Last week Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana center Alen Omic became the 7DAYS EuroCup's all-time rebounding leader. And that's just the latest achievement in his storied 118-game EuroCup career. Omic takes a walk down memory lane, reliving some of his greatest moments and highlights from his nine seasons in the competition with seven different teams, in this EuroCup Retrospective.  

EuroCup Retrospective: Alen Omic, Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana

Last week Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana center [Alen Omic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/alen-omic/004222/) became the 7DAYS EuroCup's all-time rebounding leader. And that's just the latest achievement in his storied 118-game EuroCup career. Omic takes a walk down memory lane, reliving some of his greatest moments and highlights from his nine seasons in the competition with seven different teams, in this EuroCup Retrospective.  

#### October 16, 2013: Omic makes his 7DAYS EuroCup debut with Union Olimpija Ljubljana, getting 6 points and 6 rebounds in a 67-59 victory over Cimberio Varese. 

"This was my second year in Olimpija. When I started to play basketball, I always dreamed about playing for two teams: Olimpija Ljubljana and Olimpia Milan. When I watched games on TV, Milan was the best team and a great city. And I managed to play for both teams. It was special to play against Varese, one of Milan's rivals, in my first EuroCup game. I am so happy those dreams came true, you know?"

#### November 6, 2013: He records his first double-double, getting 18 points and 10 rebounds in an 83-80 road loss against ratiopharm Ulm. His PIR of 32 will be a season-high. 

"Trust me, my dream is to destroy all EuroCup records. This is what I want: as many records as possible in the EuroCup."

#### October 29, 2014: Omic grabs his 100th rebound in the competition in his 19th game in the competition. Olimpija beats Szolnoki Olaj 80-86 at Foenix Arena. 

"The truth is, I became a better rebounder when I played for Aito Garcia Reneses in Gran Canaria. When I played there, he taught how to take rebounds, that there is a certain percentage of times where the ball goes when somebody shoots the ball and misses. We worked all season: where the ball goes when someone shoots a 45-degree shot, if he shoots from the corner... Of course, when a coach like Aito pushes you every day, you learn something and after playing for him, my career went up."

#### February 11, 2015: He sets a new career-high with 25 points in a 73-76 home loss against JDA Dijon. He added 9 rebounds for a PIR of 36. 

"I finished that EuroCup season strong and the next season, I went to Gran Canaria. I also went to play for the national team and Aito saw me play, I was 23 years old at the time. We went to play in Spain and that's when Aito saw me, playing with the national team. He saw me, remembered me and immediately after these national team games, he signed me." 

#### February 10, 2016: Gran Canaria beats Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 108-61 at home. Omic has 18 points and 17 rebounds for a career-high PIR of 37 - in just 26 minutes!

"I always try to fight for offensive rebounds because it is an extra chance to score. You can get the rebound and score or give an assist to someone. I am big and have great confidence and I fight every time I am close to the basket to get that rebound. I love rebounding: this is my routine and my mentality, to fight. Nowadays, it is tough to find point guards who will get 20 points and 10 assists. It is not easy to score points, defenses are aggressive and everybody is athletic. But rebounding, it is something that you have in your head, a mentality. If you have energy and you push yourself to get the rebounds, you will probably get it." 

#### April 6, 2016: Omic has 16 points and 7 rebounds in the second leg of the EuroCup Semifinals against Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul. Galatasaray, however, wins the series on an aggregate score of 170-169. 

"That was a very tough loss, probably my hardest loss in the EuroCup. Losing that game was really hard, trust me. We played unbelievable that season and were a very good team, but they scored last and Micov had that block in the end. I remember saying after the game that I would come back to the final and take this trophy. For me, it was like losing a final because that series against Galatasaray was like a final. If we would have won, we would have played against Strasbourg in the finals and I am 100% certain we would beat that team." 

#### April 14, 2016: The 2015-16 All-EuroCup teams are announced. Omic makes it to the 2015-16 All-EuroCup First Team. He averaged 14.0 ppg. and 7.6 rpg. for Gran Canaria. 

"Again, credit to Aito, he is something different. He is the number one coach in Spain, for sure. I have respect for everybody, but Aito is something special: the way he fights for young guys and helps them get better every day, it is something unbelievable. I also learned a lot from Taph Savane, who is now president of Gran Canaria. I always say that Aito and Taph helped me a lot in my basketball life. When I learned I was in the All-EuroCup First Team, after a good season, it was very special." 

