MIES (Switzerland) - Wednesday's three-game slate draws the curtain on Week 4 of the 2024-25 BCL Regular Season. Here's a closer look at some facts and figures for each of the three games.
PROMITHEAS PATRAS BC VIKOS COLA vs. GALATASARAY (Group D, 18:30 CET)
Promitheas have lost their last three home games in the BCL, their longest run of defeats at home, after winning eight of the previous 10. Seven of their last eight home games were decided by single-digit margins.
Galatasaray are 6-3 in their last nine away games in the BCL Regular Season phase. The Turkish team scored 85 or more points in six of their last seven away games in the BCL Regular Season.
Promitheas give up more second chance points (20 per game) than any other team in the BCL so far this season, while Galatasaray's defense gives up the most fast-break points, 21 per game.
Promitheas's top scorer in each of their first two BCL games this season came off the bench: Darius Perry, with 18 points against ERA Nymburk, and KJ Williams, with 21pts against RASTA Vechta. This had happened only twice in their previous 10 BCL games.
James Palmer Jr has scored more than 10 points in each of his eight games in the BCL. He is however 1-of-6 from the free-throw line in the BCL since joining Galatasaray, after going a perfect 24-of-24 from the line over his previous season in the league.
NANTERRE 92 vs. FIT/ONE WÜRZBURG BASKETS (Group A, 20:00 CET)
Nanterre 92 have won five of their last six home games in the BCL, but their last four home games were decided by a single-digit margin, in contrast to the previous two that were decided by margins greater than 45 points. The French team's biggest win in the competition came at home against a German team (103-56 v Telekom Baskets Bonn, in January 2019).
FIT/One Würzburg Baskets have won their first two games in the BCL and, if they also win on Wednesday, they will tie medi Bayreuth (from 2017-18) as the only German teams ever to win their first three ever games in the BCL. RASTA Vechta, in 2019-20, were the last German team to win their first ever away game in the BCL.
FIT/One Würzburg Baskets are leading the BCL in offensive rating so far this season, scoring 129.8 points per 100 possessions. They also have the highest offensive rebound ratio, grabbing 44.1 percent of the available boards on the offensive end.
Desi Rodriguez has scored 12 or more points in 10 of his 11 games in the BCL, including both with Nanterre 92 this season. He dished out exactly 3 assists in each of those two games.
Zac Seljaas of Würzburg scored 23 or more points in each of his first two games in the BCL. If the repeats this feat on Wednesday he will join Kyle Guy and TJ Shorts II as the only players in BCL history to score 23+ points in each of their first three games. Seljaas is shooting 60 percent (9-of-15) from three so far in his BCL career.
UNICAJA vs. ALIAGA PETKIMSPOR (Group B, 20:30 CET)
Unicaja have won their last 12 games in the BCL, the joint-longest winning run by any team in a single calendar year (La Laguna Tenerife had 12 in a row in 2022). They have won their last eight home games, by an average margin of 18.5 points, and scoring 80 or more points in seven of those.
Aliaga Petkimspor have won their first two games in the BCL, leading at half-time on both occasions. If they win on Wednesday they will join Bandirma (from 2016-17), Besiktas (2016-17) and Turk Telekom (2019-20) as the only Turkish teams in BCL history to win their first three games in the competition.
Unicaja are leading the BCL in assist ratio so far this season, with 22.2 assists per 100 possessions. Unicaja are second in assists per game, with 24, trailing NINERS Chemnitz who dish 26.5 assists per contest.
Unicaja’s Jonathan Barreiro, who scored 14 points on Gameday 2, has scored more than 12 points in back-to-back BCL games only once in his 74 BCL appearances. The Spanish forward made at least one 3-pointer in six of his last seven BCL games at home.
Petkimspor's Breein Tyree scored 33 points in his most recent BCL game, the second 30-point game of his BCL career. Kyle Wiltjer is the only player in BCL history with three 30-points games.