A career-best performance in yet another winning effort has seen Conor Morgan of the London Lions earn Round 9 MVP honors in the 2023-24 BKT EuroCup Regular Season. His personal-best PIR of 36 was the highest among all EuroCup players this week.
Round 9 MVP: Conor Morgan, London Lions
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Conor Morgan led London to a convincing 87-101 win over Wolves Vilnius with 36 PIR, which shattered his previous-best mark. In 67 previous EuroCup games, Morgan had never reached a PIR higher than 21. Against the Wolves, he had 22 points on 2-of-2 two-pointers, 5-of-8 three-pointers and 3-of-3 free throws, as well as 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 1 block and 7 fouls drawn. He is the third-ever London player to earn MVP of the Round honors after Ovie Soko and Matt Morgan.
Deividas Sirvydis of 7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys amassed a PIR of 34 in his team's 120-111 overtime loss against U-BT Cluj-Napoca. Sirvydis had 29 points on 5-of-8 two-pointers, 3-of-4 three-pointers and 10-of-10 free throws. He added 4 rebounds, 4 assists, a steal and 6 fouls drawn. Ronnie Harrell of Aris Egalis Thessaloniki and Marco Spissu of Umana Reyer Venice each had a PIR of 32 in Round 9. Spissu led Reyer to a 94-77 home victory over Veolia Towers Hamburg with 22 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and 3 fouls drawn. Harrell had 24 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals and 5 fouls drawn in a 69-67 losing effort against Dolomiti Energia Trento. J'Covan Brown of Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv, with a PIR of 28, completes the top individual performances in Round 9. He had 19 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists and 8 fouls drawn as Hapoel downed Besiktas Emlajket Istanbul, 81-75.