Young point guard Ziga Samar shows his vast promise in Veolia Towers Hamburg's resounding 64-100 road win against Slask Wroclaw, which matched the second-biggest blowout in the EuroCup this season. Samar was busy throughout, pouring in 17 points and dishing 11 assists in under 24 minutes. Both of those were personal bests for the 22-year-old, as was his PIR total of 25.
In his 21st career EuroCup game, Xavier Munford exploded for six different career highs and hit the game-winning three-pointer for Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv in its 84-82 home victory over Turk Telekom Ankara. His 33 points, 33 PIR, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, 5 two-pointers and 7 triples made, which matched the most in the EuroCup this season, were all personal bests.
After his team fell behind at home 0-7, Joventut Badalona veteran Guillem Vives took matters into his own hands by making 3 three-pointers in 3 minutes to forge a 12-12 tie in what eventually became a 96-91 home win over Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana. The one-time EuroCup champion would finish the night with 15 points on 5 three-pointers made, his high-water mark from the arc in 72 career games.
Combo guard Tyrone Wallace proved a big part of Paris Basketball being able to clinch a playoffs berth thanks to an 86-75 win against visiting Dolomiti Energia Trento that meant a sweep of their season series. Wallace rose to the occasion with season highs of 25 points and 29 PIR in just his seventh EuroCup game after he missed rounds 3 through 7. He also matched his previous best with 6 assists.
Thanks to James Palmer's incredible fourth quarter, Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse came from 25 points behind to within 3 in the final minute before losing 92-88 to 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys. Palmer scored 17 of his 31 points and dished 4 of his 7 assists in that final quarter. Both totals, as well as his 5 triples made, marked season highs for the EuroCup rookie.
While his teammate made off with the Round 12 MVP honor, veteran forward Nemanja Dangubic contributed his finest game in three EuroCup seasons to date as Promitheas Patras downed visiting Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 81-72 and took the tie-break advantage between them. Every point counted as Dangubic hit for a career-high 15 points without missing in 4 tries each from two-point and free-throw distance. His 20 PIR was another personal best.
