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Week 3 Tuesday/Wednesday games preview

MIES (Switzerland) – Week three of the Basketball Champions League is right around the corner with a seven-game slate between Oct. 19 and Oct. 20.

Here’s a look at the four games on Tuesday:

Game 1: AEK (0-1) vs. Nutribullet Treviso (1-0) – Group D

Where: Athens, Greece

When: 19:30 CET

In their first game, AEK lost to Falco Szombathely 78-83.

 

Treviso defeated VEF Riga 91-85.

 

AEK team leaders:

  • Eric Griffin (16.0 points, 4.0 rebounds per game)
  • Nikos Pappas (20.0 points, 2.0 rebounds per game)
  • Braian Angola (17.0 points, 4.0 rebounds per game)
  • Quino Colom (5.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 8.0 assists per game)
  • Stevan Jelovac (14.0 points, 5.0 rebounds per game)

PPG 78.0 (15) RPG 35.0 (19) APG 15.0 (25)

Treviso team leaders:

  • Henry Sims (20.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.0 blocks per game)
  • Michal Sokolowski (14.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists per game, 2.0 steals per game)
  • DeWayne Russell (11.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 9.0 assists per game)
  • Tomas Dimsa (16.0 points, 4.0 rebounds per game)
  • Nicola Akele (9.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.0 steals per game)

PPG 91.0 (2) RPG 34.0 (22) APG 24.0 (1)

Game 2: Rytas Vilnius (0-1) vs. Hereda San Pablo Burgos (1-0) – Group H

Where: Vilnius, Lithuania

When: 19:30 CET

In their first game, Rytas lost to EWE Baskets Oldenburg 72-76.

Burgos defeated Besiktas Icrypex 82-74.

 

Rytas team leaders:

  • Ivan Buva (21.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists per game)
  • Gytis Radzevicius (11.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.0 steals per game)
  • Arnas Butkevicius (8.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists per game)
  • Taylor Leissner (11.0 points, 3.0 rebounds per game)
  • Margiris Normantis (9.0 points, 3.0 rebounds per game)

PPG 72.0 (24) RPG 32.0 (24) APG 13.0 (28)

Burgos team leaders:

  • Vitor Benite (27.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists per game)
  • Alex Renfroe (10.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 8.0 assists per game)
  • Dejan Kravic (4.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.0 blocks per game)
  • Dani Diez (9.0 points, 4.0 rebounds per game)
  • Xavi Rabaseda (7.0 points, 5.0 rebounds per game)
  • Aleksej Nikolic (5.0 points, 5.0 assists per game)

PPG 82.0 (10) RPG 35.0 (19) APG 22.0 (3)

Game 3: EWE Baskets Oldenburg (1-0) vs. Besiktas Icrypex (0-1) – Group H

Where: Oldenburg, Germany

When: 20:00 CET

In their first game, Oldenburg defeated Rytas 76-72.

Besiktas lost to Burgos 74-82.

 

Oldenburg team leaders:

  • Max Heidegger (26.0 points per game)
  • Bennet Hundt (15.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists per game)
  • Tai Odiase (12.0 points, 3.0 rebounds per game)
  • Michal Michalak (7.0 points, 4.0 rebounds per game)

PPG 76.0 (20) RPG 31.0 (27) APG 12.0 (30)

Besiktas team leaders:

  • Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (15.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 3.0 steals, 2.0 blocks per game)
  • Jordan Bone (20.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists)
  • Josh Reaves (14.0 points, 3.0 assists, 3.0 steals per game)
  • Dedric Lawson (8.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 3.0 steals per game)
  • Furkan Haltali (7.0 points, 6.0 rebounds per game)

PPG 74.0 (22) RPG 31.0 (27) APG 16.0 (21)

Game 4: JDA Dijon (0-1) vs. Nizhny Novgorod (0-1) – Group C

Where: Dijon, France

When: 20:30 CET

In their first game, Dijon lost to Lavrio Megabolt 63-65, while Nizhny lost to Unicaja 62-79.