#### April 5, 2017: Omic helps Unicaja Malaga win the 2016-17 EuroCup! Unicaja rallies past Valencia Basket in do-or-die Game 3, 58-63, to win the series at La Fonteta. Omic was ejected for leaving the bench to break up a fight. 

"I left Gran Canaria to play for Anadolu Efes Istanbul and played there for two months. My minutes went down and I had the chance to join Unicaja. When I arrived in Malaga, Coach Plaza told me immediately that I wasn't in shape and that I needed one month. 'I trust you, I know who you are', he said. After one month I started to play very well."

"When the fight happened in Game 3, I was sitting on the bench with 15 minutes left and then Martinez went after 'Nedo' \[Nemanja Nedovic\]. I stood up and caught him and I was like 'you will not touch my brother'. 'Nedo' is my brother, forever, and I love him so when I see someone wanted to fight him, I went immediately to the court. I didn't care and was out of the game. I remember we had a timeout and I said 'guys, this is going to help us'. I went to the locker room, but I stayed close to watch the game. They played unbelievable, fought and won. Lifting the trophy was unbelievable, it was crazy. It was a dream come true, I am so happy about it."

#### October 23, 2019: Omic gets a PIR of 35 playing for Joventut Badalona against UNICS Kazan. He had 20 points, 13 rebounds and 4 steals. 

"We had a very tough team in Badalona and they changed a lot of players when I got there. Nikos Zisis was our boss, but all of us were 25-26 years old and, of course, we have some young players because this is how Joventut works, and I respect that a lot. This is normal. I can only say very good and positive things about Joveneut and I enjoyed playing there. We went to the playoffs, to the EuroCup Top 16... we had a good year and Coach Carles Duran gave me minutes. Again, nothing but respect for Joventut." 

#### December 8, 2021: In his 99th EuroCup game, Omic hits his first three-pointer. He had 18 points but his team, Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana, registered a 101-104 loss against Virtus Segafredo Bologna. 

"You know, when I see somebody not respecting me and he's like five meters away from me, I don't care, I will shoot. There were 5-6 seconds on the shot clock and my coach had said that if I was open like that and there were 5 seconds left, I can take the shot. It went in and when you finally make a three-pointer like this, you have to be a bit cocky! :) I made 2 in the EuroCup last year and already hit one in the Adriatic League this season." 

Omic from deep!

#### November 2, 2022: Omic becomes the EuroCup's rebounding king, getting a career-best 21 boards in Cedevita’s 76-68 loss at Umana Reyer Venice to reach 776. He leads the competition in two-point shots made (487), too.

"Trust me, my dream is to destroy all EuroCup records. This is what I want: as many records as possible in the EuroCup. I want to be number one, stay in the EuroCup, play for good teams and try to get all the records. I want to win all records in the EuroCup. I want to be number one. 

"I will give my best to stay in the Eurocup, to stay with good teams and try to win all the records. I am 30 years old, and I know it is better to stay in a very good EuroCup team like Olimpija, or some others who played the competition before like Valencia, Virtus. What I want to play is 25 minutes, enjoying, winning, taking some trophies and fighting. I am a positive guy and always want to play, to stay on the court. If I play 5 minutes, I am not happy. I am always thinking 'why did I play 5 minutes?'

"I really enjoy playing in the EuroCup, I enjoy the competition, I love to play in Ljubljana, this is my city, and my coach trusts me. I played for Efes, back-to-back EuroLeague champions now and everything, but it was best for me to play for Gran Canaria and Unicaja in the EuroCup, two places where I enjoyed playing basketball. Playing for Milan was a dream come true, and I enjoyed playing for Crvena Zvezda. But yes, I don't like to stay on the bench, it is not easy for me! And being the EuroCup's leading rebounder is huge. I love it!" 

Stats review: Gran Canaria and its after-timeout success

The two most efficient half-court offensive teams in the 7DAYS EuroCup faced off in Round 4 as Gran Canaria scored a road win in a back-and-forth duel with Paris Basketball. In a game that swung on the rebounding margin, the talent and execution of both teams lived up to expectations. With Kyle Allman and AJ Slaughter heating up, both teams rode the hot hand for stretches but also made the most of their looks from the perimeter and got their role players involved in a variety of ways, executing effectively.

Execution has been particularly important for Gran Canaria throughout the first month of the season. Synergy Sports counts each team’s first half-court possession out of a sideline huddle as an after-timeout play. Those situations constitute around 15% of all half-court possessions season-to-season. 

