Jordan Floyd took charge late to lift Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse past Umana Reyer Venice 86-79 on Tuesday. He scored 14 of his season-high 24 in the fourth quarter, including a jumper to break a 60-60 tie and a fastbreak slam to give his team a double-digit lead. Floyd accounted for more than half of Bourg’s points in the fourth quarter, in which the team scored 26.
Not that he was quiet before that, but when it was time for the game to be decided, Floyd stepped up.
"I just caught a rhythm," said Floyd after the game. "My team kept coming to me. And we work on the things that we do in the game and it was just able to flow at the end of the game."
The effort was the continuation of an excellent debut season in the EuroCup for Floyd, who topped the 20-point mark for the fifth time in 11 games – and the third time in the last four. He raised his scoring average to 16.2 points, which is 10th in the competition.
Floyd did this on a night when the three-point shot failed him. He was 0 for 3 from downtown, but made 8 of 9 two-pointers. Some of those were mid-range jumpers, others drives to the hoop after breaking down defenders and there were some fastbreak buckets. Floyd was also perfect from the foul line; he has now made 19 consecutive free throws over his last three games.
He added 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal and only committed 1 turnover in compiling a performance index rating of 26, which was the second-highest tally for Floyd all season. In three games this season against Italian clubs – two against Reyer and one against Germani Brescia, Floyd has averaged 20.3 points and a PIR of 21. Bourg hosts Brescia in Round 13 and it had better be prepared for this breakout star.
