Week 3 Wednesday Round of 16 games preview
MIES (Switzerland) - Week 3 of the Round of 16 continues Wednesday with a three-game slate that features one team looking to stay undefeated and another who is finally playing their first game after their last was postponed.
Here's a look at the three games scheduled for Wednesday:
Game 1: Galatasaray Nef (0-0) vs. JDA Dijon (1-1) - Group I
Where: Istanbul, Turkey
When: 20:00 CET
Galatasaray
Points per game: DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell 21.5
Rebounds per game: DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell 5.3
Assists per game: Dee Bost 5.7
Steals per game: DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell 1.8
Blocks per game: Ege Arar 0.7
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- Galatasaray have won their last three games in the BCL, as many wins as in their previous nine games in the competition; they have won their last five BCL games where they managed to score 80+ points and have lost the only game in which they have scored fewer than that.
- Galatasaray are averaging 1.2 points per possession in the BCL this season, more than any other team.
- DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell has combined for 20+ points and 5+ rebounds in five of his six BCL games this season; he has done that in 11 BCL games in total, more than any other player in the competition's history.
Dijon
Points per game: Gavin Ware 13.8
Rebounds per game: Rashard Kelly 7.5
Assists per game: David Holston 5.9
Steals per game: David Holston 2.0
Blocks per game: Jacques Alingue 0.9
We saw him fly for the dunk, now he's double clutching his 3PTS, too! Robin Ducote sends @JDADijonBasket to +7 😤 #BasketballCL pic.twitter.com/Z5oztpTsPG
— Basketball Champions League (@BasketballCL) February 1, 2022
- Dijon are one of the four teams that allow their opponents fewer than 70 possessions per game on average this season (69.9).
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Dijon have won just one of their four away games in the BCL this season but have never ended a league campaign with fewer than two road wins; this will be Dijon's third BCL trip to Turkey, where they are undefeated (2-0).
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Rashard Kelly has combined for 20+ points and 10+ rebounds in three different games in the BCL in 2021-22; no player has had more than three such games in a single BCL season.
Game 2: Hapoel U-NET Holon (0-1) vs. MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (1-0) - Group I
Where: Holon, Israel
When: 21:00 CET
Holon
Points per game: Chris Johnson 14.3
Rebounds per game: Chris Johnson 5.4
Assists per game: Joe Ragland 7.3
Steals per game: Chris Johnson 1.5
Blocks per game: Michale Kyser 1.1
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Holon have won four of their five home games in the BCL in 2021-22, with their most recent four games being decided by seven or fewer points; they haven't won five home games in any of their previous four seasons in the league.
- Adam Smith has averaged 22.9 points per game in his last seven starts in a home game in the BCL, scoring a total of 20 three-pointers in those seven games.
Ludwigsburg
Points per game: Justin Simon 16.7
Rebounds per game: Justin Simon 7.6
Assists per game: Jordan Hulls 3.5
Steals per game: Justin Simon 1.9
Blocks per game: Justin Simon 1.6
💨 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 🤧#BasketballCL | @MHP_RIESEN @Radebaugh12 pic.twitter.com/NTY6BZxGZ5
— Basketball Champions League (@BasketballCL) January 26, 2022
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Ludwigsburg have won their most recent away game in the BCL (99-83 at Lenovo Tenerife) but have been alternating between wins and losses in their last eight games on the road in the competition; they haven't won consecutive road games since November 2017 – April 2018 when they won eight straight away from home.
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Ludwigsburg are scoring on average 18.9 points per game from second chances in the BCL this season, more than any other team; Holon are one of the four teams to average fewer than nine second chance points per game (8.9).
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Justin Simon is averaging 16.7 points per game in the BCL this season, more than any other previous Ludwigsburg player in a single season in the competition (min 5 games); his average of 7.6 rebounds per game is also the best for a Ludwigsburg player in a single BCL season.
Game 3: BAXI Manresa (0-1) vs. Darussafaka (1-1) - Group J
Where: Manresa, Spain
When: 21:00 CET
Manresa
Points per game: Luke Maye 13.3
Rebounds per game: Ismael Bako 6.7
Assists per game: Dani Perez 4.6
Steals per game: Sylvain Francisco, Joe Thomasson 1.0
Blocks per game: Ismael Bako 1.0
🥵 Former @UNC_Basketball's guy warming up for March Madness. Makes sense. 11PTS for @luke_maye in the 1QT! #BasketballCL I @BasquetManresa pic.twitter.com/OyAKxOteOh
— Basketball Champions League (@BasketballCL) February 2, 2022
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Manresa have lost three of their last five home games in the BCL after winning each of the previous five; they have scored more than 80 points in each of their three home games this season, as many times as in their previous seven home games in the competition.
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Manresa have seen their bench players score 38.4 points per game this season in the BCL, more than any other team; however, their bench unit scored only 17 points last week against Tofas Bursa, the first time they scored fewer than 30 points in a BCL game in 2021-22.
- Luke Maye has played 50% of his BCL games against teams from Turkey (3/6), scoring 18 points per game in those three appearances; he scored 31 points last week against Tofas,
the first time that a player scored 30+ points with the Spanish team in the competition.
Darussafaka
Points per game: Gabe Olaseni 14.8
Rebounds per game: Gabe Olaseni 6.4
Assists per game: Troy Caupain 5.5
Steals per game: Dogus Ozdemiroglu 2.9
Blocks per game: Nathan Boothe, Gabe Olaseni 0.5
🔥 𝑩𝑨𝑪𝑲-𝑻𝑶-𝑩𝑨𝑪𝑲 3️⃣𝒔 from @caupain10 when it matters the most!#BasketballCL | @dackabasket pic.twitter.com/r6YVgAsSif
— Basketball Champions League (@BasketballCL) February 1, 2022
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Darussafaka have won just one of their nine road games in the BCL but that sole win happened in Spain: 80-68 at Hereda San Pablo Burgos in the third game of this season's Play-In; overall, Darussafaka have won three of their last four BCL games, as many wins as they have had in their previous 13 league games.
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Dogus Özdemiroglu has averaged 16.7 points, 4.3 assists, 4 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game in his last six appearances with Darüssafaka in the BCL; he has combined for 18 points, 7+ rebounds and 5+ assists in each of his last two games in the competition.