Jordan McRae came off the bench to shine for Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv in a resounding 83-100 comeback road win at Promitheas Patras, and as a result picked up the MVP honor for Round 9. His performance index rating of 32 was the best of among 7DAYS EuroCup players in Round 9. McRae posted career highs with 26 points and 8 assists, making 9 of 16 two-point shots and 2 of 3 three-pointers. He had 8 points and 4 assists in a game-breaking 0-22 run en route to becoming
Hapoel's third MVP in nine rounds this season.
This round's second best PIR, 28, was shared by Axel Bouteille of Turk Telekom Ankara and Karim Jallow of ratiopharm Ulm. Bouteille led Turk Telekom to a 71-84 road win over Buducnost VOLI Podgorica by scoring a career-high 26 points, knocking down a career-best 5 of 8 three-pointers, and pulling down 7 rebounds. Jallow pace Ulm in an 81-84 road win at U-BT Cluj-Napoca by collecting 21 points, 4 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 assists.
Completing the list of Round 9's top performers are Ulm's Robin Christen, Pierre Pelos of Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse and D.J. Kennedy of Prometey Slobozhanske, each with a PIR of 27. Christen had 26 points, going a perfect 5-for-5 from both two- and three-point range and making his only free throw. Pelos had 22 points plus 7 rebounds in a 90-91 loss to visiting Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana. Kennedy posted 15 points, 5 assists, 5 steals and 5 rebounds in his team's 71-75 road win at Umana Reyer Venice.