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Promitheas Patras Vikos Cola vs. Rytas Vilnius - Group A, 18:00 CET
Promitheas Patras Vikos Cola have lost their last three BCL games but have never had more defeats in a row in a single Regular Season. They have lost five of their last six home games in the BCL Regular Season.
Rytas Vilnius have won 13 of their last 15 games in the BCL Regular Season, including each of the most recent three. However, their last four defeats in the Regular Season came away from home, including one against Promitheas (76-78 in October 2023).
Rytas are averaging 93.8 points per game in the BCL this season, but no team has ever ended a league campaign with 93 or more points scored per game (Unicaja, 92.2 in 2024-25); Rytas have increased their average of points per game in each of their last five BCL seasons, scoring 86.5 points in 2024-25.
Kendal Coleman was Promitheas' top scorer in the reverse fixture against Rytas in the BCL this season (18pts); however, he failed to reach double digit scoring in his two home games in the competition.
Jerrick Harding has scored 20+ points in each of his three BCL games with Rytas, averaging 24.0 points per game for the Lithuanian side. If he scores 16 points in this game, he will reach the 600-point mark in his 35th BCL appearance - only two players in BCL history have reached that total in as many games or fewer: Kevin Punter (33 games) and Marcus Foster (35 games).
Antonios Karagiannidis had a monster performance of 23 points and 18 rebounds to push Promitheas to the 101-95 road win over Panionios; Rytas, instead, weren't successful in Lithuania over the weekend, losing 73-84 at home against Lietkabelis.
Legia Warszawa vs. MLP Academics Heidelberg - Group A, 18:00 CET
Legia Warszawa are still looking for their first home win in the BCL after losing their first five games on their own court. They were trailing at halftime in only one of their first five home games.
MLP Academics Heidelberg have lost their first two road games in the BCL, conceding at least 89 points on both occasions; they have scored more points per game on the road (86.5ppg) than when playing at home in the BCL (80.3ppg).
Legia have allowed their opponents to score only 22.4 percent of their attempted three-pointers, the best defensive ratio in the BCL in 2024-25; they are also conceding the fewest three-pointers per game in the league this term (6.0).
Andrzej Pluta (Legia) has scored 14+ points in four of his five BCL games, but only managed to score eight points in the reverse fixture against Heidelberg. He is averaging 3.4 three-pointers made per game in the competition.
Marcus Weathers (Heidelberg) has had 10+ points in each of his last four BCL games and added 6+ rebounds in each of the last three. His only double-double came against Legia (12pts, 10reb).
Legia weren't successful in the Polish basketball league, losing 81-79 on the road against Gornik Zamek; at the same time, in Germany, Heidelberg lost 80-69 in Bamberg.
Igokea m:tel vs. Galatasaray MCT Technic - Group E, 18:30 CET
Igokea m:tel have lost nine of their last 11 home games in the BCL after winning nine of their first 12; they have lost the last three times they hosted a Turkish team, but all those games ended with margins of five points or fewer.
Galatasaray MCT Technic lost their last game (79-80 vs. Pallacanestro Trieste) but haven’t lost consecutive games in the regular season since October-November 2023; they have won their last three road games in the competition but have never enjoyed a longer winning run away from home.
Galatasaray need 64 points to become the highest scoring team in a single calendar year in the BCL: they have had 1575 points so far in 2025, only AEK BC in 2018 has done better (1638).
Javon Bess scored 15 points in his most recent BCL game with Igokea, his highest scoring performance in the competition; however, he is yet to score 10+ points in back-to-back BCL games. Bess had 12 points in the reverse fixture against Galatasaray, his only other game scoring in double-figures in the league.
Errick McCollum (Galatasaray) has scored more than 20 points in each of his last six games as a starter in the BCL (23.7 per game on average) and has made exactly three three-pointers in each of the last five.
On Friday, Split beat Igokea 98-93 in Croatia despite Javon Bess' 26 points; meanwhile, led by James Palmer Jr. (29 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists), Galatasaray enjoyed the 98-89 home victory over Merkezefendi.
Pallacanestro Trieste vs. Fitness First Würzburg Baskets - Group E, 18:30 CET
Trieste have won their last two games in the BCL after losing the first three. They have scored and conceded 90+ points in each of their two home games (W1 L1).
Fitness First Würzburg Baskets have won only one of their last four road games in the BCL, but it was the last one, 85-56 against Igokea; it was, in fact, the only one of their eight games away from home that ended with a margin greater than seven points.
Trieste have attempted the most three-pointers in the BCL this season (33.8 per game); they are averaging 10.4 made threes per game, the fifth most among all teams in the league in 2025-26.
Mady Sissoko (Trieste) has already had three double-doubles in the BCL; no player has recorded more in their first five games in the competition. However, he scored only eight points in the reverse fixture against Würzburg, his only BCL game with fewer than 12 points scored.
Marcus Carr (Würzburg) has scored 12+ points in each of his five BCL games (16.4 on average) and has averaged 18.0 points and 8.5 assists in his two games as a starter. Würzburg have won three of the four BCL games in which Carr has dished out 5+ assists.
Trieste opened the schedule in the Italian league with a thrilling 92-82 overtime win against Reggio Emilia; with five players in double-digits, Würzburg comfortably beat NINERS Chemnitz 86-67 away from home.
Mersin Sports Club vs. Filou Oostende - Group G, 19:30 CET
Mersin Sports Club have won three of their last four games in the BCL, with that sole defeat coming in their most recent game at home (77-100 vs. Unicaja); Mersin’s highest scoring game came in the reverse fixture against Filou Oostende, when they scored 104 points.
