MIES (Switzerland) - Another Wednesday of action in the Basketball Champions League, powered by Ameresco SUNEL, and another menu full of interesting matchups all over Europe as Season 11 continues excitingly.
Starting in Türkiye and moving on to Germany, France, Serbia, and Spain, there are five games you don't want to miss. To prepare accordingly, we have listed 30 must-know facts, stats, and domestic results about them.
Trabzonspor vs. Sabah BC - Group A, 18:00 CET
Trabzonspor won 93-83 in overtime last week against Nanterre 92, but only one of the last eight Turkish sides to debut in the BCL have won their first two home games in the competition: Bahcesehir in 2022-23.
Sabah BC have lost their four road games in the BCL by an average margin of 18.5 points, but their narrowest defeat away from home happened last week (82-73 at Rytas Vilnius).
Sabah have scored 15+ points from turnovers in each of their last three games after reaching that total in only one of their first four games; they also scored 40+ points in the paint in their last three games after doing it only once previously.
Marcus Keene (Trabzonspor) has scored 20+ points in seven of his last nine BCL games, including in each of his most recent four. Among the players who have played more than 10 BCL games, he is the one who has reached 20+ points the most frequently, doing it in 60 percent of his games (9-of-15).
Nick Perkins (Sabah) has scored more than 15 points in five of his last six BCL games. He has averaged 14.8 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in his last six games against teams from Türkiye in the competition.
While Sabah rested during the weekend in Azerbaijan, Yigit Arslan's 19 points pushed Trabzonspor to the 83-80 home victory against Bandirma.
BMA365 Bamberg Baskets vs. UCAM Murcia - Group D, 19:00 CET
BMA365 Bamberg Baskets have won their last six home games in the BCL Regular Season; each of their last two home games in the Group Stage ended with a margin of exactly 15 points after seeing only two of their previous 15 ending with a double-digit margin.
UCAM Murcia have won their last five road games in the BCL Regular Season; they won 85-58 against Varese last week but haven’t started a BCL season with two wins since 2018-19.
Murcia were the only team that allowed fewer than 20 field goals last week in the BCL (17), while Bamberg were the ones attempting the most field goals (76).
Bamberg’s Jonathan Baehre has played 43 games in the BCL, the 5th highest tally among all German players; he scored 10+ points in three of his last four home games played as a bench player in the BCL, but the only time he failed in that span was against Murcia (2 pts in April 2024 with MHP-Riesen Ludwigsburg).
Jonah Radebaugh (Murcia) has scored more than 10 points in each of his last five BCL games, his best such run in the competition; he has made at least one three-pointer in each of his last 10 appearances, averaging 2.2 three-pointers made per game in that span.
Despite Trevon Scott's 22 points, Bamberg lost 85-74 to Syntainics MBC; Murcia couldn't win at home over the weekend in the ACB, falling 90-77 to Tenerife.
Cholet Basket vs. RASTA Vechta - Group F, 20:00 CET
Cholet Basket won 99-79 against Hapoel Maoz Daniel Holon last week, the first time they started a BCL season with a win (L3); they won their first home game in two of their previous three seasons in the competition.
RASTA Vechta have lost nine of their last ten BCL games, including eight by a double-digit margin, but their only win in that span came away from home, 86-78 against Promitheas Patras BC in December 2024. They lost the four quarters of a BCL game for the first time last week against Spartak Office Shoes (96-64).
Cholet have made 10+ three-pointers in each of their last eight BCL games, while only one team has done it during a longer run in the competition history: San Pablo Burgos (17 games in December 2019-January 2021).
Cholet’s Mohamed Diarra had 23 points last week against Holon, after never scoring more than 14 points in any of his first nine games; he has grabbed 5+ rebounds in each of his last seven games, averaging 8.0 rebounds per game in that span.
Matt Lewis (Vechta) has scored 10+ points in seven of his last eight games in the BCL and has made multiple three-pointers in four of the most recent five. During his time in the 2023-24 LNB with Le Mans, Cholet were the only team against whom he scored 10+ points twice.
Inspired by Digue Diawara's 17 points, Cholet took down Pau-Lacq-Orthez 85-79; in Germany, Vechta had a huge 97-92 victory against Ulm as Matt Lewis promised 26 points.
Spartak Office Shoes vs. Hapoel Maoz Daniel Holon - Group F, 20:00 CET
Last week, Spartak recorded their biggest win in the BCL, 96-64 against Vechta; they have won consecutive BCL games only once before in the competition, and it was during their first two games in 2025-26.
Holon have lost their last seven games in the BCL by an average margin of 14.6 points while conceding 85+ points in each of those games.
Spartak have grabbed 40+ rebounds in each of their last two BCL games after failing to reach that total in their previous six games; however, Holon have not seen their opponents grabbing 40+ rebounds in any of their last five games.
Dalibor Ilic (Spartak) scored 11 points last week against Vechta, but he has never reached double digits in scoring in consecutive games during his 27 BCL appearances. He has grabbed 5+ rebounds in 12 of his last 13 BCL games with 15+ minutes played.
Lester Medford (Holon) has scored 10+ points in 15 of his 17 games in the BCL and has also made 5+ assists in 13 of his 17 appearances in the competition. He has averaged 3.7 steals per game in his last three appearances in the BCL, all while starting on the bench.
Spartak won 82-76 on the road in the ABA League, beating Ilirija in Ljubljana as Dalibor Ilic flirted with a double-double at 19 points and 8 rebounds; Holon lost 92-69 on the road against Hapoel Jerusalem despite Adama Sanogo's 20 points and 9 rebounds.
Surne Bilbao vs. SK Slavia Praha ERA NBK - Group G, 20:00 CET
Surne Bilbao have lost four of their last five home games in the BCL, including an 81-71 defeat against SK Slavia Praha ERA NBK in December 2022, the only time they lost a home game with a double-digit margin in the competition.
Slavia Praha have won five of their seven BCL games in Spain, including all three played during the Regular Season. They have the best winning percentage in Spain among the non-Spanish teams that have played more than once there (71%).
Bilbao have conceded more than 10 three-pointers in only two of their 19 BCL games, but the last time was against Slavia Praha (12 in December 2022), the most they have conceded in a game in the competition.
Adam Somogyi (Bilbao) has averaged 17.3 points, 7.5 assists, and 2.0 steals in his last four home games in the BCL, even having 17+ points and 10+ assists in two of the most recent three.
Nana Owusu-Anane had 10 points and 10 rebounds in his BCL debut last week against ALBA BERLIN and will attempt to become the 4th player to have a double-double in each of his first two BCL games while playing with Slavia Praha, after Howard Sant-Roos, Zach Hankins, and Marek Klassen; Klassen is also the only previous Canadian player to have recorded a double-double in each of his first two BCL games.
Facing former back-to-back BCL champions, San Pablo Burgos, Bilbao won 96-87 in Miribilla; Slavia Praha had a 45-point win (105-60) in Czechia over BK Kvis Pardubice with five players in double digits, including David Bohm (16 points).