JL Bourg is on the rise over the last month and one player's steady improvement has a lot to do with that success.
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JL Mincidelice Bourg en Bresse enters Round 11 with an 8-2 record and four consecutive wins in Group B of the BKT EuroCup Regular Season. One of team's main protagonists during that span has been starting swingman Jeremy Morgan.
Entering Round 11, Morgan is one of only two qualified players this season shooting better than 71.0% on two-pointers and at least 49.0% behind the arc.
The 28-year old has really stepped it up in recent games, increasing his production across the board. He has been one of the main reasons why Bourg started stacking up victories and is sitting alone in second place of Group B.
Before the current four-game winning streak, Morgan was posting 10.8 points on average to go with 2.5 assists, 1.5 rebounds, 1.3 steals and a PIR of 11.7.
During the last four games, however, Morgan has upped each of those numbers to 14.5 points, 3.0 assists, 1.8 rebounds and 3.5 steals for an average PIR of 17.3.
He has been especially dangerous shooting the ball from long range in the past three games. Only two players have made more threes than Morgan since Round 8, and he's done it on an excellent 57.9% accuracy.
Morgan scored 12 points twice, in a 72-65 home win over Aris Midea Thessaloniki in Round 7, and again last week in a 63-72 road triumph over Slask Wroclaw, when he went 3-for-4 from downtown.
In Rounds 8 and 9, Morgan scored 17 points in each game. First, he netted 5 of 9 three-point shots in an 86-67 home thumping of Turk Telekom Ankara, then made 3 of 6 from downtown in an 84-89 road win at ratiopharm Ulm.
Apart from his scoring and efficient shooting, Morgan has also been productive on the other end of the floor.
During its four-game winning streak, Bourg has allowed just 69.8 points per game, holding opponents under 70 points in three of those.
The Bourg defense has been quite opportunistic, taking a total of 43 steals, which is 10.8 per contest.
Morgan had 14 of those, which is more than any other EuroCup player in that span. That includes 5 steals in a Round 7 win over Aris, one shy of the Bourg club record and tied for the second-most in the EuroCup this season.
Bourg and Morgan will try to keep the performances going and try to inch closer to clinching a playoff spot on Wednesday when they welcome Dolomiti Energia Trento.