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Everything you need to know ahead of Tuesday’s Gameday 3 fixtures

MIES (Switzerland) - Tuesday action starts with four games involving five teams that will fight tooth and nail to taste their first victory, and it culminates in a big Group C clash between a Spanish and a Greek side who are both after a third win in as many games.

Let’s have a closer look at some very interesting facts and figures as we head into Tuesday’s games:

Nizhny Novgorod (1-1) v Mornar Bar (0-2) — Group C, 17:00 CET


Iron Man Jacob Pullen played all 40 minutes of Mornar Bar's previous game on the road

  • This will be the first encounter between a Russian and a Montenegrin team in the Basketball Champions League.

  • Nizhny Novgorod won their last home game in the BCL Regular Season (82-73 against Ventspils in January 2019) but have never won consecutive home games in this phase.

  • Mornar Bar have won only one of their eight away games in the BCL (at Sidigas Avellino). Their last four away games in the competition finished on a single-digit margin, while the first four away games they played in the competition finished with a margin of at least 18 points.

  • Evgenii Baburin of Nizhny has scored on average 13 points in his last two home games in the BCL, after averaging 5.1 points per game in his first seven home games in the competition.

  • Mornar Bar’s Jacob Pullen has scored exactly 18 points in each of the first two gamedays this season. He played the full 40 minutes of Mornar Bar’s first away game  (against VEF Riga)  and he’s one of only two players to have played an entire game this season, alongside AEK’s Howard Sant-Roos.

 

Anwil Wloclawek (0-2) v EB Pau-Lacq-Orthez (0-2) — Group B, 18:00 CET


If Matt Mobley comes off the bench on Tuesday, don't be surprised to see him pouring in 25 points

  • Anwil Wloclawek have only won two of their seven home games in the BCL but one of those victories was over the only previous French team that played on their court, Le Mans, in November 2018 (76-64).

  • Pau-Lacq-Orthez have lost their first two games in the BCL, but no French team has ever lost their first three games of a BCL season in the past.

  • Anwil are the only team to have allowed their opponents to give out 30+ assists in a BCL game this season and it happened in both of their first two games (RASTA Vechta and San Pablo Burgos dished out 30 assists each).

  • Pau-Lacq-Orthez’s Matt Mobley scored 25 points in his first BCL game, when he came off the bench, but only two points in his second game, in which he started.

 

Teksüt Bandirma (0-2) v San Pablo Burgos (2-0) — Group B, 18:00 CET


Omar Prewitt is off to an excellent start, averaging 17.5 points in the first two games

  • Teksut Bandirma have lost three of their last five home games in the BCL, including the last two. They had lost three of their first 22 home games.

  • Bandirma have only won one of their five BCL games against a Spanish team, it was at home against Movistar Estudiantes in November 2017 (82-80).

  • San Pablo Burgos are aiming to win their first three BCL games, the only Spanish teams so far to achieve that feat have been Iberostar Tenerife and Montakit Fuenlabrada.

  • Omar Prewitt of Bandirma has scored on average 17.5 points in his last two BCL games, after averaging 7.6 points per game in his first five.

  • Only Bruno Fitipaldo has managed to score at least 10 points in each of San Pablo Burgos’ first two games in the BCL.

 

PAOK (0-2) v Neptunas Klaipeda (1-1) — Group D, 18:00 CET


PAOK's Apollon Tsochlas has good memories from his last game against Neptunas

  • PAOK and Neptunas Klaipeda have already faced each other four times in the BCL, with each team winning their two home games.

  • The Greek team have lost their last three home games in the BCL, their longest losing streak on their home court, after losing only one of their previous 10.

  • PAOK have scored less than 40 percent of their field goals attempts in each of their first two games this season in the BCL (37 percent against Besiktas, 38 percent against Falco Szombathely). This happened only once in their 16 games last season (39 percent against Umana Reyer Venezia on Gameday 1).

  • PAOK’s Apollon Tsochlas has scored in double-digits only twice in his 39 BCL games with PAOK, but one was against Neptunas Klaipeda, in November 2017, when he had 12 points.

