A career-best performance in a winning effort allowed Ebuka Izundu to earn MVP of the Round honors for the first time in his career.
Izundu led Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade to a 96-100 overtime victory over AS Monaco with 22 points on 9-of-11 two-pointers and 4-of-4 free throws, 12 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block and 5 fouls drawn for a PIR of 36, a new personal-best mark and the highest in Round 23, all in less than 22 minutes on the floor. He is the third Zvezda player to earn MVP of the Round honors this season, after Jordan Nwora (Round 4) and Chima Moneke (Round 7, shared with Sylvain Francisco of Zalgiris Kaunas).
Kameron Taylor starred for Valencia Basket in a 98-84 home win over Paris Basketball with 28 points on 6-of-8 two-pointers, 2-of-5 three-pointers and 10-of-10 free throws. He added 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 6 fouls drawn for a PIR of 33.
Sasha Vezenkov of Olympiacos Piraeus amassed a PIR of 32 in his team's 100-93 home win over Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv. He finished the game with 28 points on 4-of-6 two-pointers, 6-of-8 three-pointers and 2-of-2 free throws, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 fouls drawn.
McKinley Wright of Dubai Basketball and Carsen Edwards of Virtus Bologna, each with a PIR of 30, complete the top performances in Round 23. Wright posted a PIR of 30 as Dubai Basketball fell 91-89 to FC Barcelona. He recorded 29 points on 7-of-11 two-pointers, 4-of-4 triples and 3-of-4 free throws, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 3 fouls drawn. Edwards had 35 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals and 5 fouls drawn in Virtus's 80-85 loss against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul.
Individual highs: Carsen Edwards, Virtus, 35 points
Carsen Edwards of Virtus was this round's top scorer with 35 points. Nadir Hifi of Paris is the competition's top scorer with 19.7 points per game.
Izundu led all rebounders in Round 23 by pulling down 12. Nikola Milutinov of Olympiacos leads the overall standings with 7.7 boards per game.
Crvena Zvezda's Codi Miller-McIntyre dished 11 assists in this round. Francisco is first overall in this category with 6.8 assists per game.
Kevin Punter of Barcelona, Shavon Shields of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan and Alessandro Pajola of Virtus collected 4 steals apiece in Round 23. Alpha Diallo of Monaco stays atop the overall standings with 1.7 steals per game.
Dan Oturu of Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv had 4 blocks in this round. Walter Tavares of Real Madrid is the competition's best shot blocker with 1.9 rejections per game.
Izundu (22 points, 12 rebounds) was the only player to register a double-double in Round 23.