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VENICE (EuroLeague Women) - Surprise package Umana Reyer Venezia and UMMC Ekaterinburg remained undefeated in the EuroLeague Women with big victories on Wednesday.

Former champions Gambrinus Sika Brno led the Italian side Umana Reyer at the end of the third quarter but weren’t able to hold off Massimo Riga’s team.

Zsófia Fegyverneky's three-pointer at the end of the third quarter gave Gambrinus a 60-58 lead but Mariangela Cirone hit a three-pointer and Mery Andrade followed with a jump shot at the start of the fourth to spark a 15-0 run for Venezia that put them on their way to an 82-73 triumph.

Italy international Simona Ballardini poured in 20 points for Umana Reyer, who got a dominating effort from Vanessa Hayden-Johnson on the boards.

The 26-year-old American had 21 rebounds to go with her nine points in just 24 minutes.

CSKA Moscow trail Umana Reyer by two games after an 88-79 win at ESB Lille Metropole.

Abdou N'Diaye's team led CSKA 70-68 with 6:49 remaining when the naturalised Russian, American Becky Hammon, struck with a three-pointer to put the visitors on their way to victory.

Maria Stepanova poured in 16 points and pulled down eight rebounds for her new club Ekaterinburg as they thrashed Jolly JBS Sibenik in Russia.

Poland international Agnieszka Bibrzycka led undefeated Ekaterinburg with 18 points in the 100-70 Group C triumph - their sixth in a row in Europe this season.

Bibrzycka buried four three-balls in the game.

Also in Group C, USK Prague led from start to finish and claimed a hugely important win at home against Union Hainaut Basket.

With just one victory in their first four games, Prague won 83-58 to leave both sides with 2-4 records.

Spartak Moscow Region claimed another scalp but Beretta Famila gave them a fight.

Laszlo Ratgeber's Spartak won 70-62 with USA Olympic gold-medal winner Sylvia Fowles pouring in 19 points and pulling down 12 rebounds.

Spartak top Group D at 5-1.

TEO Vilnius, the team that beat Spartak, had been one of the EuroLeague Women's hottest teams but they endured a fourth-quarter collapse and were punished by Fenerbahce.

TEO had a 51-37 lead late in the third quarter but were outscored 27-5 over the final 11 minutes and lost in Lithuania 64-56.

Germany international Linda Frohlich erupted for 28 points and hauled down 14 rebounds as Broker Kosice finally put away a determined Lattes Montpellier 76-57 in the other Group D game.

The visitors from France led 39-38 with 4:51 remaining in the third quarter but they weren't able to hold off the Slovakian outfit.

In Group B, MKB Euroleasing Sopron piled on the agony for Latvian strugglers TTT Riga in Hungary.

Sopron only led 55-53 early in the fourth quarter but the visitors went nearly seven minutes without scoring a point and ended up losing 69-59.

Halcon Avenida stayed at the Group A summit in the EuroLeague Women with another impressive victory in Salamanca on Wednesday.

The Spanish outfit pulled away from MiZo Pecs 2010 in an 83-60 triumph - their fifth in six games.

French giants Bourges scraped a 60-56 Group A win at Besiktas in Istanbul.

Beaten in their last two games, Pierre Vincent's team got a solid all-round effort from Croatian Ana Lelas who had 13 rebounds, 10 assists and four assists.

Wisla Can-Pack Krakow trailed by eight points early in the third quarter but hit back for a 91-70 victory over winless Nadezhda on Wednesday night in Poland.

Leading 39-36 at the break, the visitors from Russia extended the advantage to 46-38 shortly after the restart.

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