Oriola, Pullen lead Sevilla past Spirou 

Baloncesto Seville improved to 2-0 in Group C by downing Proximus Spirou Charleroi 80-75 at home on Wednesday. Seville stayed undefeated after two games while Charleroi dropped to 0-2. Pierre Oriola led the winners with 14 points. Jacob Pullen added 11, Kristaps Porzingis had 10 while Nikola Radicevic dished 9 assists for Seville. Dylan Page led Spirou with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Eric Wise added 15 points while Andre Collins had 13 for the guests. Seville led 24-17 after 10 minutes and boosted its margin to 41-27 at halftime. Page and Wise took over after the break and a dunk by Wen Mukubu allowed Charleroi to get its first lead, 48-49. A three-pointer by Collins extended the guests' lead to 55-59 early in the fourth quarter and even when Seville went on a 10-0 run, Spirou tied it at 73-73 in the next-to-last minute. Back-to-back baskets by Oriola and free throws by Pullen sealed the outcome.

Willy Hernangomez dunked twice in a 9-2 opening run which Berni Rodriguez capped with a three-pointer. Esben Reinholt and Leigh Enobakhare stepped up for Spirou but a three-pointer by Alex Urtasun kept Seville way ahead, 12-6. Porzingis dunked but Page and Mukubu brought the guests as close as 14-13. Back-to-back baskets by Oriola and Xavier Thames made Spirou call timeout at 18-13. Page kept pacing Spirou but Oriola and Derrick Byars gave Sevilla a 24-17 lead after 10 minutes. Spirou found a new go-to guy in Wise, who joined forces with Mukubu to bring theguests within 29-25. Porzingis, Hernangomez and Rodriguez made free throws but a layup by William Hatcher made it a seven-point game, 34-27. Porzingis and Radicevic fueled a 7-0 run which gave Seville a double-digit lead, 41-27, at halftime. Page and Wise stepped after the break to bring Spirou within single digits, 43-35. Three-pointers by Loic Schwartz and Reinholt got the guests even closer, 45-41. Free throws by Will Hatcher and a close basket by Wise made Seville call timeout at 45-45. A wild dunk by Mukubu soon completed the Spirou's comeback, 48-49. Oriola and Byars tried to change things for Seville but a buzzer-beating triple by Andre Collins fixed the score at 55-56 after 30 minutes. Collins buried another one from downtown but Ondrej Balvin and Radicevic fueled a 10-0 run that put Seville ahead for good, 65-59. Page made free throws and Collins sank another three-pointer for a 65-65 tie. Balvin shined with a three-point play which Rodriguez followed with a triple for a 71-66 Seville lead with 3 minutes left. It didn't last long, as Wise and Page tied the game again, 73-73. Oriola took over with consecutive baskets and free throws by Pullen sealed the outcome, 80-73, in the final minute.