One day short of a full year since he claimed the EuroCup MVP of the Round honor for the first time in his career.

Round 11 MVP: Ondrej Balvin, Prometey Slobozhanske

[Ondrej Balvin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/ondrej-balvin/002644/) of Prometey Slobozhanske did it again. The 31-year-old center led his team to [an 89-70 rout of Besiktas Emlakjet Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2023-24/prometey-slobozhanske-besiktas-emlakjet-istanbul/U2023/101/) with 17 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks. His performance index rating of 28 was the highest among all players on winning teams in Round 11. It was also Balvin’s best since he posted a 34 on December 14, 2022, to become Round 8 MVP last season. 

One day short of a full year since he claimed the EuroCup MVP of the Round honor for the first time in his career. Ondrej Balvin of Prometey Slobozhanske did it again. The 31-year-old center led his team to an 89-70 rout of Besiktas Emlakjet Istanbul with 17 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks. His performance index rating of 28 was the highest among all players on winning teams in Round 11.

Ondrej Balvin | Round 11 MVP | 2023-24 BKT EuroCup

The top PIR of Round 11 came from [Gabe Olaseni](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/gabe-olaseni/006600/) of the London Lions. Last week’s co-MVP tallied 24 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks for a PIR of 36 in [an 81-83 home loss](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2023-24/london-lions-veolia-towers-hamburg/U2023/105/) at the hands of Veolia Hamburg Towers. 

ratiopharm Ulm’s teenage point guard [Juan Nunez](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/juan-nunez/010106/) had one of his best games in the competition with personal bests of 17 points and a PIR of 26 in [handing reigning champion Dreamland Gran Canaria its first loss of the season](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2023-24/ratiopharm-ulm-dreamland-gran-canaria/U2023/107/). 

[McKinley Wright](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/mckinley-wright-iv/012606/) of Buudcnost VOLI Podgorica also had a PIR of 26, though his came in [a losing effort against Turk Telekom Ankara](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2023-24/buducnost-voli-podgorica-turk-telekom-ankara/U2023/109/). Wright scored 23 points on 8-of-10 two-point shooting in the game.

Rounding out the list of Round 11’s best performers was [Christian Mekowulu](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/christian-mekowulu/012576/) of Wolves Vilnius with 24. Mekowulu posted 14 points and 11 rebounds in [a loss to Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2023-24/wolves-vilnius-hapoel-shlomo-tel-aviv/U2023/103/).

Prometey Slobozhanske v Besiktas Emlakjet Istanbul (2023-12-13T17:00:00.000Z)

Here are the leaders in the main statistical categories for Round 9 of the 2023-24 BKT EuroCup Regular Season. 

Round 9, individual highs: Deividas Sirvydis, Lietkabelis, 29 points

[Points](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/stats/expanded/?size=1000&viewType=traditional&seasonCode=U2023&statisticMode=perGame&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=score)

The top scorer in Round 11 was center Gabe Olaseni of the London Lions with 24 points. Olaseni is now tied for second in the EuroCup in scoring with 17.9 points per game. Paris Basketball’s Nadir Hifi is the EuroCup's scoring leader this season with 18.0 points per game.

[Rebounds](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/stats/expanded/?size=1000&viewType=traditional&seasonCode=U2023&statisticMode=perGame&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=totalRebounds)

Trevion Williams of ratiopharm Ulm increased his lead atop the rebounding charts for the season by hauling in 14 boards in Round 11, which led all players. His season-long average is up to 12.0 per game. 

[Assists](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/stats/expanded/?size=1000&viewType=traditional&seasonCode=U2023&statisticMode=perGame&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=assistances)

Justin Cobbs of Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana and Ferran Bassas of Dreamland Gran Canaria shared the top spot in Round 11 with 10 assists each. Klemen Prepelic, who played six games with Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana and averaged 8.7 assists per game, remains the season-long leader.

