rebound showing by Gil Mossinson while Mike Campbell added 15 points. Yogev Ohayon added 12 points and Cliff Brown had 11. Galil Elyon looks for victory number two next week at Antwerp Giants.

Campbell started the game with a three-pointer and Aaron Nixon's long ball made it 8-0 early. But Askrabic hit two baskets and Chatman's score gave Triumph the lead 8-9. Campbell and Ohayon each hit baskets as the hosts pulled ahead 16-11. Chatman answered with a three-ball but Campbell's triple left Galil Elyon ahead 22-15. It was 23-17 after one period. Uros Slokar opened the second quarter for Triumph but Brown extended the lead to 27-19. Chatman answered with another three-ball and trey by Dmitriev and Lyday evened the game at 31-31. The game went back and forth and another Lyday three-ball made it 38-42 before Brown knotted things at 42-42 at the break. Slokar opened the second half to give Lyubertsy the lead back and a Lyday three-ball and baskets by Dmitriev and Askrabic pushed the advantage to 48-55. Brown stopped the bleeding temporarily with a three-point play for 51-55. But Lyday's free throw left the guests up 54-59 going into the fourth. Toporov hit the first score of the final period and scored six points and Chatman knocked down a jumper to finish a 4-12 run to start the fourth and build a 58-71 advantage. Mossinson and Campbell hit baskets to make it 62-71, but Dmitriev converted a three-point play and Toporov nailed two baskets as Triumph kept the hosts at bay, 67-78. Jai Lamar Lewis cut the deficit to 70-78 with a three-pointer but Dmitriev and Toporov each made a foul shot and Lyday made two free throws to re-establish a 70-82 lead. And Campbell's three-pointer was too little too late.