Roll Call, Round 13: Alviti, Kamenjas, Beni, Kraag, Malcolm

Alviti's long-range shooting propelled Trento

Dolomiti Energia Trento kept plowing its way towards playoffs with a 76-70 win over 7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys. A major role in that home victory belonged to Davide Alviti. Trento's sharpshooter finished the game with 14 points on the strength of 4-for-5 three-point shooting and also had 3 assists and 3 rebounds. A pair of those triples came in the fourth quarter, each time with Trento holding onto a four-point lead. His final three-pointer, with just over 4 minutes to go, made it 66-59, forcing a Lietkabelis timeout, after which Trento never looked back.

A week to remember for Kamenjas

Kenan Kamenjas had his EuroCup career high on Wednesday, but it was not enough for Buducnost VOLI Podgorica to avoid a 77-79 home loss to U-BT Cluj Napoca. Kamenjas had 12 points, 7 rebounds and 5 steals for a PIR of 24, each of those numbers his personal best in 16 career EuroCup games, and all accomplished it in just 20 minutes on the floor. What's more, that was his first game for Buducnost this season after he returned to the club after signing earlier this week. In fact, on Saturday, Kamenjas was playing a domestic league game against Buducnost, leading his former team SC Derby to an upset road win behind his double-double of 26 points and 10 rebounds. Buducnost recognized a good thing when it saw one and hired him the next day. What a week for a 23-year old big man.

Beni used his chance to shine

Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv set a club scoring record in a 118-101 win over Veolia Towers Hamburg despite missing four of its top five scorers. One of the players stepping up was Gil Beni, a 25-year-old guard who had never played more than 19 minutes in a game entering Round 13. For the season, he had a total of 7 points before the game against Hamburg. But Beni used his chance on Wednesday, playing a team-high 31:47 minutes and scoring 14 points to go with 3 assists and 3 rebounds. His best EuroCup game yet helped Hapoel extend its winning streak to six games.

Paris thrived with Malcolm on the floor

Paris Basketball improved to a competition-best 12-1 record with a no-doubt-about-it 94-77 win over the London Lions. Collin Malcolm was one of four Paris scorers in double figures with 13 points, having made 6 of 9 two-pointers. He did struggle elsewhere, shooting 0-for-3 from long range and 1-for-4 on free throws, but also collected 4 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 assists. What stood out during Malcolm's 24:42 on the floor is his +32 in the plus/minus column, which tracks the score difference when a player is on the floor. None of his teammates had a plus/minus higher than +17. Playoff-bound Paris thrived any time Malcolm played on Tuesday and took one step closer towards securing home-court advantage when those playoffs arrive.

Young Kraag paced Joventut to win

Joventut Badalona is another team that kept a winning streak alive, registering its fifth straight win by downing Umana Reyer Venice 89-81. In that one, youngster Yannick Kraag once again made the most out of his opportunity by having the best game of his EuroCup career. The 21-year-old forward finished as the team's leading scorer with 17 points after knocking down 6 of his 7 field goal attempts, including 3 of 4 triples and both of his free throws. His +13 in the plus/minus column was a game-high and his 21 PIR was second-best on Joventut. Kraag's points, three-pointers made and PIR were all new career highs.