While the average half-court offensive possession has been converted for 0.92 points per possession this year, the average after-timeout play has been worth only 0.86 per possession. Historically, teams benefit more from being able to set their defense than their offense. Every year there are one or two teams that defy that logic and bolster their offensive efficiency with their playcalling and focus out of stoppages and that team has been Gran Canaria this season.

As the graphic above suggests, Gran Canaria has scored a remarkable 1.20 points on after-timeout possessions so far this year with no other team joining them above the 1.00-line. Their poise in executing Coach Jaka Lakovic’s quick hitters, patience to find the open man along the perimeter when they do not get something off their initial action, and three-point shooting in special situations have placed Gran Canaria alongside Paris and Joventut Badalona as the only three teams scoring over 1.00 in the half court overall this season. It's still early, but Gran Canaria's ability to get things done out of stoppages has helped the team maintain momentum and has been key to its 3-1 start.

The early play of AJ Slaughter has also been a significant factor in Gran Canaria’s efficiency as the 35-year-old guard does not just rank as the EuroCup’s most efficient volume scores through four games, but his ability to make shots in a pinch has given the club an obvious player to look to on the rare occasions they have not created a good shooting opportunity towards the end of the shot clock.  

### Looking ahead to Round 5

Gran Canaria will put its ability to lean on its offense to the test against a Hapoel Tel Aviv team that has the best point differential among the five teams sitting at 3-1 in Group B. In the early going, Hapoel has ranked among the league’s best half-court defensive units thanks in large part to its three-point defense. 

It will be interesting to see how that holds up against Gran Canaria; how well Hapoel closes out shooters could go a long way toward determining whether it remains at the top of the standings next week.

Prometey signs Dickey away from Bourg

Prometey Slobozhanske has signed big man [James Dickey](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/james-l-dickey-iii/profile/011835/), who started the season with fellow EuroCup side Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse. Dickey (2.09 meters, 25 years old) appeared in one EuroCup game off the bench this season and contributed 1 points, 4 rebounds and 1 steal in an opening-night victory over U-BT Cluj-Napoca. He also averaged 4.6 points and 3.0 rebounds in five appearances in the French League.

 

A three-time All-Southern Conference selection and the 2018 SoCon Defensive Player of the Year at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Dickey began his professional career in Hungary with SZTE Szedeak Szeged during the 2020-21 season. He began the following season season with Goettingen in Germany before joining Hapoel Haifa in Israel. Due to EuroCup bylaws, Dickey will not be eligible to appear in a EuroCup game until the Round 8 fixture against Cluj on December 14.

Veteran Sakic has filled a big role for Lietkabelis

7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys registered an 89-84 home win against U-BT Cluj-Napoca on Wednesday night. It was a hard-fought battle and every time that Lietkabelis needed answers on offense, Zeljko Sakic was ready to provide them. 

Cluj led 28-33 with over 2 minutes left in the first half when Sakic fed Jamel Morris for a three-pointer and soon added back-to-back shots from downtown. When Morris beat the halftime buzzer with a catch-and-shoot floater, Lietkabelis led 39-36 and Sakic used its momentum to joke. "We just need to take care of the ball and do like we did, more or less, in the last minute and a half. Dracula will not eat us!" he said. 

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Lietkabelis led most of the way after that, but Cluj rallied to take a 68-69 lead with 7 minutes remaining. That's when Sakic brought out his best version again. His running triple was the highlight of a 10-0 run that put Lietkabelis ahead for good. When Cluj got within striking distance, 87-84, in the final seconds, Sakic sealed the outcome with a layup that fixed the final score. He finished the game with 16 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and a PIR of 19. 

Even most European basketball experts were surprised to find out that this is Sakic's first EuroCup season. At age 34, Sakic has played for 13 different teams, including seven that took part in the EuroCup at some point: Cluj, Cibona Zagreb, UNICS Kazan, Lukoil Academic, Stelmet Zielona Gora, Avtodor Saratov and Lietkabelis, in his first stint with the team in the 2019-20 season. However, at the time that Sakic played for these seven teams, they were not in the EuroCup. 

Good things come to those who wait and Sakic is finally enjoying in the EuroCup, averaging 14.3 points on 50.0% three-point shooting, 3.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists and a PIR of 13.3 so far this season. He has scored 13 points or better in his three games played. 