[Steals](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/stats/expanded/?size=1000&viewType=traditional&seasonCode=U2023&statisticMode=perGame&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=steals)

With 5 steals each, Ronnie Harrell of Aris Midea Thessaloniki and Rob Gray of Prometey Slobozhanske were the best in Round 11. Andres Feliz of Joventut Badalona leads all players this season with 2.7 steals per game. 

[Blocks](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/stats/expanded/?size=1000&viewType=traditional&seasonCode=U2023&statisticMode=perGame&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=blocksFavour)

Steven Enoch of Turk Telekom Ankara blocked the most shots of any player in Round 11 with 3 rejections. Dusan Miletic of Slask Wroclaw is the new shot-blocking leader this season with 2.2 per game.

[Double-doubles](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/stats/expanded/?size=1000&viewType=miscellaneous&seasonCode=U2023&statisticMode=accumulated&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=doubleDoubles)

Eight players produced double-doubles in Round 11. Six did so with points and rebounds: Enoch (15 points, 10 rebounds), Ethan Happ of Gran Canaria (11 points, 10 rebounds), Karlo Matkovic of Cedevita (15 points, 13 rebounds), Christian Mekowulu of Wolves Vilnius (14 points, 11 rebounds), Tai Odiase of Prometey Slobozhanske (16 points, 10 rebounds) and Trevion Williams (15 points, 14 rebounds). The other two were Bassas (12 points, 10 assists) and Cobbs (11 points, 10 assists).

Here are the leaders in the main statistical categories for Round 10 of the 2023-24 BKT EuroCup Regular Season. 

Round 11 individual highs: Gabe Olaseni, London Lions, 24 points

U-BT Cluj-Napoca v Slask Wroclaw (2023-12-12T17:00:00.000Z)

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica v Turk Telekom Ankara (2023-12-13T18:45:00.000Z)

Aris Midea Thessaloniki v 7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys (2023-12-12T18:00:00.000Z)

Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse v Dolomiti Energia Trento (2023-12-13T18:30:00.000Z)

ratiopharm Ulm v Dreamland Gran Canaria (2023-12-12T18:00:00.000Z)

London Lions v Veolia Towers Hamburg (2023-12-13T19:30:00.000Z)

Paris Basketball v Umana Reyer Venice (2023-12-12T19:30:00.000Z)

Wolves Vilnius v Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv (2023-12-12T17:00:00.000Z)

Joventut Badalona v Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (2023-12-13T19:15:00.000Z)

Veolia Towers Hamburg grabbed its second win in Group A, edging the London Lions 81-83 at the Copperbox Arena. Some of its players had played there before and made sure Hamburg returned home with a valuable victory. 


Hamburg stars win in return to London 

Mark Hughes, V.J. King and Aljami Durhan all played in the British League at some point during their careers. Hughes made his professional debut with the Worcester Wolves in the 2019-20 season. Durham joined Hamburg from another British team, the Caledonia Gladiators, where he played last season. King was the British League's player of the month in January 2023 when he played for the Bristol Flyers.

All of them had very significant performances in their returns to London on Wednesday. Durham produced an all-around game with 15 points, 5 rebounds, a EuroCup career-high 7 assists and a PIR of 20. At the end of the game, Durham thought it was a first step in the right direction for a team that entered the game with a 1-9 record in Group A.

"I have to give all the credit to my teammates and coaches. They make it easy for me when I am hitting shots, and we were running our actions to perfection. You see how good we can be! It is just how much better we can get, honestly," Durham said. 

"It is a testament to our season. We had a tough start but kept working and kept getting better every day and now, we were able to put together 40 minutes. And as you can see, we can play with these guys, we can play with the tough ones. It is just a good testament to our work but we are not done here. We have a lot more."

V.J. King, Aljami Durham and Mark Hughes led Veolia Towers to an 81-83 road victory over the London Lions in Round 11 of the BKT EuroCup Regular Season.

Durham, King, Hughes lead Hamburg in London

King stepped up in crunch time after being relatively quiet in the opening 37 minutes. London led 78-75 with less than 3 minutes left after rallying from a 16-point deficit but King tied the game with a three-pointer and bettered Olaseni's layup with another bomb from downtown for an 80-81 edge in the next-to-last minute. King had 6 of his 8 points in the final 3 minutes. He also collected 5 rebounds.

