A record-breaking performance in a winning effort allowed Zavier Simpson of U-BT Cluj-Napoca to earn BKT EuroCup Regular Season Round 8 MVP honors with a PIR of 34.
Simpson led Cluj to a 100-93 home win over 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys with 32 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. He made 7 of 11 two-pointers, 2 of 4 three-pointers and 12 of 13 free throws and drew 9 fouls to compile a PIR of 34, which was the highest of any player in Round 8. Simpson is the first Cluj player to earn MVP of the Round honors this season and the third in competition history after Karel Guzman and Emanuel Cate.
Devon Dotson of Joventut Badalona had the round's next-highest PIR with a 32 in his team's 78-72 home win over Buducnost VOLI Podgorica. Dotson led Joventut with 26 points on 7-of-10 two-point shooting, 3-of-4 on three-pointers and 3-of-3 on free throws, plus 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 6 fouls drawn.
Gabriel Chachashvili helped Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem beat Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse 86-77 with 20 points on 8-of-11 two-point shooting and 4 free throws without a miss, 11 rebounds, 1 steal and 4 fouls drawn for a PIR of 29.
Mateusz Ponitka of Bahcesehir College Istanbul (28 PIR) and Mantas Rubstavicius of Lietkabelis (27 PIR) complete the list of top individual performances in Round 8.