Lietkabelis comes off its best season ever in which it reached the EuroCup elimination rounds with a 9-7 regular season record and made it to the Lithuanian League finals after it defeated mighty Zalgiris Kaunas in the semifinals. Sakic is fully aware of his team's great moment and wants to lead Lietkabelis to an even more successful season. 

"We managed to play our game and I am so happy for this group of guys and staff," Sakic said. "Maybe we are some small team but we have managed to do some big, big things."

Lietkabelis has new opportunities to carry on growing after the break, facing Umana Reyer Venice in Italy before returning home for back-to-back showdowns against Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana and Germani Brescia. On paper, Sakic is a EuroCup newcomer, but this well-rounded forward is ready to keep leading his team in crunch time.

7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys v U-BT Cluj-Napoca (2022-11-02T17:00:00.000Z)

Look back at all the action in the Regular Season Round 4 by checking out the best photos of the week!

EuroCup, The Top 10 photos of the week, Round 4

### Kaba: double-double machine

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica big man Alpha Kaba had yet another solid performance in his team's 78-87 road victory over London Lions. Kaba finished the game with 16 points and 11 rebounds for his second consecutive double-double. It is the second time that Kaba has posted back-to-back double-doubles. He previously did so with Nanterre 92 during the 2020-21 Top 16. It was Kaba's eighth double-double, which ranks him second among active players in the competition, only trailing Alen Omic (15). Mario Austin is the EuroCup's all-time double-double leader with 16.

Alpha Kaba had 16 points and 11 rebounds against London Lions. It is the eighth double-double in his 7DAYS EuroCup career.

Kaba gets double-double against London

### Rookie Conditt stepped up big

George Conditt is a EuroCup rookie. He got off to a relatively quiet start for Promitheas Patras with 6.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, 0.3 blocks and a PIR of 10.3 in 3 games. It looks like his adjustment period is over as Conditt had a monster performance in Promitheas's 81-77 victory over Veolia Hamburg Towers. He finished the game with 22 points on 9-of-14 shooting, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks and a PIR of 30, all new career-highs. Conditt is a highly-effective big man ready to power the glass: he's averaged 2.8 offensive boards in 20 minutes per night.

### Childs has a monster game on the glass

Veolia Hamburg Towers might have lost a close one in Patras, but center Yoeli Childs had a monster game with 17 points and a club-record 16 rebounds, including 7 on the offensive end, which is tied for a Hamburg single-game record. It also helped the team to pull down 49 rebounds, Hamburg's most in a single EuroCup game, however, it was just not enough to pull out this road win.

Erkan Yilmaz had yet another effective performance against Slask Wroclaw. Turk Telekom Ankara is on a three-game winning streak.

Yilmaz leads Turk Telekom past Slask

### Yilmaz hardly missed

Turk Telekom Ankara swingman Erkan Yilmaz has been highly effective in the last three rounds, after going 0-of-6 from downtown in his team's season opener. Since then, Yilmaz has shot the ball close to perfection. In the last three games, in which Turk Telekom has gone 3-0, Yilmaz has made 8 of 9 two-pointers (88.9% 2FG) and 4 of 4 three-pointers (100%) for an average PIR of 15.0. In Round 4 against Slask Wroclaw, Yilmaz only needed 16 minutes to score 8 points on 4-of-5 two-point shooting plus 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal for a PIR of 14. He is a key piece on a surging team.

### Slaughter's three-point barrage

AJ Slaughter kept making shots in the second half of Gran Canaria's 81-89 road win over Paris Basketball. After scoring just 5 points in the first half, Slaughter netted 19 points in the third and fourth quarters combined. He finished the game shooting 6-of-11 on three-pointers for 24 points. The veteran guard is now the league-leader with 4.0 triples made per game and he is shooting 51.6% from three-point land for the season.

Slaughter's three-point barrage

### Allman dominated in a loss

Kyle Allman had an outstanding individual performance, despite his Paris Basketball falling at home to Gran Canaria. Allman finished with 30 points, as he shot 6-of-9 from two-point range, made 4-of-8 three-pointers and went 6-of-6 from the free-throw line. He also dished 8 assists, grabbed 5 rebounds, had 3 steals, blocked 2 shots and drew 9 fouls. His performance index rating of 42 was the highest any player has accumulated in a game so far this season.

