As a result, they were tasked with a very tough opening round match - up against # 3 Team Hanessian and came up just a little short, falling by a final score of 82 - 69. (allsportsseries.com)
La Liga new boys Rayo Vallecano from Madrid will a face tough opening fixture on Sunday as they travel up to the Basque country to face Athletic Club Bilbao at the San Mames. (laligablog.com)
However, those were extremely tough opening fixtures and they soon made amends for their poor start by picking up points in their following two home encounters, drawing 0 - 0 with West Ham and defeating Wolves 3 - 1 at the weekend, both at Ewood Park. (football-bookmakers.com)