Union Olimpija Ljubljana survived losing a 5-point lead with 9 seconds left in regulation before beating Paris Levallois 74-66 in overtime in Group C. Ljubljana scored the first 9 points of overtime to secure its third straight home win and improve to 3-2. Deividas Gailius led the way for Olimpija with 21 points while Sasu Salin and Alen Omic both scored 15 points, and Cedric Jackson collected 5 points, 8 rebounds, 12 assists and 2 steals. After winning its previous game, Paris dropped to 1-4 in the group despite Maleye Ndoye scoring 16 points. Jawad Williams and Elton Brown both had 12 points and Daniel Ewing added 11 points.

Aloysius Anagonye scored to pull Paris within 7-6 before Gailius gave Ljubljana the lead 12-6. A Salin triple increased the cushion to 17-8 and Alex Stepheson’s basket made it 22-12 after one quarter. Brown opened the second quarter with eight straight points and Landing Sane’s free throws knotted the game at 24-24. Jaka Brodnik scored his second basket of the period to make it 26-24 only to see Sane nail a triple and Ndoye and Ewing both convert three-point plays to open a 26-33 advantage. The Levallois lead was 28-35 at intermission with Olimpija having scored just six points in the second quarter. Jackson drained a trey early in the third quarter to make it 36-39 but Ndoye hit right back with a long ball. Drobnik however also hit from long range and then Omic converted a three-point play and Salin was on target from downtown in helping the hosts open a 48-44 lead. And the gap was 50-46 after three quarters. Williams scored the first five points of the fourth to give Paris a 50-51 lead but Gailius answered with the next seven points. Another Gailius triple made it 60-54 and the advantage was 62-56 with 26 seconds left after Jackson’s free throw. After Ewing made two foul shots, Salin split two free throws for a 63-58 lead with nine seconds left. Ewing knocked down two free throws with eight seconds left and then Ndoye drained a triple at the buzzer after Paris got the ball back, sending the game to overtime tied at 63-63. Levallois was unable to continue the momentum and totally fell apart offensively in the extra session, committing three turnovers, missing two three-pointers, three two-point shots and two free throws as well. In the mean time, Salin drained a triple and Omic scored a three-point play in a 9-0 Ljubljana run to start the overtime and build a 72-63 lead before Ndoye’s three-pointer with less than a minute to play.