Kyle Allman (30 points) Highlights vs. Herbalife Gran Canaria, 11/02/2022

Allman dominated in a loss

### Tokoto's turnaround

Hapoel Tel Aviv forward JP Tokoto started in each of the first three games this season and while playing a total of almost 46 minutes he managed just 6 points, making only 1-of-7 two-pointers. He did contribute in other departments, however, averaging 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists. Then in Round 4, Tokoto came off the bench and scored 18 points on 7-of-8 two-point shooting. He did not have an assist, but did pull down 6 rebounds and collected 3 steals, helping Hapoel to a 30-point win over Dolomiti Energia Trento. 

Jp Tokoto (18 points) Highlights vs. Dolomiti Energia Trento, 11/02/2022

Tokoto's turnaround

### All-time Omic

This roll call list for Round 4 cannot be completed without Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana center Alen Omic. He became the all-time leader in total rebounds and defensive rebounds, and the first player ever to reach 500 defensive rebounds on Wednesday, and he did it in spectacular fashion during his team's loss against Umana Reyer Venice. Omic finished with 21 rebounds, including 15 on the defensive end. Those are not only career-high marks for the EuroCup's new rebounding king, but his 21 boards were also the second-most ever in a EuroCup game, topped only by Lazaros Papadopoulos’s 22 from 2004.

Omic grabs 21 rebounds, becomes EuroCup rebounding king

Omic grabs 21 rebounds becomes EuroCup rebounding king

Round 4 roll call

Round 4 MVP, Jaylen Hoard, Hapoel Tel Aviv

The 7DAYS EuroCup MVP for Round 4 is Hapoel Tel Aviv forward Jaylen Hoard. In his first-ever start in the competition, Hoard paced Hapoel to a dominant 93-63 victory over Dolomiti Energia Trento. He had an impressive all-around night, recording 22 points on 9-of-10 two-point shooting and going 4-of-4 from the free-throw line, while he also grabbed 9 rebounds, recorded 1 steal, had 2 blocks and drew 3 fouls all in just 21 minutes. That amounted to a PIR of 33, which was the most among players on winning teams in Round 4. Paris Basketball guard Kyle Allman had the highest PIR of the round, 42, in his team's 81-89 defeat at Gran Canaria after putting up 30 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks and 9 drawn fouls. Yogi Ferrell of Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana recorded a PIR of 35 in his side's 76-68 loss to Umana Reyer Venice. Ferrell produced 27 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 8 fouls drawn. Next was George Conditt of Promitheas Patras with a PIR of 30, having posted 22 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 3 blocks and 5 fouls drawn in an 81-77 win over Veolia Towers Hamburg. There was a tie for the fifth spot, as Jordan Floyd of Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse and Alen Omic of Cedevita had PIRs of 25. Floyd did so in a winning effort, with Bourg beating Germani Brescia 69-71. In that game, Floyd finished with 22 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 10 fouls drawn. Omic, meanwhile, had 11 points, 1 assist, 1 steal and 3 fouls drawn, but most notably he ended Cedevita's loss to Reyer with 21 rebounds, which saw him become the EuroCup's all-time rebounding leader.

The 7DAYS EuroCup MVP for Round 4 is Hapoel Tel Aviv forward Jaylen Hoard. In his first-ever start in the competition, Hoard paced Hapoel to a dominant 93-63 victory over Dolomiti Energia Trento.

Jaylen Hoard | Round 4 MVP | 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup

### Individual highs: Alen Omic of Cedevita, 21 rebounds

Kyle Allman of Paris was the leading scorer in Round 4 of the EuroCup, finishing with 30 points in his team's loss to Gran Canaria. Allman raised his scoring average to 22.5 points per game and he is now second to Joe Young of Promitheas for the EuroCup lead. Young has averaged 24.2 points through four games. On the glass, Alen Omic of Cedevita dominated during his side's defeat to Reyer, grabbing 21 rebounds, which was 1 short of the competition's single-game record. His 9.8 rebounds per game tops the EuroCup this season. Four players had nights in which they recorded 8 assists in Round 4, with these being: Allman of Paris, Jerian Grant of Turk Telekom Ankara, Ferran Bassas of Gran Canaria, and J'Covan Brown of Hapoel. Brown, with 7.8 assists per game, and Grant, with 7.0 per game, are the top two assist men in the league this season. There was also a tie for steals, as Jordan McRae of Hapoel and Jeremiah Martin of Slask Wroclaw had 4 apiece. Grant and Kendale McCullum of Veolia Hamburg Towers are tied for first this season with 2.8 steals per game. Likewise, with blocks, George Conditt of Promitheas, Simon Birgander of Joventut Badalona and Josh Sharma of the London Lions all had 3 blocked shots to their name. Paris's Ismael Kamagate leads all players with 2.5 blocks per game.