  • Neptunas have won 60 percent of their BCL games with Simas Galdikas coming from the bench (15 of 25 games), but only 22 percent with him in the starting five (2 of 9).

 

Telekom Baskets Bonn (1-1) v Besiktas Sompo Sigorta (1-1) — Group D, 20:00 CET


Telekom Baskets Bonn need to protect the rim better as they have no blocks so far

  • Besiktas Sompo Sigorta have won their two previous games against Telekom Baskets Bonn in the BCL, during the 2017-18 season.

  • Bonn have won four of their last six home games in the BCL, after winning only three of their first nine.

  • Besiktas have won five of their last six away games in the BCL, after winning only two of their previous eight. All of their last six away games in the competition have finished with a double-digit margin.

  • Bonn are the only team to have not yet blocked a single shot in the 2019-20 BCL.

  • Jordan Theodore of Besiktas is averaging 9.2 points and 4.7 assists per game this season, after averaging 16.2 points and 7.5 assists in his first 19 games in the competition.

  • James McAdoo of Besiktas has registered a double-double in each of his first two games in the BCL. No player has so far managed to post a double-double in his first three games in the competition. 
     

Polski Cukier Torun (1-1) v UNET Holon (0-2) — Group A, 20:30 CET


Can Chris Wright become the first player to post a double-double in each of his first three BCL games?

  • Polski Cukier Torun can become the second Polish team to win their first two home games in the BCL, after Stelmet Zielona Gora in 2016-17.

  • UNET Holon have lost their last five games in the BCL, their longest losing streak in the competition. However, their last three wins in the competition came away from home (at Nanterre, Fribourg Olympic and Opava last season).

  • Torun are, alongside ERA Nymburk, one of the two teams to have grabbed at least 30 defensive rebounds in each of their first two BCL games this season.

  • Torun have made their last seven 3-point attempts, all during the fourth quarter of their last game against SIG Strasbourg. This is the best current streak in the BCL.

  • Chris Wright of Torun has registered a double-double in each of his first two games in the BCL. No player has so far managed to post a double-double in his first three games in the competition. 

 

SIG Strasbourg (1-1) v BAXI Manresa (2-0) — Group A, 20:30 CET


There is no place like home for Gabe York of Strasbourg

  • SIG Strasbourg have won their last two home games in the BCL, after losing three of the previous four home games.

  • BAXI Manresa are aiming to win their first three BCL games, the only Spanish sides so far to have achieved that feat are Iberostar Tenerife and Montakit Fuenlabrada.

  • Strasbourg have conceded at least 10 three-pointers in six of their last 12 games in BCL, but have not scored 10 or more 3-pointers in any of their last 22 BCL games.

  • Gabe York of Strasbourg has scored at least 20 points in seven of his 10 home games in the BCL. He has also grabbed at least 5 rebounds in six of those 10 games.

  • Ryan Toolson is the only Manresa player to have scored at least 10 points in each of their first two games this season in the BCL. He had 21 points against Polski Cukier Torun and 12 points against Lietkabelis.
     

Iberostar Tenerife (2-0) v Peristeri winmasters (2-0) — Group C, 20:30 CET


Big man Giorgi Shermadini leads Tenerife in scoring and averages an efficiency rating of 27.5

  • Iberostar Tenerife have won three of their four home games against Greek teams in the BCL, only losing against PAOK in November 2018 (66-65).

  • Tenerife have won their last four home games in the BCL. They have won more consecutive home games only once before in the competition, seven games between March and December 2017.

  • Peristeri are looking to become the third Greek team to win their first three games in the BCL, after Aris in 2016-17 and Promitheas Patras in 2018-19.

  • Giorgi Shermadini has led Tenerife in scoring in their first two games of this BCL season (24 points against Nizhny Novgorod and 19 points against Mornar Bar). He is currently the only player to have registered an efficiency rating of at least 25 in each of the first two games this season.

  • Peristeri’s Christos Saloustros has scored at least 10 points in each of his last two BCL games, as many times as in his first 16 games in the competition.