MIES (Switzerland) - Season X, powered by Ameresco SUNEL started in great fashion with back-to-back weeks full of action from all eight groups in the Regular Season.
Starting from this Tuesday, it's time to get back to focusing on four games per day, with Groups E and H.
Make sure to follow these matchups, but first take note of our 24 must-know facts, stats, and domestic results from the weekend.
Igokea m:tel vs. Pallacanestro Trieste - Group E, October 21 at 18:00 CET
Igokea m:tel have only won two of their last 17 BCL games and only one of their last nine games played at home. They lost their last two home games despite leading at halftime.
Pallacanestro Trieste have lost their first two BCL games, but the last one saw a margin of only one point (90-91 vs. Galatasaray). Two Italian teams have lost their first three games in the competition: Capo d'Orlando in 2017-18 and Fortitudo Bologna in 2020-21.
No team has attempted more three-pointers in the BCL this season than Trieste (34.5, also ERA Nymburk); however, Trieste (27.5%) and Igokea (25.5%) have two of the five lowest accuracies from behind the arc.
Nighael Ceaser (Igokea) has scored 10+ points in each of his last four home games in the BCL after failing to reach that total in his first three; he has also grabbed exactly eight rebounds in three of his last four home games in the competition.
Colbey Ross (Trieste) has scored 10+ points in three of his five road games in the BCL, but scored only five points in his previous trip to Igokea, in December 2021, with Nymburk. In fact, he averages more points away from home (11.2) than when playing at home (9.6).
JeQuan Lewis inspired Igokea's ABA League 87-71 win over Krka with 14 points, 3 assists, and 3 steals; Trieste, instead, are coming off a difficult loss in the LBA, suffering the 102-66 road defeat to Reyer Venezia despite Jahmi'us Ramsey's 22-point losing effort.
Galatasaray MCT Technic vs. Fitness First Würzburg Baskets - Group E, October 21 at 19:00 CET
Galatasaray MCT Technic have won their last two games but have never started a BCL season with three wins; they have won their last eight home games, scoring 90+ points in each of the most recent three.
Fitness First Würzburg Baskets have lost their last two road games in the BCL after winning three of the first four; their six road games in the competition ended with margins of seven points or fewer. Würzburg have allowed fewer than 70 points in each of their two BCL games this season, after allowing more than 70 in each of their 12 games last season.
Würzburg have allowed their opponents to make 62.1 percent of their attempted two-pointers in the BCL this season - the worst defensive percentage of any team. At the same time, they have restricted their opponents to just 20.3 percent from three-point range, the best defensive rate of all teams.
Errick McCollum (Galatasaray) has scored 10+ points in each of his 14 home games in the BCL, averaging 19.6 points per game in that span; he scored more than 20 points in each of his three appearances in the starting five in that run.
Davion Mintz (Würzburg) has scored 10+ points in each of his last four BCL games, his best such run in the competition; he has made at least three three-pointers in each of his two BCL games this season after doing it in only one of his first 13 appearances.
James Palmer Jr (20 points and 7 assists) wasn't enough to avoid Galatasaray's Istanbul derby 85-76 home loss to Fenerbahce; Würzburg didn't feature in domestic league action during the weekend, but lost 61-60 in the BBL Pokal Round of 16 to Oldenburg despite Davion Mintz's 21 points.
Le Mans Sarthe Basket vs. SL Benfica - Group H, October 21 at 20:00 CET
Le Mans Sarthe Basket have lost their last five games in the BCL and have lost six in a row only once before, in January 2017-October 2018; they have won five of their last six home games played in the Regular Season, however.
SL Benfica have lost their last seven road games in the BCL, including four by margins of 20+ points; they won their previous trip to France, however, 68-67 at Limoges in October 2022.
Benfica have made only 15.5 two-pointers per game on average in the BCL this season, the joint-lowest average (also Bursaspor), while no team has conceded fewer two-pointers per game than Le Mans (15.0 - also Gran Canaria).
David DiLeo (Le Mans) has scored 10+ points in each of his first two games in the BCL this season, his first such run in the competition; however, he has scored 10+ points in only one of his four home games in the competition.
Geno Crandall had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists last week against KK Spartak Office Shoes, the first player to record a 15/5/5 with SL Benfica in the BCL; he had his highest scoring game in the competition during his only previous road fixture, scoring 23 points against a French side, SIG Strasbourg, in December 2023 with Oldenburg.
Trevor Hudgins erupted for 27 points over 10-of-16 from the field as Le Mans prevailed 84-82 against Bourg-en-Bresse in the LNB; thanks to Diogo Gameiro's double-double of 13 points and 10 assists, Benfica had the upper hand 98-57 against Imortal BC.
KK Spartak Office Shoes vs. Dreamland Gran Canaria - Group H, October 21 at 20:00 CET
KK Spartak have won their first two games in the BCL, the first time that a Serbian team have started a BCL season with two wins; however, they won by a single-point margin their first home game, 74-73 against Le Mans.
Dreamland Gran Canaria have won their first two BCL games, allowing fewer than 70 points on both occasions. Three Spanish teams have managed to win their first three games in the competition: Tenerife (2016-17), Fuenlabrada (2018-19), and Unicaja (2021-22).
Gran Canaria have allowed their opponents to make only 37.5 percent of their two-pointers, the best defensive effort of all teams in the BCL 2025-26, and thus, have conceded only 15.0 two-pointers per game, a joint-low (also Le Mans).
Olivier Hanlan (Spartak) has scored 15+ points in each of his two BCL games this season, his second-best such run in the competition (4 games in November 2016 with Le Mans); he has made 100 percent of his last 13 free throws attempted in the competition.
Braian Angola (Gran Canaria) has scored more than 10 points in each of his last nine road games in the BCL, averaging 2.6 three-pointers made per game in that span. However, his teams won only two of those nine games.
KK Spartak didn't play during the weekend in the ABA League, while Isaiah Wong (19 points over 7-of-7 FT) pushed Gran Canaria to the 87-80 road win over Manresa to bounce back following back-to-back ACB defeats.