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Game of the week: PAOK mateco (0-2) host Galatasaray NEF (2-0)

THESSALONIKI (Greece) - PAOK mateco are looking for their first win of the 2021-22 Basketball Champions League season when they host undefeated Galatasaray Nef in a Group E game on Oct. 25.

Where: Thessaloniki, Greece (PAOK Sports Arena)

When: 19:30 CET

PAOK are coming off a one-point buzzer beater loss to ERA Nymburk (84-83).

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Galatasaray, meanwhile, pulled out a close 89-85 win over Igokea in their last game.

 

PAOK mateco (0-2), fourth-place in Group E

In their last game, Marvin Jones (17 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists) and Vlado Jankovic (14 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists) both recorded double-doubles.

The two also combined for half of the team's 42 rebounds.

Team leaders:

Points per game: Malcolm Griffin 15.5, David DiLeo 11.5, Jones 10.0

Rebounds per game: Jankovic 8.5, Jones 7.0, DiLeo 5.0

Assists per game: Griffin 4.0, Jankovic 3.0, Vasileios Toliopoulos 2.5

Galatasaray (2-0), first-place in Group E

In their last game, DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell went off, scoring 31 points with 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals on 11-of-15 shooting from the field and 4-of-5 from three-point.

Galatasaray also got contributions from Dee Bost (17 points, 3 rebounds), Melo Trimble (12 points, 4 assists) and Kerry Blackshear (11 points, 7 rebounds, 4 steals).

Team leaders:

Points per game: Akoon-Purcell 27.0, Trimble 22.5, Bost 15.0

Rebounds per game: Akoon-Purcell 5.5, Goksenin Koksal 5.0, Ege Arar 4.0

Assists per game: Trimble 3.5, Akoon-Purcell 3.0, Bost 3.0

Team comparison by the numbers: Left = PAOK, Right = Galatasaray

40.5

 

2-Point FG %

 

51.4

34.0

 

3-Point FG %

 

42.6

38.1

 

Overall FG %

 

47.3

70.0

 

Free Throw %

 

87.0

28

 

Defensive Rebounds

 

26

10

 

Offensive Rebounds

 

8

38

 

Total Rebounds

 

35

7

 

Steals

 

8

16

 

Assists

 

18

8

 

Turnovers

 

9

4

 

Blocks

 

2

18

 

Fouls

 

18

12.0

 

Points from Turnover

 

19.0

13.0

 

Fast Break Points

 

18.5

8.5

 

Second Chance Points

 

11.5

32.0

 

Points in the Paint

 

27.0

27.0

 

Points from the Bench

 

14.5

8.5

 

Biggest Lead

 

17.0

13.0

 

Biggest Scoring Run

 

12.0

14:59

 

Time Leading

 

30:24