Week 11 Top Performers: Vital, Gibson, Cavanaugh, Schaftenaar, Renfroe
MUNICH (Germany) – There were many standout performances on a night where three more teams punched their ticket into the FIBA Europe Cup Quarter-Finals.
MUNICH (Germany) – There were many standout performances on a night where three more teams punched their ticket into the FIBA Europe Cup Quarter-Finals.
As always, you can you have your say by voting for your favorite performance below.
Legia Warszawa are still alive in this competition thanks to a 101-77 victory over Jonava CBet. At the heart of it all was the free-scoring Christian Vital, who lit up the statsheet with 30 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists for an efficiency rating of 37.
Another team remaining in the mix is BG Gottingen, who cruised past Balkan Botevgrad 101-75, and that was down to the 31-point barrage by Umoja Gibson. He also dished out 4 assists and got 3 steals for a rating of 32 to give the German side a chance next week.
He helped them secure qualification, and now Tyler Cavanaugh is leading the in-form Bahcesehir College through a 10-game winning streak. He shot 86 percent from the floor for his 19 points and was one rebound shy of a double-double as the Turkish side beat Sporting CP 99-87 to go to 5-0 in Group L.
The only player on the list to secure a double-double was ZZ Leiden's Roeland Schaftenaar. He scored 15 points and pulled down 14 rebounds as the Dutch side stayed alive in the FIBA Europe Cup with a crucial 81-77 victory over Itelyum Varese.
Alex Renfroe helped Surne Bilbao Basket to the Quarter-Finals. His 15 points, 6 assists, and 5 rebounds, for an efficiency rating of 23, lifted the Spanish side to a hard-fought 90-86 overtime win over FC Porto.
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