MIES (Switzerland) - Season X, powered by Ameresco SUNEL continues with eight games this week. Four of them will be played in Groups F, G and D on Tuesday.
Patrioti Levice vs. NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbanyasz - Group F, 18:30 CET
Patrioti Levice have lost two of their three BCL games, including their only previous home game (69-71 vs. AEK); they suffered their heaviest defeat against NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbanyasz (54-84).
Szolnoki have won two of their three BCL games this season, already as many wins as in their previous BCL campaign when they won only two of their 14 games in 2016-17.
Levice are the only team yet to have seen their bench players scoring more than 10 points in a BCL game this season, and thus, they are the only team averaging fewer than 10 points scored per game by their bench unit (7.3). Their bench players scored only 5 points in the reverse fixture against Szolnoki, the fewest for a team in a BCL game this season.
Rickey McGill has scored 20+ points in each of his last two BCL games - the only Levice player to reach that mark in a single game in the competition. He accounted for 27 percent of the team’s field-goal attempts across those two games (34-of-124).
Adam Somogyi is averaging 13.3 points per game in three appearances with Szolnoki in the BCL after averaging 4.3 points in his 12 games with Falco Szombathely; he has also already made more assists this season (26) than in his first 12 appearances combined (22).
In Slovakia, Levice's winning streak is now up to eight consecutive games following their 109-91 win over Spisski Rytieri; Szolnoki also stayed perfect at 8-0 on top of the standings in Hungary by beating Soproni 89-75 on the road.
Karditsa Iaponiki vs. Filou Oostende - Group G, 19:00 CET
Karditsa Iaponiki have lost their last two BCL games, including their first home game (55-72 vs. Unicaja) after winning against Filou Oostende on Gameday 1 (95-93). Only one Greek team has previously lost their first two home games in the BCL: Kolossos in 2024-25.
Oostende have lost their last five games in the BCL Regular Season, their longest run of defeats at that stage in the competition. They have allowed 100+ points in each of their last two games, as often as in their first 87 Regular Season games.
Oostende are allowing 46.7 points in the paint on average per game in the BCL this season, more than any other team, after never averaging 40+ points in the paint conceded per game in any of their previous nine campaigns; Karditsa are conceding only 24.7 points in the paint per game, fewer than any other team this season.
Brandon Jefferson (Karditsa) has averaged 17.0 points and 4.8 assists in his nine BCL games with 30+ minutes played, scoring 20+ points in three of the last four such games, including the two this season. He was the top scorer for Karditsa against Oostende on Gameday 1 (23pts).
Noam Yaacov has scored 54 points in the BCL this season, the second-best total for a player in his first three games with Oostende in the BCL (Breein Tyree – 55pts); he is one of the only seven bench players to have scored more than 10 points in each of the first three gamedays of this season.
Brandon and Damien Jefferson combined for 30 points, but they weren't enough in the 102-82 road loss to Olympiacos; Noam Yaacov also had a double-double of 16 points and 11 assists in Oostende's 101-91 victory against Den Helder Suns in the BNXT League.
Trapani Shark vs. Bnei Penlink Herzliya - Group D, 20:30 CET
Trapani Shark won 77-74 against Bnei Penlink Herzliya on Gameday 3, but they have lost their first two home games in the BCL; they are yet to see a final margin of more than six points in the competition despite seeing at least one team with a lead of more than 10 points in each of their first three games.
Bnei Herzliya have lost their last four games in the BCL, but three of those ended with a margin of four points or fewer. Both teams have scored at least 85 points in each of their last three games played as the road team.
Bnei Herzliya are the only team grabbing on average fewer than 30 rebounds per game in the BCL this season (29.3); they have been outrebounded in six of their last seven BCL games, including all three this season.
Jordan Ford is the only Trapani player to have scored more than 10 points in each of the first three gamedays in the BCL this season. He is also the only player of the Italian side to have made 5+ assists in multiple games (2).
Chinanu Onuaku is averaging 17.5 points and 7.2 rebounds in six games in the BCL, grabbing at least five rebounds in each game; he was Bnei Herzliya’s best scorer in the reverse fixture against Trapani (21pts).
Trapani extended their record in the LBA to 6-1 after beating Cremona 96-90 with five players finishing in double-digits; Chinanu Onuaku had a monster triple-double of 23 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists as Bnei Herzliya beat Maccabi Rishon LeZion 95-90 on the road.
La Laguna Tenerife vs. Tofas Bursa - Group D, 21:00 CET
La Laguna Tenerife have won their last 30 home games in the BCL, including 10 Regular Season home games by an average margin of 19.5 points. Tenerife have scored more than 80 points in each of their last eight home games.
Tofas Bursa have lost their seven trips to Spain in the BCL, by an average margin of 13.3 points; they have won only eight of their 28 quarters played in Spain (29%).
Tofas (6.3) and Tenerife (6.7) are the teams grabbing the fewest offensive rebounds per game on average in the BCL this season and are also the only teams averaging fewer than one block per game (0.7 each).
Marcelinho Huertas (Tenerife) needs two more assists to become the first player to reach 700 in the BCL (currently 698); he has made at least five assists in each of his six games against Tofas (7.0 on average) and has also averaged 14.7 points per game against the Turkish side.
Marek Blazevic (Tofas) scored 58 points in the first three gamedays of this BCL season, the most among all players who didn’t score a three-pointer in that span. He is also averaging 7.7 rebounds per game in the competition.
Marcelinho Huertas' magic didn't stop during the weekend, as he led Tenerife to the 101-97 win over San Pablo Burgos with 28 points and 9 assists; pushed by Hugo Besson's 20-point winning effort, Tofas prevailed 84-70 against Bursaspor Basketbol.