Hughes buried the game-winning shot, getting a defensive rebound after Tarik Phillip's miss and running the length of the court to bank in a stop-and-pop jumper. When London could not get a shot up in the final 1.3 seconds, Hughes had effectively won the game for Hamburg. He finished the game with 12 points, 2 assists and a PIR of 10.

All three Hamburg stars had solid games in their returns to London and helped Hamburg to record a character road victory!

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Veolia Towers Hamburg stunned the London Lions 81-83 at Copperbox Arena on Wednesday led by a trio of players with experience in British basketball. 

Congratulations to Augusto Mauriello, the Round 11 winner in [EuroCup Fantasy Challenge](https://eurocupfantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/home)! Augusto's team Georginho Meravigliao posted a score of 230.05.

The team featured the following lineup: team captain Gabe Olaseni of London Lions, Trevion Williams of ratiopharm Ulm, Jalen Hoard of Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv, Andres Feliz of Joventut Badalona, and T.J. Shorts of Paris Basketball as starters; Juan Nunez also of Ulm as sixth man; Yigitcan Saybir and Ismail Cem Ulusoy of Turk Telekom Ankara, Diamantis Slaftsakis of Aris Midea Thessaloniki and Maxime Courby of Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse as bench players; and Frederic Fauthoux also of Bourg as head coach.

His prize for finishing first in Round 11 is a free subscription to Euroleague TV for the 2024-25 season!

The overall leader after 11 rounds is Clement Plassard, whose Plassboub team is ahead of everyone with 1,966.00 fantasy points.

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Make new teams now or improve your existing ones and try to become EuroCup Fantasy Challenge's next winner!

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EuroCup Fantasy Challenge: Round 11 winner

Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse did not play its best game of the season, but the team’s aggressiveness on both ends of the floor proved to be too much for its Round 11 opponent to handle. The result was a 79-67 victory over Dolomiti Energia Trento. 

Aggressive Bourg triumphed despite shooting woes

Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse did not play its best game of the season, but the team’s aggressiveness on both ends of the floor proved to be too much for its Round 11 opponent to handle. The result was a 79-67 victory over Dolomiti Energia Trento.

The ugly side of the game for Bourg was that it made just 3 three-pointers and committed 18 turnovers. It was the worst three-point shooting night in the club’s four seasons in the EuroCup. What’s more, one of those 3 triples came with the game already decided with 33 seconds to go.

As a team, Bourg was 3 for 17 (17.6%) from downtown. Teenage sensation Zaccharie Risacher was 2 for 2 from deep, meaning the rest of the team struggled mightily with the outside shot.

“We always stay together as a team. That’s what made us win the game,” Risacher said after the game. The forward contributed 12 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals, which all tied for the team lead.  

The ways Bourg was able to make up for those shooting woes were by being aggressive and by all accounts, Bourg got the job done.

“Numbers never lie,” Trento head coach Paolo Galbiati summed up after. “11 rebounds more means many \[extra\] possessions. 31-10 free throws for sure shows they were aggressive.”

Those stats that Coach Galbiati were telling as Bourg set a club record with 31 free throws attempted and were 1 off the club record with 43 rebounds. The hosts tied a club record with 24 free throws made.

Bourg also held Trento to low shooting numbers: 43.6% on two-pointers and 27.6% on threes. The hosts forced 17 turnovers and converted them into 25 points. Trento only generated 16 points off of Bourg’s miscues.

“I am very satisfied because what is most important is to win,” Frederic Fauthoux, Bourg’s head coach, summed up the game. “Tonight we played very good defense, we were very tough. Of course, we made some mistakes on offense, but we won because we gave a lot of energy on defense.”

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Bourg set a club record for most free throws attempted and came within 1 rebound of another club best. 

Joventut Badalona eked out an 83-81 win over Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana in a bid to clinch a post-season BKT EuroCup berth, as the home side collected more offensive boards and committed fewer turnovers than the visitors.