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Dolomiti Energia Trento (2022-11-02T17:45:00.000Z)

Congratulations to Miglius Versekys, who is the [EuroCup Fantasy Challenge](https://eurocupfantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/) winner for Round 3! Miglius's team Trinapolis posted a score of 225.9.

The team featured the following lineup: team captain Joe Young of Promitheas Patras, Jordan Floyd of Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse, Jerian Grant of Turk Telekom Ankara, Gabrielius Maldunas of 7Bet-Lietkabelis Paneveyzs and Leo Meindl of U-BT Cluj-Napoca as starters; Kyle Allman of Paris Basketball as the sixth man; Paulius Murauskas of Lietkabelis, Olek Balcerowski of Gran Canaria, Jaylen Hoard of Hapoel Tel Aviv and Yigitcan Saybir of Frutti Extra Bursaspor as bench players; and Dany Franco of Hapoel as head coach. The prize for finishing first in Round 4 is a free subscription to Euroleague TV for the 2023-24 season!

For the third consecutive week, Arunas Augustinas leads the overall standings. His team Sawas is ahead of everyone else with 693.25 fantasy points.

Trades are now open for Round 5. Remember, three trades are allowed before each round until the end of the regular season, and you can also trade your head coach.

The first game in Round 5, Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse vs. Frutti Extra Bursaspor, is scheduled to tip off on Tuesday, November 22 at 19:00 CET, and thus marks the next round's deadline.

Make new teams now or improve your existing ones and try to become [EuroCup Fantasy Challenge](https://eurocupfantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/)'s next winner!

EuroCup Fantasy Challenge: Round 4 winner

The 7DAYS EuroCup officially has a new chairman of the boards as Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana center Alen Omic became the competition’s all-time leader in career rebounds.

With monster night, Omic becomes EuroCup's rebounding king

The 7DAYS EuroCup officially has a new chairman of the boards as Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana center Alen Omic became the competition’s all-time leader in career rebounds.

 

Omic corralled 21 rebounds and scored 11 points in Cedevita’s 76-68 loss at Umana Reyer Venice. It was a historic night for many reasons for the 30-year-old Slovenian big man.

 

The veteran center surpassed Valencia Basket's Bojan Dubljevic as the EuroCup’s rebounding king with 776 rebounds to Dubljevic’s 764. Omic grabbed 15 defensive rebounds to surpass Dubljevic’s 497 with exactly 500 defensive boards for his career - the first player to reach that mark. Those feats came one week after he became the EuroCup’s all-time leader in offensive rebounds, too.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/Alen237?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Alen237</a> has become the All-Time Rebounding Leader🏆<br><br>He made it sure tonight with 21 rebounds😮<br><br>776 Total Rebounds and counting👀<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RoadToGreatness?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RoadToGreatness</a> <a href="https://t.co/4COCMjYEjD">pic.twitter.com/4COCMjYEjD</a></p>&mdash; 7DAYS EuroCup (@EuroCup) <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroCup/status/1587928658257190912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

His monster effort against Reyer saw him come within 1 rebound of the competition's single-game rebounding record, too. That record belongs to Lazaros Papadopoulos with 22 boards for Dynamo Moscow against Aris Thessaloniki on December 7, 2004. Omic is only the third player to collect at least 20 rebounds in a EuroCup game. Aside from Papadopoulos, Aleksandar Radojevic tallied 20 rebounds for Telekom Bonn against BCM Gravelines in December 2002.

 

Omic also moved into seventh place on the all-time EuroCup scoring charts during the game. He passed Alex Mumbru, who is now the Valencia Basket head coach, and finished the game with 1,199 points. 

Alen Omic in the news 

This is Omic’s ninth season in the EuroCup. He debuted with Olimpija Ljubljana in 2013 and has also played for Gran Canaria, Unicaja Malaga, Hapoel Jerusalem, Joventut Badalona and JL Bourg en Bresse. He won the EuroCup with Unicaja in 2017 and was named to the 2015-16 All-EuroCup First Team.

 

He is also the EuroCup all-time leader in two-pointers made (487), second in performance index rating (1,712) and tied for seventh in games played (118).

Umana Reyer Venice v Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (2022-11-02T19:15:00.000Z)