He may not be in the spotlight, but Tonye Jekiri has slowly but steadily become one of UNICS Kazan's main pillars, balancing his team at both ends, as he showed during his team's third straight victory, 66-53 over visiting Zalgiris Kaunas, in Round 16.
Jekiri stepped up against Zalgiris
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Jekiri scored 11 points on 5-for-7 two-point shooting to go with 9 rebounds, an assist, a steal and a block, good for a PIR of 20. In his team's last three victories, he has averaged 7.7 points, 8.7 rebounds and a PIR of 14.0. Jekiri is playing a key role on defense and making very few mistakes on offense, averaging just 1.2 turnovers in almost 24 minutes per night.