Virtus Segafredo Bologna center Mam Jaiteh earned his first-ever 7DAYS EuroCup MVP of the Round honor with a near-flawless performance in a key 72-83 road win over Umana Reyer Venice on Wednesday.

Round 14 MVP: Mam Jaiteh, Virtus Segafredo Bologna

Jaiteh posted a persona-best and Virtus club record with his performance index rating of 41, which topped all players in Round 14 and tied for the season's fourth-best single-game total. The big man combined a career-high 24 points and 12 rebounds, making 9 of 11 two-point shots and 6 of 8 free throws in the win. He also added 2 assists, 1 block and 8 drawn fouls for the first MVP nod of his five-season EuroCup career. Jerai Grant of Promitheas Patras followed with a PIR of 34 based on 22 points and 11 rebounds as he powered his team to a key 79-68 victory over ratiopharm Ulm. The next-best PIR belonged to Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana center Alen Omic, whose PIR of 30 came with 19 points on perfect 8-for-8 field goal shooting and 8 rebounds in a win over Buducnost VOLI Podgorica. Rounding out the list of Round 14's top performers were Aleksander Dziewa of Slask Wroclaw and Artem Pustovyi of Gran Canaria, both with PIRs of 28. Dziewa posted 25 points and 5 rebounds as his team beat visiting Dolomiti Energia Trento, while Pustovyi had 18 points plus 10 rebounds in a home win over Frutti Extra Bursaspor.

Mam Jaiteh earned the first MVP of the Round honor for Virtus Segafredo Bologna this season after a career-best performances in a key 72-83 road win over Umana Reyer Venice. Jaiteh had a career-high and a club-record 41 PIR, topping all players in Round 14.

Mam Jaiteh | Round 14 MVP | 7DAYS EuroCup

Umana Reyer Venice v Virtus Segafredo Bologna (2022-03-09T19:00:00.000Z)

Boulogne Metropolitans 92 used a fantastic defensive effort against one of the EuroCup's best scorers to claim a valuable victory on Wednesday. 

Metropolitans stopped Homesley to stifle Hamburg

Metropolitans head coach Vincent Collet knew that, even though his team's opponent came to Paris with some absences, the key for the win had to do a lot with containing Hamburg Towers' top scorer, Caleb Homesley. Despite the French team's victory in Hamburg back in Round 5, Homesely had hurt Metropolitans by scoring a season-high 29 points on 5-for-11 three-point shooting in just 26 minutes on court.

This time, Collet's game plan worked fine, as Homesley encountered problems getting any scoring rhythm. He finished the first half with just 4 points and had 7 at the end of the game. It was the first time he failed to reach double-figures in points this season. His single three-pointer made was also his low for the season, and that one didn't fall until just a few seconds before the final whistle.

Round 14 individual highs: Milos Teodosic, Virtus, 13 assists

Milos Teodosic - Virtus Segafredo Bologna (photo Matteo Marchi - Virtus) - EC21

Ferrell has become the go-to guy for Cedevita since he joined the club before Round 6. Starting in each of his eight appearances heading into this game, he has averaged 16.3 points on 50.0% shooting from both two- and three-point range while dishing 4.8 assists, all for a PIR of 17.1 on average.

Ferrell will match up this week with Ray, a combo-guard has been worth 14.5 points, 3.6 assists and a PIR of 13.1 as a starter in all 13 Promitheas games. Ray scored at least 10 points in 12 of those games, but his season high of 8 assists came on Tuesday in Promitheas key win over ratiopharm Ulm. Ray will try to keep distributing the ball and get the better of Ferrell. Which of them has the better game will surely have an impact on the result. 

Yogi Ferrell and Kendrick Ray figure to have big roles when Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana hosts Promitheas Patras in their rescheduled Round 9 game on Thursday.

Major matchup: Ferrell, Cedevita vs. Ray, Promitheas

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana v Promitheas Patras (2022-03-10T19:45:00.000Z)

Yogi Ferrell - Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (photo Ales Ferves - Cedevita) - EC21

Cedevita has committed the third-most turnovers in the EuroCup this season with an average of 15.6 per game. Cedevita boasts at least 92 points scored in each game of its three-victory streak, but to keep that offense humming, the team would do itself a favor by taking better care of the basketball. If Cedevita can continue to lower the number of turnovers while playing at the same pace, it will be a tough team to stop at home. 

Promitheas has struggled on the offensive end of the court this season. The team has the third-lowest 72.9 points per game in the EuroCup. It ranks among the bottom four teams in both two-point (50.5%) and three-point (32.0%) accuracy. Improving those numbers is critical on the road, and Promitheas has a good chance to do that from deep since Cedevita has allowed opponents to shoot 36.8% from downtown so far this season. 

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana will look to build on the momentum of its three consecutive wins when it hosts Promitheas Patras in a rescheduled Round 9 game on Thursday, which is their first meeting this season.

Keys to victory: Cedevita vs. Promitheas, Round 9

Zoran Dragic - Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (photo Ales Ferves - Cedevita) - EC21

Pauli, who came into the game averaging 7.5 points per game this season, started the night just 6 points shy of 500 in his 7DAYS EuroCup career. He needed less than 5 minutes to get those with points Nos. 500 and 501 coming on a steal and slam that made it 11-6. 

