These five players impressed enough to earn their place in the roll call after another intense week BKT EuroCup action.
Roll call, Round 12: Stepping up en route to personal-best performances
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Mike paved the way for Bourg's road win
Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse picked up its sixth straight win in the BKT EuroCup, with forward Isiaha Mike delivering a career-best performance in an 89-98 road triumph at U-BT Cluj-Napoca. Mike finished the game with 28 points, 5-of-6 three-point shooting for a PIR of 31, all career-high numbers. He also pulled down 8 rebounds, including a personal-best 4 on the offensive glass. Mike scored 14 points on 3-of-3 three-point shooting in the first quarter, as Bourg set a club record by scoring 37 points and opening up a 20-point lead, which it eventually protected as the hosts made a late charge. Mike added 6 more points in the fourth quarter to help secure Bourg's win.
Jallow met personal highs in a loss
ratiopharm Ulm came up short at 7bet-Lietabelis Panevezys, 94-90, after a dramatic finish on the road, and it was Karim Jallow who led the visitors' effort by meeting four different career highs on the night. Jallow tied his personal best with 24 points, making a new career-high 8 two-point shots on 10 attempts, as well as shooting 2-of-4 from long range. Jallow also contributed on the defensive end, picking up 4 steals, and accumulated a PIR of 29, with both marks tying his career best. In a 4-point loss, Jallow finished the game with a team-high +9 in the plus/minus column.
Hubb ran Trento's offense in big upset
Despite a poor shooting night, combo guard Prentiss Hubb was at the heart of Dolomiti Energia Trento’s 76-98 upset of Gran Canaria by effectively running the offense and dishing 9 assists. Not only was it his highest-ever number of dimes in the EuroCup, but it is more than double his season average of 4.3 per game. Hubb also contributed 7 points, 3 rebounds and 1 steal, while he didn’t commit a single turnover. Despite shooting 2-of-11 from the field, Hubb left his mark on what could be a season-defining win for Trento.
Toliopoulos was Aris’s floor general once again
Thanks in large part to Vassilis Toliopoulos's most complete game of his season, Aris Midea Thessaloniki was able to leave Turkiye with an 85-95 road win at Turk Telekom Ankara. Toliopoulos led Aris in scoring (20 points), three-pointers (4), rebounds (6), assists (9), PIR (25) and plus/minus (+15) in the game. His number of rebounds, assists and PIR were all personal bests, too. He more than doubled his average output in rebounding (2.4 rpg.) and PIR (11.8) and nearly quadrupled his assists output, which in the first 11 rounds of this season stood at 2.5 per game.
Alexander lifted Hapoel with a career night
World Cup bronze medalist Kyle Alexander put together his finest EuroCup game to date on Wednesday, as Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv routed Umana Reyer Venice, 100-81. The big man notched personal bests with 18 points, 9 defensive rebounds and 2 steals. He added 2 offensive rebounds to complete his second double-double of the campaign and also blocked 2 shots. All told, he amassed a PIR of 30 and led the team in plus/minus with +30 in 26:06 minutes. Alexander is now fifth in rebounds in the EuroCup with 8.3 boards per game.