Lukoil Academic pulled into a tie for first place in Group H with a 93-77 home victory over ASK Riga as Pero Antic and Willie Deane combined for 43 points. Lukoil used a 21-6 run late in the third quarter to blow a tight game wide open and improve to 4-2 in the group while Riga falls to 2-4. Antic had a monster game with 22 points, 14 rebounds and 9 assists and Deane added 21 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals. Murilo da Rosa scored 17 points and Todor Stoykov chipped in 13 points for the winners. ASK trailed by just five points midway through the third period before watching the hosts pull away. Aerick Sanders had 22 points in a losing effort while Aaron Bramlett had 12 points and 12 rebounds. Curtis Millage also added 14 points and 7 assists and Gatis Jahovics scored 12 points. Lukoil next plays at Artland Dragons while ASK Riga hosts BC Kyiv next week.

Deane opened the scoring for the hosts and combined with Antic for the Lukoil's first 11 points in building an 11-6 gap. Deane and Antic both knocked down triples as the lead swelled to 23-10. But Dairis Bertans nailed two three-balls and Jahovics's basket cut the deficit to 26-20. Deane struck again and the Lukoil lead was 30-22 after one period. Da Rosa re-established the 10-point advantage to start the second only to have Bramlett score back-to-back baskets to make it a six-point game 34-28. But Tenchov Banev hit three buckets as the hosts kept Riga at a distance, leading 50-39 at the break. Sanders opened the second half with a score and Bramlett's basket and two foul shots trimmed the gap to 50-45. And Dwayne Broyles answered Riste Stefanov's three-pointer for a 53-48 score line. But that's where Lukoil blew the game open with a 21-6 run which included three treys by Antic and long-balls from Stoykov and Stefanov. Academic was ahead 75-57 going into the fourth. Deane re-established a 20-point margin to start the final period before back-to-back baskets by Raitis Grafs and Sanders made it 79-64. The gap was down to 84-70 after a technical foul on Antic resulted in two foul shots by Millage and a Bramlett basket. But Stoykov drained another long-ball and da Rosa hit two foul shots for an 89-70 lead and Riga did not get closer than 14 points the rest of the way in a 93-77 victory for the hosts.