Cedevita undone by offensive boards and turnovers

Joventut Badalona eked out an 83-81 win over Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana in a bid to clinch a post-season BKT EuroCup berth, as the home side collected more offensive boards and committed fewer turnovers than the visitors.

Joventut improved to 6-5 in Group A while Cedevita slumped to 0-11 after coming agonizingly close to celebrating its first win of the season, having led by 10 points early in the second quarter. The visitors nosed ahead 80-81 in the final minute but could not hold on as Andres Feliz scored the final 3 points of the enthralling contest.

A deeper Joventut roster racked up 12 offensive boards to Cedevita’s 5 and the home side also kept the turnovers down to 9 while the visitors had 15. Last but not least, Joventut dished out 22 assists to Cedevita’s 19, with both teams producing solid shooting percentages.

Fine margins made the difference and presence in the paint was a telling factor, as Cedevita lost power forward Amadou Sow late in the third quarter, when he was helped by two teammates limp off the court with what looked like a twisted ankle.

Cedevita head coach Simone Pianigiani was quick to point out that his injury-hit team was much too shorthanded: “It’s clear my players made a great effort,” the Italian told the post-game press conference. “It’s difficult to compete given the situation we are in, as we have only one big man at the moment.

“In addition, we lost our only power forward tonight and we had to adjust. It came down to one shot, very much like in the first game and I think we deserved to win at least one of them. But that’s basketball. We committed 15 turnovers tonight and that’s too many, but I can only praise my players for showing the right spirit.”

Joventut head coach Carles Duran lauded his players for showing grim determination to come out on top after a patchy performance. “We are happy with the victory against a very good and talented team,” he said. “We need to improve in several departments but right now it’s the result that matters.”

Joventut scraped a precious home win in the hunt for a post-season berth.

Joventut Badalona v Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (2023-12-13T19:30:00.000Z)

Joventut Badalona ground out a hard-fought and rather fortuitous 83-81 home win over Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana in their BKT EuroCup Round 11, Group A clash on Wednesday.

Last-gasp Joventut edges Cedevita 83-81 in thriller

Joventut Badalona ground out a hard-fought and rather fortuitous 83-81 home win over Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana in their BKT EuroCup Round 11, Group A clash on Wednesday.

Joventut, the competition’s semi-finalist last season, improved to 6-5 and stayed on course for a post-season berth, while Cedevita dropped to 0-11 and remained rooted to the bottom of the group.

Andrew Andrews led a balanced Joventut effort with 14 points. Pep Busquets scored 13, while Deshaun Thomas and Andres Feliz added 12 each. Ante Tomic and Vladimir Brodziansky chipped in with 10 apiece for the home team.

At the other end, DJ Stewart paced Cedevita with a game-high 20 points, while Karlo Matkovic added 15 to go with 13 rebounds. Justin Cobbs and Jaka Blazic netted 11 apiece, with Luka Scuka scoring 10 points for the visitors.

### Fast start for the hosts

Joventut raced into a 6-0 lead early on, but Cedevita soon regained its composure and nosed ahead 22-26 at the end of the first quarter on the back of excellent three-point shooting. The visiting team sank 6 of 9 shots from beyond the arc in the opening period, with Stewart 3 of 3 as he racked up 9 points.

### Cedevita takes control

Cedevita opened up a 22-32 lead early in the second, the biggest advantage either team had throughout the contest, but Joventut kept slashing the deficit steadily. The home team found an extra gear in the closing stages of the first half and Feliz took center stage when he nailed one from downtown on the buzzer, giving Joventut a 49-45 halftime lead.

### Back-and-forth tussle continues

Both sides played in fits and starts throughout the third quarter, with Cedevita engineering a pair of 0-7 runs while Joventut put together one 7-0 streak. All said, the game headed into the final 10 minutes with Joventut leading 66-63 in the see-saw battle.

### Cedevita has a shot at the end

The lead kept changing hands time and again until the final 54 seconds when Feliz emerged as the hero and Cobbs the villain. Feliz drove for a layup and then converted 1 of 2 free throws in Joventut’s last possession, while Cobbs missed a couple of three-pointers at the other end, including one on the buzzer that would have given Cedevita an unlikely win had it gone in.