Dijon team leaders:

  • Chase Simon (15.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, 2.0 steals per game)
  • Rashard Kelly (14.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists per game)
  • David Holston (13.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 3.0 steals per game)
  • Sek Henry (7.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists per game)
  • Gavin Ware (5.0 points, 7.0 rebounds per game)
  • Jacques Alingue (6.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 2.0 blocks per game)

PPG 63.0 (29) RPG 43.0 (3) APG 16.0 (21)

Nizhny team leaders:

  • Anton Astapkovich (13.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists per game)
  • Alexander Gankevic (13.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists per game)
  • Lazeric Jones (11.0 points, 4.0 assists per game)
  • Ivan Strebkov (8.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists per game)

PPG 62.0 (30) RPG 27.0 (30) APG 22.0 (3)

Here’s a look at the three games on Wednesday:

Game 1: VEF Riga (0-1) vs. Szombathely (1-0) – Group D

Where: Riga, Latvia

When: 19:00 CET

In their first game, Riga lost to Treviso 85-91.

 

Szombathely defeated AEK 83-78.

Riga team leaders:

  • Devondrick Walker (21.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists per game)
  • Ron Curry (13.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 4.0 steals per game)
  • Jalen Riley (17.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists per game)
  • Kristers Zoriks (10.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 2.0 steals per game)
  • Alexander Madsen (8.0 points, 6.0 rebounds per game)

PPG 85.0 (5) RPG 27.0 (30) APG 22.0 (3)

Szombathely team leaders:

  • Zoltan Perl (21.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists per game)
  • Szilard Benke (16.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 2.0 steals per game)
  • Benedek Varadi (8.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists per game)
  • Gyorgy Goloman (9.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.0 blocks per game)
  • Akos Keller (8.0 points, 6.0 rebounds per game)
  • Boris Barac (15.0 points, 4.0 rebounds per game)

PPG 83.0 (8) RPG 40.0 (6) APG 20.0 (6)

Game 2: Darussafaka (0-1) vs. Hapoel U-NET Holon (1-0) – Group G

Where: Istanbul, Turkey

When: 19:00 CET

In their first game, Darussafaka lost to U-BT Cluj Napoca 60-66.

Holon defeated Happy Casa Brindisi 88-61.

 

Darussafaka team leaders:

  • Nathan Boothe (14.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists per game, 2.0 steals per game)
  • Troy Caupain (8.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists per game)
  • Isaiah Pineiro (8.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.0 steals per game)
  • Gabriel Olaseni (9.0 points, 8.0 rebounds per game)
  • Dogus Ozdemiroglu (8.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, 6.0 steals per game)

PPG 60.0 (32) RPG 34.0 (22) APG 11.0 (32)

Holon team leaders:

  • Joe Ragland (18.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 7.0 assists per game)
  • Steven Gray (20.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 2.0 steals per game)
  • Chris Johnson (18.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.0 steals per game)
  • Michale Kyser (9.0 points, 5.0 rebounds per game)
  • Mark Ogden (6.0 points, 7.0 rebounds per game)

PPG 88.0 (4) RPG 37.0 (15) APG 17.0 (17)

Game 3: Unicaja (1-0) vs. Lavrio Megabolt (1-0) – Group C

Where: Malaga, Spain

When: 20:30 CET

This is the only matchup between unbeaten teams this week.

In their first game, Unicaja defeated Nizhny 79-62.

 

Lavrio defeated Dijon 65-63 in a thriller that came down to the wire.

A basket by Kenny Goins gave Lavrio a 65-63 lead with 5.3 seconds left and then on the next possession, Goins also blocked the game-winning three point attempt at the buzzer to secure their win.

 

Unicaja team leaders:

  • Jaime Fernandez (21.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists per game)
  • Tim Abromaitis (13.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 2.0 steals per game)
  • Norris Cole (12.0 points, 3.0 assists per game)
  • Michael Eric (9.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.0 blocks per game)
  • Jonathan Barreiro (6.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists)

PPG 79.0 (13) RPG 37.0 (15) APG 19.0 (9)

Lavrio team leaders:

  • Tyson Carter (15.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists per game)
  • Dimitrios Kaklamanakis (13.0 points, 9.0 rebounds per game)
  • Kenny Goins (10.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.0 steals per game)
  • Vasilis Mouratos (10.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists per game)

PPG 65.0 (28) RPG 36.0 (17) APG 12.0 (30)