The forward remained a threat all night long and put up an impressive line while finishing with 13 points to tie his season high. He made 5 of 6 two-pointers and 1 of 2 threes, though he also missed his only 2 free throws. Pauli corralled 8 rebounds, dished 3 assists, collected 2 steals and committed just 1 turnover in compiling a career-best performance index rating of 22 in his 93rd game over six EuroCup seasons. His previous best had been 21, set when he played with Gran Canaria against ASVEL Villeurbanne in December 2017. 

Pauli's excellent game was not just about numbers. He seemed to be in the right place to make an impact all game long. His 7 first-quarter points and 2 steals helped Andorra to a strong start. He added 2 points, 2 boards and 1 assist in the second quarter. Like most of his teammates, Pauli had a quiet third quarter, but he was back with a bang in the fourth with 4 points, 4 rebounds and a critical assist to Drew Crawford.  

Oriol Pauli reached a milestone and set a career-high while leading MoraBanc Andorra to a tough come-from-behind victory Joventut Badalona

Oriol Pauli shined for Andorra against Joventut

Oriol Pauli reached a milestone and set a career high while leading MoraBanc Andorra to a tough come-from-behind victory Joventut Badalona.

Pauli luanched Andorra past Joeventut 

MoraBanc Andorra v Joventut Badalona (2022-03-09T19:00:00.000Z)

Oriol Pauli - MoraBanc Andorra (photo Martin Imatge - Andorra) - EC21

Dziewa poured in 25 points –  seven more than the previous best of this, his first 7DAYS EuroCup season –  to go with 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block for a performance index rating of 28. The PIR was also 7 above his previous high.

Dziewa scored 14 of his points within the first 5 minutes of the game, which was of major importance as Slask needed to win by at least 5 points to win the tiebreaker with Trento and have a much better chance of reaching the playoffs.

The 24-year-old center has been with the club since 2016 when the storied franchise of 10 Polish League titles in a 12-year span between 1991 and 2002 was lingering in the third division. Dziewa helped Slask jump leagues twice and now is a leader for the team in its first season back in the EuroCup since 2008. And his big game against Trento might end up being enough to get Slask into the playoffs.

Aleksander Dziewa has a long history with Slask Wroclaw and it seems fitting that he used a career night to help his team defeat Dolomiti Energia Trento 77-68 for an enormously important victory for the club.

Dziewa's career night carried Slask to special win

Aleksander Dziewa has a long history with Slask Wroclaw and it seems fitting that he used a career-best performance to help his team defeat Dolomiti Energia Trento 77-68 for an enormously important victory for the club.



Slask Wroclaw v Dolomiti Energia Trento (2022-03-09T17:45:00.000Z)

Robby Ro beat everyone else in Round 14 with his team Greentime3. He had a Fantasy Challenge score of 235.0.

Robby had the following lineup: team captain Mam Jaiteh of Virtus Segafredo Bologna, Jerai Grant of Promitheas Patras, Jaron Blossomgame of ratiopharm Ulm, Gediminas Orelik of Lietkabelis Panevezys and Petar Popovic of Buducnost VOLI Podgorica as starters, Joel Parra of Joventut Badalona as sixth man and Nikos Rogkavopoulos of Promitheas Patras, Diego Flaccadori of Dolomiti Energia Trento, Alessandro Pajola of Virtus and Onuralp Bitim of Frutti Extra Bursaspor as bench players, as well as Sergio Scariolo of Virtus as head coach. As his prize for finishing first in Round 14, Robby wins a free subscription to Euroleague TV for the 2022-23 season!

The leader of the [EuroCup Fantasy Challenge](https://eurocupfantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/es/home) overall standings changes again, as Daniel Gomes climbs to the top with his team Lisboa Tugas which has 2603.52 points.

Trades are now open for Round 15. Remember, three trades are allowed before each round until the end of the regular season, and you can also trade your head coach.

The first game in Round 15, Frutti Extra Bursaspor vs. Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse, is scheduled to tip off on Tuesday, March 15 at 18:00 CET, and thus marks next round's deadline.

Make new teams now or improve your existing ones and try to become our next round winner!

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EuroCup Fantasy Challenge Round 14 winner

Gran Canaria used its bread-and-butter perimeter defense to secure a hard-fought 87-81 victory at home over Frutti Extra Bursaspor.

Gran Canaria hassles Bursaspor enough to get tough win

Gran Canaria came into the game as the EuroCup leader in steals with 9.2 per game and ranked second in forced turnovers with 15.9 per game. Gran Canaria head coach Porfi Fisac knew his guards would need to force things as Bursaspor had committed only 11.7 turnovers a game - third-fewest.

Six different Gran Canaria players had steals - including Andrew Albicy with 2 - and that led to Bursaspor committing 16 turnovers. The backcourt combo of Andrew Andrews (5 turnovers) and Derek Needham (3) had eight miscues amongst them. And thus Gran Canaria’s defense prevailed in the important battle of turnovers.

Gran Canaria v Frutti Extra Bursaspor (2022-03-09T20:00:00.000Z)

Andrew Andrews - Frutti Extra Bursaspor (photo Gran Canaria) - EC21