FIBA Basketball

    Round of 16 Group K game of the week: U-BT Cluj Napoca vs. Filou Oostende

    After last week's Monday game of the week was postponed, this week's scheduled Round of 16 game features a Group K matchup between U-BT Cluj Napoca and Filou Oostende.

    CLUJ-NAPOCA (Romania) - After last week's Monday game of the week was postponed, this week's scheduled Round of 16 game features a Group K matchup between U-BT Cluj Napoca and Filou Oostende.

    Where: Cluj-Napoca, Romania (BTarena)

    When: 19:30 CET

    Cluj Napoca won their first Round of 16 game against Unicaja, 79-73, while their second scheduled game against Prometey was postponed following the Return to Play Protocol established by the Basketball Champions League.

    Oostende lost their first Round of 16 game to Unicaja, 75-59.

    Cluj Napoca (1-0)

    Points per game: Brandon Brown 16.0
    Rebounds per game: Dustin Hogue 6.7
    Assists per game: Brandon Brown 6.0
    Steals per game: Brandon Brown 2.2
    Blocks per game: Elijah Stewart 1.4

     

    Cluj Napoca have won their last four games in the BCL while scoring more than 100 points in three of those encounters; they are undefeated at home in the competition, winning their three games by an average margin of seven points.
    Cluj Napoca have won six of their seven BCL games, their only defeat coming away from home (68-78 against Hapoel U-NET Holon); they are one of the two teams, alongside Falco Szombathely, to have never had a final margin greater than 10 points this season.
    Brandon Brown has made 3+ three-pointers in each of his five BCL games with Cluj Napoca this season, as only John Roberson has done it in more games this season (6); he scored 3+ three-pointers in only four of his 16 games with Nizhny Novgorod previously in the league.

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    Oostende (0-1)

    Points per game: Levi Randolph 16.8
    Rebounds per game: Amida Brimah 6.4
    Assists per game: Dusan Djordjevic 4.2
    Steals per game: Demitrius Conger 1.0
    Blocks per game: Amida Brimah 2.8

    Oostende have won three away games this season in the BCL but have won more in a single season only once before in 2018-19 (4); they are one of the three teams still competing in this round of 16 to have never conceded fewer than 75 points in an away game this season (also Galatasaray Nef and Rytas Vilnius) but only one of those three teams to have played more than three away games this season (6).
    Oostende are scoring 41.9% of their 3-pointers this season in the BCL, the best percentage of any team this season; however, only two teams have attempted fewer three-pointers per game than the Belgium side (20.3).
    Keye van der Vuurst de Vries was the only Oostende player to score 10+ points in their last BCL game (12 vs. Unicaja), becoming the first player born since 2000 to reach 200 points in the BCL (201).

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    Team Comparison by the Numbers: Cluj Napoca (left), Oostende (right)

    57.8

     

    2-point FG %

     

    54.7

    33.5

     

    3-point FG %

     

    41.9

    67.4

     

    Free-Throws %

     

    74.8

    13

     

    Offensive Rebounds

     

    9

    24

     

    Defensive Rebounds

     

    26

    37

     

    Total Rebounds

     

    36

    20

     

    Assists

     

    19

    16

     

    Turnovers

     

    15

    9

     

    Steals

     

    4

    3

     

    Blocks

     

    3

    9.9

     

    Fast Break Points

     

    7.6

    36.6

     

    Points in the Paint

     

    35.4

    24

     

    Points from the Bench

     

    27.6