Oostende have lost all their five BCL games this season, but have never ended a league campaign without a single victory; they have allowed more than 90+ points in three of their five games this season.
Mersin made 57 percent of their attempted FGs, 43 percent of their shots from behind the arc, and 92 percent of their attempted FTs in the reverse fixture against Oostende: the only team to have had a 50-40-90 game in the BCL this season.
Gabriel Olaseni (Mersin) had 14 points and 14 rebounds in his most recent BCL game, but has yet to have consecutive double-doubles in the competition; he has scored in double figures in each of his last four BCL appearances, but only once before has he scored 10+ points in more games in a row (5 in 2022-23).
Pierre-Antoine Gillet has made 3+ three-pointers in four of his five BCL games played with Oostende this season, including in the reverse fixture against Mersin Sports Club (4-of-7); Gillet has made a total of 165 three-pointers, the fifth most of any player in BCL history.
Justin Cobbs had 20 points and 4 assists, but he wasn't enough to inspire Mersin during the weekend, as they lost 83-88 at home to Esenler Erokspor; Noam Yaacov propelled Oostende to the 80-76 road win against Leuven Bears with 21 points and 6 assists.
Unicaja vs. Karditsa Iaponiki - Group G, 19:30 CET
Unicaja have won their last 16 BCL games at home; they have won all their five BCL games at home against Greek teams in the BCL (W5), by a margin of 16.4 points per game.
Four of Karditsa Iaponiki’s five games played in the BCL have ended with margins of eight points or fewer, with the exception being the reverse fixture against Unicaja, when they were defeated by a 17-point margin.
Unicaja have the highest offensive ratio of any team in the BCL this season, scoring 126.6 points per 100 possessions; only one team in league history have ended a season with an offensive ratio of 125+ points per possession: Unicaja themselves in 2024-25 (125.9 offensive ratio).
Aleksander Balcerowski has scored more than 12 points in each of his last three BCL appearances, after scoring in single digits in each of his previous 15 games played in the competition; he has made 17 FTs in his last two BCL games, after making a total of 19 shots from the foul line in his previous 16 combined.
Alexander Madsen has grabbed exactly nine rebounds in each of his last three BCL games with Karditsa; however, he has never had a longer stretch of games with 8+ rebounds in the competition. The Finnish player is averaging 1.5 points and 4.0 rebounds in his two BCL games against Unicaja.
Chris Duarte (23 points) inspired Unicaja's 99-91 home victory against other back-to-back BCL champs, San Pablo Burgos; despite Brandon Jefferson's 22-point night, Karditsa lost 75-65 on the road in Mykonos.
Cholet Basket vs. Joventut Badalona - Group C, 20:00 CET
Cholet Basket have won five of their eight home games in the BCL Regular Season, scoring on average 95.8 points per game in the last four after averaging 78.3 points per game in the first four.
Joventut Badalona have won their five games in the BCL. Before this season, only two teams managed to win their first six games in the competition: Besiktas (2016-17) and Virtus Bologna (2018-19). Their two road victories ended with margins greater than 10 points.
Joventut are averaging 2.27 assists per turnover, the highest ratio of any team in the BCL this season; in fact, only one team have ended a BCL season with an assists per turnover ratio of 2.0 or more (Hapoel Jerusalem, 2.19 in 2020-21).
Gerald Ayayi (Cholet) has scored more than 10 points in each of his last six BCL games, his best such run in the competition; he was Cholet’s best scorer in the reverse fixture against Joventut (14pts).
Yannick Kraag (Joventut) has scored 10+ points in each of his last three BCL games after failing to reach double-digit in his first two, including a two-point performance against Cholet; he has grabbed 5+ rebounds in each of his five BCL games.
On Sunday, Cholet had a significant 87-85 road victory against ASVEL with 15 points by the 16-year-old Aaron Towo-Nansi; Ante Tomic's 20 points and 7 rebounds weren't enough as Joventut got beaten 80-77 by UCAM Murcia on the road.
Bursaspor Basketbol vs. Hapoel Netanel Holon - Group C, 20:00 CET
Bursaspor Basketbol have lost their five games in the 2025-26 BCL, all by double-digit margins, after winning 50 percent of their games in 2023-24. They are yet to reach 80 points when playing as the home team of the day.
Hapoel Netanel Holon have alternated between wins and defeats in their last nine BCL Regular Season games played as the road team of the day, losing the most recent one (95-97 against Joventut). They never won the first quarter in any of those nine games.
Hapoel Holon are making 11 shots per game from three-point range, a joint-high in the BCL this season alongside ALBA BERLIN; they have been making 44.7 percent of their such shots, the highest three-point percentage by any side in the league in 2025-26.
Bryant Crawford (Bursaspor) has scored eight points or fewer in each of his last three BCL games after scoring 10+ points in each of the previous nine. He scored 10+ points in each of his previous three games against Hapoel Holon.
Derrick Walton Jr (Holon) is averaging 15.0 points and 6.4 assists per game in the BCL; he had 20 points and 11 assists in the reverse fixture against Bursaspor, but only four players have had multiple games with 20+ points and 10+ assists in a single BCL season before.
Just like Mersin, Bursaspor had a rough weekend in the Turkish league as well by losing 101-74 away from home against Turk Telekom Ankara; the purple-and-yellow team won 67-66 against Maccabi Ramat Gan in Holon.