In Russia, the US took care of Euroleasing Sopran, 79-65. (Wonder what would happen if Euroleasing went up against Lifelock Merc?)

UConn's Tina Charles lead the way. Her fifteen points and 7 rebounds would be nice any day... but when you realize she put them up in 13 minutes? Yowza.

Just think, if she'd played the whole game, she'd have totaled 45pts and 21 rebounds! Which kinda shows you why "projecting over 40 minutes" is almost always a false measurement. (Watch Tina read this, get peeved, and prove me wrong.) Everyone healthy played, and you've got to like 21 assists on 32 baskets.

Get post-game quotes here.

Notes of worry? No Candace, and very limited Big Syl.

Next up, UMMC Ekaterinburg. (Do they also have a dead talisman?)

Game's at 5pm local time -- don't ask me to figure out what time that is East/Central or West. Time math is not my strong point. BUT, if you can figure it out, looks like you can watch the game online.

Don't know if they're all on-site (clearly Cappie isn't), but some familiar names on their roster, including Gruda, Wauters and Tweety. (And in a neat trick, Jones will be playing against herself.) Said Auriemma:

"We’re up against it a little bit tomorrow,Obviously they’re the home team and they’ve been together for a long time. They have great talent at every position. A lot of our talented players are home, maybe our most talented player here, Candace Parker, isn’t playing. So we’re up against it, a lot of our young guys are really going to be challenged against some experienced, good players. So I’m anxious to see how we do."