A career night results with Turk Telekom guard earning this round's MVP honor.
Round 7 MVP: Anthony Brown, Turk Telekom Ankara
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A memorable performance by an unstoppable Anthony Brown saw him set three new season highs in the BKT EuroCup and a pair of club records for Turk Telekom Ankara, all while earning him MVP of the Round honors.
In a 99-80 win over the visiting U-BT Cluj-Napoca, Brown starred with a career-best 39 points, shooting 8 for 10 from downtown, setting club records and EuroCup season-high marks in both scoring and three-pointers made. Brown was also 6 of 9 on two-pointers and made all 3 of his free throws. In addition, he dished 7 assists, pulled down 4 rebounds and had 1 steal, accumulating a PIR of 45, another season high and a personal best.
Two players had a PIR of 33: Cluj's Zavier Simpson and Jaka Blazic of Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana. Simpson collected 22 points, 9 assists, 6 rebounds, 3 steals and drew 9 fouls in a loss against Turk Telekom, while Blazic posted 23 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 9 drawn fouls in an 83-90 loss against Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse. The next best PIR, 32, belongs to ratiopharm Ulm's Justinian Jessup, who played 41 minutes in a 105-100 overtime loss at Buducnost VOLI Podgorica with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Rounding out the list of best performers in Round 7 is Turk Telekom's Braian Angola, with a PIR of 29, as he collected 21 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.
Individual highs: Anthony Brown, Turk Telekom, 39 points
Brown's 39 points in Round 7 are the most by a player this season. Jared Harper of Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem is the EuroCup's scoring leader with 22.0 points per game.
Veteran center Ante Tomic of Joventut Badalona pulled down 13 rebounds, more than any other player in this round. Tomic is the EuroCup's new rebounding leader with 9.7 boards per game.
Jaleen Smith of Bahcesehir College Istanbul dished 15 assists, head and shoulders better than anyone else in Round 7. Cluj's Simpson leads the EuroCup this season, averaging 7.1 assists per night.
D'Moi Hodge of Aris Midea Thessaloniki led all players in this round with 5 steals. Jerusalem's Yovel Zoosman leads the EuroCup with 2.3 steals per contest.
Two Aris players, Eleftherios Bochoridis and Nate Laszewski, had 3 blocks in Round 7. Aleksa Ilic of Buducnost is this season's top shot blocker with 1.8 per game.
There were five double-doubles in this round: Tomic (17 points, 13 rebounds), Joshua Roberts of Aris (10 points, 12 rebounds), Semi Ojeleye of Valencia Basket (13 points, 12 rebounds), Bruno Caboclo of Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv (11 points, 10 rebounds), and Tyler Cavanaugh of Bahcesehir (12 points, 10 rebounds).