Hannah rescued Andorra in the final minutes

Despite early shooting struggles, Clevin Hannah put MoraBanc Andorra on his back late to avoid a collapse in Poland.

Hannah has been quietly building a resume as one of the top point guards in EuroCup history both as a scorer and a passer. Only one of those skills was on display for much of the game against Slask Wroclaw on Wednesday.

Through 36 minutes, Hannah had dished 8 assists, but had missed all 6 of the shots he had taken – 3 three downtown and 3 inside the arc – and was scoreless. But with Slask, which had trailed by as many as 16 in the third quarter, rallying back, Hannah stepped up.

After Travis Trice’s triple brought the hosts within 82-85, Hannah sniped a three for his first points of the game. Even so, the Slask had the momentum and Lukasz Kolenda’s three tied the game at 88-88. Again Hannah came to the rescue with a go-ahead floater. And when Trice’s three-point play again put the hosts on top, Hannah penetrated to score and give Andorra the lead, this time for good, 91-92.

As it would turn out, that would be enough because Slask did not score in the final 90 seconds. Even so, Hannah continued to take responsibility. He attempted two more pressure-filled shots in the final 30 seconds and went to the line and added a free throw with 5 seconds left.

Hannah finished the game with 8 points and 8 assists. His three-pointer moved Hannah into a three-way tie for 25th on the all-time EuroCup charts with Chris Lofton and Adam Waczynski with 130. Only four players in competition history have made more threes at a better career shooting percentage than Hannah’s 41.9%.

He is also ranked 26th with 268 assists – trailing teammate Codi Miller-McIntyre by 1 for 25th place. However, Hannah did fall a few spots on the all-time free-throw charts due to a missed foul shot, tumbling to 13th all-time with 89.1.