MIES (Switzerland) - Finland, Lithuania, France, Spain, and Portugal. No, we are not offering you a trip around Europe to organize one of those family cruises; rather, it's unmissable basketball action on a Tuesday night.
Season 11 of the Basketball Champions League, powered by Ameresco SUNEL, returns for another week of spectacle, featuring five games on Tuesday.
Here are our usual must-know facts, stats, and info about them.
Salon Vilpas vs. Windrose Giants Antwerp - Group C, 18:30 CET
Salon Vilpas are about to play their first home game in the BCL, after losing their first two on the road, and will try to become the first Finnish team to win their debut game at home in the competition; they have allowed 85+ points in each of their first two fixtures.
Windrose Giants Antwerp have won their first two BCL games this season and will try to win three on the bounce for the first time in competition’s history; the Belgians have scored 99+ points in each of their first two games this season, but no team has ever opened a BCL campaign scoring 99 or more points in each of their first three fixtures.
Antwerp are averaging 1.33 points per possession in the BCL 2026-27, more than any other team, while Vilpas are one of seven teams averaging more than 1.2 points conceded per opposition possession (1.21).
Karl Chavis has scored in double figures in each of his two BCL games with Vilpas and had a double-double in his most recent appearance (10pts and 10reb vs. Falco Vulcano Szombathely); Chavis has attempted 8+ free throws in each of his two BCL games thus far.
Enoch Cheeks and Noel Coleman have both scored more than 15 points in each of Antwerp’s two BCL games this season, with each player making 4+ shots from three-point range in each of their two league games thus far.
In his final game for Vilpas, Leland Walker had 13 points to contribute to the 80-52 road win against Lahti Basketball in Finland; in Belgium, Antwerp won 88-80 against Limburg United as Joel Murray and Enoch Cheeks combined for 40 points, staying on top of the BNXT League standings with a 5-0 record.
BC Juventus Utena vs. BK KVIS Pardubice - Group E, 19:00 CET
BC Juventus Utena will try to win back-to-back BCL games for the first time since November 2016 (W3); however, they have won their road game (76-75 at Pallacanestro Reggiana) and have been defeated at home (105-69 vs. Unicaja) in the BCL this season.
BK KVIS Pardubice have lost their first two BCL games, scoring 65 or fewer points in each of those fixtures; they are yet to win a single quarter in the competition.
46.9 percent of Pardubice’s points this season have come from behind the arc, the highest ratio in the BCL, despite having the lowest accuracy from the three-point range (26.3%). 28.3 percent of the points allowed by Juventus came from behind the arc; only three teams have a lower ratio.
Jack Pagenkopf has made 6+ assists in each of his two BCL games with Juventus, but no player has made 5 or more dimes in each of his first three games with the Lithuanian crest; Pagenkopf also has an average Efficiency Rating of 12.0 in the BCL, a joint-high amongst all players on Juventus’ roster this season.
Pardubice’s Robert Lee Bonham III had 10 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists in his first BCL game; however, only three players in league history have combined for 10+ points, 5+ rebounds, and 5+ assists in each of their first two league appearances (Ante Tomic, Chris Kramer, and Ishmail Wainright).
Despite Tevian Jones' 19 points, Juventus lost 94-82 on the road in Lithuania to BC Jonava; Pardubice, meanwhile, celebrated a 102-85 road win over USK Praha with six players in double digits, including Joe Bryant (20 points on 4-of-7 from deep).
SIG Strasbourg vs. Cibona - Group B, 20:00 CET
This will be the third BCL game between SIG Strasbourg and Cibona, with the home team of the day winning each of the two previous encounters, back in 2016-17; Strasbourg will try to win their first two home games in a BCL campaign for the seventh time in their nine seasons.
Cibona are going to play their first road game in this BCL season; the Croats won only one of their seven road games in their previous league campaign, in 2016-17.
Strasbourg and Cibona have both conceded only 6.0 points per game from fastbreak situations in the BCL this season, fewer than any other team.
Abdoulaye N'Doye has made more than five assists in each of his two BCL games this season, after doing it only once across his six games with Le Mans in 2023-24; he has also made eight steals this season, more than in his entire previous campaign (7 steals in 6 games).
Rickey McGill has scored 15+ points in eight of his last 10 games in the BCL, including in his most recent one with Cibona (18 vs. Legia Warszawa); McGill has also made exactly 3 steals in his two league appearances with the Croatian champions.
Inspired by Neftali Difuidi's 19 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists, Strasbourg took down Cholet 88-82 in the BCL derby between French sides; Cibona suffered a 20-point home defeat (89-69) in the ABA League against Igokea m:tel.
Unicaja vs. Pallacanestro Reggiana - Group E, 20:30 CET
This will be Unicaja’s first home game of the season, with the Spanish side on a 21-game winning sequence on their own court in the BCL; Unicaja won their previous two BCL meetings with Reggiana, both by double-digit margins.
Reggiana will play their first road fixture in the BCL this season, and it will be exactly where they played their last road game in the competition (105-68 at Unicaja in April 2025).
Only two teams have scored more points in the paint per game than Unicaja in the BCL 2026-27 (43.0); however, Reggiana have allowed only 23.0 points in the paint per game, the lowest average of all teams.
Amine Noua has scored 19 and 20 points in his first two BCL games, but only Dario Brizuela has scored 15 or more points in three consecutive league fixtures with Unicaja; Noua himself has never scored 15+ points in three consecutive BCL games (28 appearances).
Jaylen Barford has scored 15+ points in each of his two BCL games this season but has never done so in three straight appearances in the competition; he has also scored 15+ points in two of his three BCL games in Spain, with the lone exception coming against Unicaja in April 2025 (7 points).
After a 40-minute battle, Unicaja couldn't beat Barcelona, losing 92-89 in Malaga without the newly signed Kevin Knox; Reggiana's domestic struggles continue, as they recently lost 81-68 in Treviso and remain at 2-4, 13th in the standings.
FC Porto vs. Asisa Joventut - Group H, 20:30 CET
FC Porto will play their first game at home in the BCL after winning one and losing one on the road; they will attempt to become the first Portuguese team to win their very first home game in the competition.
Asisa Joventut have lost their last four road games in the BCL; however, they have always won when playing away from home in the Regular Season (W3).
Joventut are making 63.2 percent of their two-pointers in the BCL this season, the best accuracy among all teams; they score, on average, 0.33 more points per two-point shot than per three-point shot, the largest such differential among all teams.
James Woodard has been Porto’s top scorer in both their games in the BCL this season, dropping 13 points at Telekom Baskets Bonn and 17 against Bnei Penlink Herzliya; Woodard has made exactly three three-pointers in each of his two appearances with the Portuguese outfit.
Emir Sulejmanovic has scored 17 or more points in each of his two BCL games with Joventut, after never reaching that tally in any of his previous 66 appearances in the competition; Sulejmanovic has also grabbed 6+ rebounds in his two games this season.
Both teams had close defeats during the weekend: in Portugal, Porto lost 78-76 against Ovarense away from home, while Joventut suffered the 81-78 defeat to Surne Bilbao, another BCL representative from Spain, in Badalona.