Week 12 Top Performers: Omlid, Jackson, Scrubb, Hanlan, Mathon
MUNICH (Germany) - With Quarter-Final places still up for grabs on the final week of Second Round action, the individual performances were a beacon for teams to find their way to advance.
MUNICH (Germany) - With Quarter-Final places up for grabs on the final week of Second Round action, the individual performances were a beacon for teams to find their way to advance.
And here are the final round of Top Performers as we move on to the Play-Offs. As always, you can vote for yours below.
One player who certainly knew when to step up on their big night was FC Porto's Tanner Omlid. It was win or go home for the Portuguese side, and Omlid was focused on continuing the European dream as he filled the statsheet with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 7 steals for an efficiency rating of 40, to lead Porto to the last eight with a 82-68 success over BG Gottingen.
Olivier Hanlan has been in scintillating form this season for Itelyum Varese and when they needed him most, he delivered. Hanlan also went for 29 points on 83 percent shooting and dished out 5 assists for a rating of 33 as the Italian side went on the road to win 103-96 against CSM CSU Oradea and claim their Quarter-Final ticket.
Legia Warszawa also had a job to do in order to seal their place to the next round and Loren Jackson did just that. He poured in 23 points, shared 7 assists and pulled down 4 rebounds for a rating of 26 as the Polish side beat Sporting CP 99-86.
Despite already punching their ticket, Phil Scrubb and Bahcesehir College were keen to maintain their blistering form heading to the Quarter-Finals. Scrubb hit five three-pointers in his 21-point haul along with 8 assists as the Istanbul-based side finished the Second Round with a perfect six wins from six, beating Jonava CBet 119-79.
ERA Nymburk were also assured of qualification to the Play-offs, but that didn't stop Sukhmail Mathon from putting on a show. He shot 57 percent from the field and got an overall rating of 23 for his double-double of 17 points and 11 rebounds. The showing wasn't enough as the pride of Czechia were narrowly beaten by BCM Gravelines Dunkerque.
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