
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.
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Treviso defeated VEF Riga 91-85.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)