David Toya grabbed a crucial offensive rebound and scored a layup in the closing seconds to help the Antwerp Giants take a thrilling 78-77 home win over Hapoel Galil Elyon on Tuesday night in Group E. The Giants now share fourth place in the table with Benetton Olympic Fribourg with a 3-5 record, holding slim hopes to advance to the elimination rounds. Meanwhile Galil falls to 1-7 and has been mathematically wliminated from further contention. Brandon Gay and Ian Hanavan led the way for the Giants scoring 16 points apiece, while Toya added 10 with 6 rebounds and Yves Dupont posted 9. Mike Campbell of Galil Elyon led all the scorers with 23 points, 7 boards and 4 steals, Yogev Ohayon added 17 points and Gili Mossinson bagged 12.

Ohayon made a strong start for Galil, scoring the first 4 points in the game. But after Yves Dupont tied it at 7-7, Aleksander Lichodzijewski gave Antwerp its first lead, 11-9. Mike Campbell drilled a three pointer and hit an attempt from the foul line to give Galil a 14-18 lead after 10 minutes. However the Giants caught fire to start the second period. Toya capped an 11-0 run for Antwerp to make it 25-18. Jai Lewis tied the game at 30-30 with a pair of free throws with two minutes left till halftime. Gay grabbed an offensive board and scored inside to fix the score at 34-32 for the Giants at the break. Hanavan helped the hosts to their first double-digit margin early in the second half, but Hapoel didn't give up and led by Campbell, Ohayon and Mossinson, made an amazing 23-9 run to be in front 55-59 at the end of the quarter. Lichodzijewski scored 5 in a row to give a 67-64 margin to Antwerp, but the game was still balanced with the score 70-70 with five minutes left. Hanavan made it 73-70 for Antwerp, but Clif Brown with a minute-and-a-half and then Campbell with a pair from the foul line put Hapoel ahead. Campbell scored two free throws for the last advantage of the visitors, 76-77, before Toya conquered the crucial offensive rebound and scored in the paint to give the win to Antwerp and Ohayon missed a desperation shot for the win.