The visitors missed a chance to celebrate their first EuroCup win of the season.

Hamburg beat PIR logic in London

Veolia Hamburg Towers had to battle until the final second to register its second win of its BKT EuroCup season, downing London Lions 81-83 in the English capital. London won 103-84 in PIR but lost the game. What happened?

First of all, London finished the game with 5 blocked shots and Hamburg only had one, by Lukas Meisner. The hosts only committed 14 fouls, which tied the competition's season low. 7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys and Wolves Vilnius previously made 14 fouls apiece in Rounds 3 and 6, respectively.

Hamburg had great efficiency to go to the free throw line despite drawing just 14 fouls. The guests went to the line 14 times. On the other hand, Hamburg drew 23 fouls and only went to the free throw line 16 times. Being able to use its non-shooting fouls so efficiently was one of the biggest keys to this game.

Hamburg finished the game with 22 assists, by far its best mark of the season. It had previously dished 17 assists three times this season. The visitors committed 12 turnovers, but only 4 of them came after the break. William Christmas and Aljami Durham combined for 11 assists and just 2 turnovers.

Three-point shooting was another big key to this game. London only made 4 of 21 attempts from beyond the arc (19.0% 3FG). Meanwhile, Hamburg sank 10 of 26 attempts from beyond the arc (38.5% 3FG). Those 10 three-point shots made are one shy of the team's season-best mark: 11 against Prometey Slobozhanske in Round 1.

In the end, London had a much higher PIR in this game but Hamburg returned home with a very valuable road victory that could be a turning point in its EuroCup season!

Despite losing the PIR tally 103-84, the Towers from Hamburg prevailed in the English capital. 

Turk Telekom Ankara seems to have found its offensive rhythm as the Turkish side put together a second straight scoring bonanza to secure a second consecutive victory. 

Turk Telekom offense shines again in blowout of Buducnost 

Turk Telekom Ankara scored 57 points in the second half in a 73-96 victory at Buducnost VOLI Podgorica, the first road win of the season for last year’s runner-up, which had lost its first five away games in Group B. The back-to-back wins give Turk Telekom a 3-8 record in the group.

"Two wins in a row for us. We are just trying to sharpen our tools on defense and offense and then let everything take care of itself afterwards,” said Steven Enoch, who collected a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds in the win.

The road victory followed Turk Telekom’s 95-84 win last week over U-BT Cluj-Napoca, which snapped a seven-game losing skid. Despite having scored 95 points versus Cluj, Turk Telekom was still only averaging 77.8 points per game coming into the Buducnost game - the third-lowest average in the league.

Newly-arrived point guard Yogi Farrell helped Buducnost gain a hard-earned W over Lietkabelis, their second in three outings. For his home debut await a Turk Telekom group that were inspired by James Palmer's season-high 24 points to overcome Cluj and finally put an to end a troubling losing sequence.

Buducnost Podgorica-Turk Telekom Ankara | Round 11 Highlights | 2023-24 BKT EuroCup

Turk Telekom shot 55.9% on two-pointers and 46.4% on three-pointers - way over its percentages of 48.0% and 31.1%, respectively coming into the game which also ranked 20th and 17th respectively. Turk Telekom’s two-point shooting was all the more impressive considering Buducnost was the third stingiest defense in that statistic with just 51.4%.

Turk Telekom’s defense also stepped up, allowing 11.2 points fewer than the 84.2 scoring average it had coming into the game. The Turkish side also allowed only 9 assists, which were 10.6 fewer than its 19.6 assists per game average thus far.

Turk Telekom still has a long way to go to actually reach the playoffs. But the team won its first road game; seems to have found its offense; its defense stood strong against a playoffs challenger; and its -29 +/- rating is better than any of the four teams one win ahead of them in the standings at 4-7.

Turk Telekom seems to have found its offensive rhythm as the Turkish side put together a second straight scoring bonanza to secure a second consecutive victory. 