Deanna Nolan and Sandrine Gruda spoil return for Céline Dumerc in EuroLeague Women encounter

For Céline Dumerc it was a return to the club she had played for between 2009-2011. But it was her former team-mates who had the last say in this game.

Sandrine Gruda and Deanna Nolan (below in picture) continued from where they left off in ELW round 1 by once again sharing the scoring honours for UMMC Ekaterinburg with 16 points and 5 rebounds each.

The suspense did not last long after a couple of minutes of observation (2-2).

UMMC finally warmed up and went on the offensive with Olga Arteshina scoring first with a pair from the charity stripes. Gruda and Nolan added points from open play before Anete Jekabsone-Zogota concluded the run with more points from the free-throw line (11-2). Jekabsone-Zogota had to leave the game shortly after scoring and did not return.

Styliani Kaltsidou put a brief halt to the Russian onslaught. Yet Bourges Basket trailed (6-19) after eight minutes.

Kaltsidou kept Bourges in contact with a total of 9 first-quarter points as her team reduced the deficit slightly with a 7-0 finish to the quarter (13-19).

Any hope of a Bourges' revival came to an end with a 10-2 run by the hosts which included three-pointers by Svetlana Abrosimova and Cappie Pondexter (29-15).

Valérie Garnier (in picture) called a time-out with 14 minutes played to put a stop to UMMC's dominance. Her tactics worked in slowing down the hosts. But turnovers and poor shooting saw her side head into the locker room trailing (23-38).

A 6-0 start by UMMC after the break more or less ended the game as a contest. However they continued to attack to go into the final quarter with a 23-point advantage (55-32).

During the final quarter the hosts dropped the intensity allowing Bourges to reduce the deficit to end the match (50-68).

UMMC Ekaterinburg: Olga Arteshina 3 (4 assists), Anete Jekabsone-Zogota 2, Sandrine Gruda 16, Yelena Leuchanka 9, Hana Horakova 2, Maria Stepanova 4, Deanna Nolan 16, Tatiana Vidmer 0, Ekaterina Bezgodova DNP, Cappie Pondexter 11, Svetlana Abrosimova 5

Coach: Algirdas Paulauskas

Bourges Basket: Margaux Galliou-Loko 2, Ieva Kublina 2 (9 rebounds), Nwal-Endéné Miyem 12, Styliani Kaltsidou 17, Céline Dumerc 9 (4 assists and 4 steals), Jennifer Digbeu 2, Marielle Amant 6, Christelle Diallo 0

Coach: Valérie Garnier

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Date created: 19 October 2011

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