Lauren Jackson’s second Euroleague game for Ros Casares Valencia went much more to form. Playing on the road in Bourges, Ros Casares led by 24 at the half en route to a 77-50 victory. Jackson had five points and four rebounds in 23 minutes. Shay Murphy scored 17 points for Ros Casares, while Sancho Lyttle had 16 points and nine boards. Jana Vesela chipped in four points and two rebounds.

Also in Group A, UMMC Ekaterinburg kept pace with Ros Casares by going to Prague to beat the same ZVVZ USK Praha squad that upset Valencia a week ago. Ekaterinburg had relatively little difficulty with USK Praha, opening up a 25-point lead after three quarters before the hosts made things somewhat more respectable for a 74-59 final score. Praha missed DeLisha Milton-Jones, who did not play. Without her, the team relied heavily on Anna Montanana (24 points) and Frida Eldebrink (16). The rest of the team shot just 25 percent from the field. Sandrine Gruda led UMMC’s more balanced attack with 15 points.

A week after getting its first Euroleague win, Frisco Brno had a much more difficult time in Spain, getting beaten 112-70 by Rivas Ecopolis. Ashley Robinson played just 12 minutes due to her ankle injury, contributing four points and three rebounds in that span. Teammate Jasmine Thomas scored 17, but Brno could not stop Rivas, which had five players score at least 14 points. Asjha Jones led the charge with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Elisa Aguilar (14 points, 11 assists) also had a double-double and Essence Carson (16 points, nine rebounds) was a board away.

Playing at home, Wisla Can-Pack Krakow held off CB Taranto by a 64-58 final to improve to 4-1, good for tops in Group C. Milka Bjelica came up with a big game for Wisla, scoring 16 points, grabbing 12 rebounds and coming up with six steals. Bejlica’s performance helped overcome 20 points and 17 rebounds from Kia Vaughn for Taranto. Wisla also got 13 points from Erin Phillips. Former Storm guard Michelle Greco, who plays for Tarnato, scored five points.

Two-game aggregate series in the quarterfinals of the Cup of Russia began over the weekend. Defending champion UMMC Ekaterinburg kicked off the pursuit of another cup with an 86-51 blowout of Energia. Svetlana Abrosimova had four points, five rebounds and two assists in 16 minutes. Six Ekaterinburg players scored double-figures, with Maria Stepanova tops with 13 points. Olga Arteshina had a double-double (11 points, 10 rebounds).

In her second game for Ros Casares Valencia, Lauren Jackson looked much more comfortable. She scored 10 points in 19 minutes off the bench, adding four rebounds as Ros Casares beat Mann Filter Zaragoza 78-60. Jana Vesela was one of two Valencia players to score 12 points. She added three rebounds and two assists.

Still playing without Ewelina Kobryn, Wisla Can-Pack Krakow knocked off Artego Bydgoszcz 74-59. Petra Ujhelyi (14 points, 10 boards) and Nicole Powell (16 points, eight rebounds) led Wisla to 6-0 on the season.

A more competitive game for Pecs 2010, which beat FTC 71-61 in Hungarian play. Pecs led by 12 after one quarter but never entirely pulled away. Allie Quigley scored 22 points on 10-of-16 shooting and pulled down nine rebounds in 36 minutes of action.

Playing against BLK University in Prague, Frisco Brno was able to give Ashley Robinson the weekend off to rest her ankle and still win 80-66. Romana Hejdova scored a game-high 18 points and Farhiya Abdi added 17 for Frisco Brno.

In Australia, Sydney remained undefeated with an 84-61 victory over AIS on Saturday. Belinda Snell scored a game-high 23 points, knocking down five three-pointers in eight attempts. Snell added six rebounds and four assists. Teammate Katie-Rae Ebzery scored 19 points. Carley Mijovic had 21 points and nine boards for AIS.

One of the biggest upsets in Euroleague Women play so far this year came Wednesday and involved a pair of teams with Storm ties. Frisco Brno picked up its first win of the year over Wisla Can-Pack Krakow, which came into the game undefeated and atop Group C. Brno pulled off the 74-65 victory despite getting just 16 minutes of action from Ashley Robinson, who is still limited by a sprained ankle but did contribute six points and two rebounds. Brno got great production from young posts Farhiya Abdi (16 points, nine boards) and Alena Hanusova (17 points, eight rebounds). Wisla, which is still playing without Storm center Ewelina Kobryn, shot just 1-of-8 from beyond the arc. Wisla lost despite Erin Phillips scoring 22 points and Milka Bjelica’s double-double of 13 points and 16 boards.

In Group A, UMMC Ekaterinburg had no such difficulty with visiting Lithuanian club VICI Aistes. Ekaterinburg opened up a 17-point lead through three quarters, then kept up the pressure in the final quarter of an 85-49 win. Candace Parker paced six players to score double-figures with 15 points. Svetlana Abrosimova had a season-high 11 points, two rebounds, two assists and two steals.

Ros Casares Valencia plays Round 4 on Thursday, hosting ZVVZ USK Praha, and may have Lauren Jackson in the lineup. The Storm star arrived in Spain earlier this week and was introduced to the media on Wednesday.

“I am very happy to be here,” Jackson told the Spanish press. “Whenever I’ve played in the Euroleague, I’ve always visited Valencia. It is a beautiful city and I am going to enjoy the team. I think for me it’s a good chance to win more titles.”