For the second consecutive season, ratiopharm Ulm (3-4) and Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse (6-1) meet in 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season action. Last season, Ulm beat Bourg twice: 96-86 at home and 72-85 on the road. Bourg, however, was 2-5 after seven games last season and now leads Group A with a 6-1 record this season.
Bourg, Ulm meet again in Round 8
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Ulm relies on its young, electric backcourt to make a difference in the game. Juan Nunez, Yago Dos Santos and Fedor Zugic give Coach Anton Gavel plenty of options to either attack the rim or find an open teammate. Ulm ranks seventh in assists (18.1 apg.) and is eighth in turnovers (14.3). Being able to circulate the ball better and connecting with its big men, Nicolas Bretzel and Karim Jallow, for easier points in the paint should make Ulm's offense more efficient against a team with the best win-loss record in the competition right now.
Bourg leads the 2022-23 EuroCup in three-point shooting, having made 40.2% of its shots from downtown. Bourg, however, is just 16th in assists at 16.6 per night, so a lot of its shots come in one-on-one situations. James Palmer has scored 20 or more points in each of the last three games and Bourg should continue running its offense through him. On defense, preventing Dos Santos and Zugic from attacking the rim should be important, so guards like Frantz Massenat, Axel Julien and Hugo Benitez must be ready for a big defensive challenge.