Unstoppable Monaco (18-10) will look to make it eight straight wins with a trip to face rock-bottom ALBA, which has lost five in a row.
Game Notes: ALBA vs. Monaco
Although Mike James grabbed all the attention after becoming the competition's all-time leading scorer during last week's win over Zvezda, Elie Okobo showed he is also a shining talent in the Monaco backcourt with 14 points and 7 assists. Big man Donatas Motiejunas is also in good form with double-digit scoring in three of the last four games. James, though, remains the key man and he led the way, scoring 17 points, in his team's 86-75 victory over ALBA earlier in the season. Matt Thomas led the German team with 17 points on that occasion, and he always provides a deep threat with multiple triples in four straight games.
- Monaco and ALBA have met five times in the EuroLeague, and Monaco has won the last four.
- Monaco beat ALBA 92-89 on its home floor last season on Elie Okobo's buzzer-beating triple. Monaco set a club record with 25 assists in that game.
- ALBA swept Monaco in two games in the 7DAYS EuroCup Top 16 during the 2018-19 season. ALBA won 83-74 in Berlin and 61-75 in Monaco.
- Monaco head coach Sasa Obradovic spent four years as head of ALBA's bench, from 2012 to 2016. He led the team in a pair of EuroLeague seasons, in 2012-13 and 2014-15, and guided the team to three German Cups crowns.
- Matt Thomas made a career-best 5 three-pointers in Round 4 loss against Monaco.
- Tim Schneider had career highs with 5 three-pointers made and a PIR of 16 in a road loss against Monaco last season.
- Khalifa Koumadje had career highs of 15 points and 6 offensive rebounds in a 91-74 road loss against Monaco in April 2022.
- Elie Okobo posted his career high with 7 rebounds playing for LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne against ALBA in October 2021.
- Jordan Loyd posted his career high in steals with 5 playing for Zenit St Petersburg against ALBA Berlin in November 2021.