Unics Kazan advanced to the Eurocup Last 16 on Tuesday by downing EWE Baskets Oldenburg 88-64 in Group A. A 13-1 run bridging the first two quarters changed the momentum, giving a 30-19 advantage to the home team and Kazan was able to extend it to 43-29 late in the second quarter. Terrell Lyday made it 58-42 and a late 6-0 spurt put the hosts in a security zone on 64-46. Lyday led the way for the home team with 25 points as Unics improved to 4-1. Maciej Lampe amassed a double-double of 16 points and 14 rebounds, Kelly McCarty added 12 points and Igor Zamanskiy had 10. Chris McNaughton contributed 11 points for EWE Baskets and Oliver Stevic posted 10 with 9 rebounds. Oldenburg dropped to 1-4 and was mathematically eliminated from Last 16 contention.

Stevic and Aron Bynes combined for 7 points to give an early 3-7 advantage to the visitors, before a put-back from Lampe tied the score at 7-7. Louis Campbell hit a mid-range jumper to make it 9-13. Lyday pushed Unics ahead 14-13 with 5 points in a row. McNaughton tied things again at 17-17 before McCarty completed a three-point-play for a 24-19 scored at the end of the first quarter. Lyday remained on fire early in the second and helped by Zamankiy, Kazan raised the difference for the first time to double digits, 30-19. Rickey Paulding and Zakhar Pashutin traded baskets before Lyday and Hasan Rizvic increased the margin. Lampe further fueled Unics in the paint, and Lyday from beyond the arc to go to 40-27. Vladimir Veremeenko bagged a layup close to the halftime buzzer, but Baynes tried to keep EWE Baskets in the picture with back-to back basket to get within 47-36 at the intermission.

Mindaugas Lukauskis and Rizvic answered each other from mid range early in the second half. McCarty hit a three to up the lead to 52-40 and then Lyday confirmed his magic night for a 58-42 lead. Lukauskis did not give up and his dunk narrowed the gap to 12, but a 6-0 partial fueled by Lyday and Rizvic made it 64-48 for Unics and McCarty fixed the scoring at 66-49 after 10 minutes. A Ricky Minard layup increased the margin to over 20 points. Oldenburg newcomer Eddie Gill scored a layup, but Unics remained in control and Victor Zvarykin’s dunk made it 80-59 before Zamanskiy fixed the final 88-64 with a dunk at the buzzer.