A career-best night in a winning effort when his team needed propelled a EuroLeague rookie to the top of the charts in Round 12.
Round 12 MVP: Tyrique Jones, Anadolu Efes Istanbul
Awards
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With a monster performance direly needed by a team short on bodies, center Tyrique Jones of Anadolu Efes Istanbul claimed the Round 12 MVP honor, the first such distinction of his young Turkish Airlines EuroLeague career.
Jones led Efes to a 71-68 home victory over Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens with a performance index rating of 36, his best yet and the season's highest by any EuroLeague rookie. He finished the game with personal highs of 21 points, 13 rebounds, 4 steals, 8-for-12 two-point and 5-for-5 free-throw shooting. His 7 offensive boards equaled the season high among all EuroLeague players. Jones's first MVP of the Round honor came in just his 12th EuroLeague game.
Carsen Edwards and Serge Ibaka of FC Bayern Munich joined Joffrey Lauvergne of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne in amassing PIRs of 28, the second-best total of the round. Edwards scored a career-high 32 points, making 7 of 11 two-pointers, 5 of 10 three-pointers and 3 of 3 free throws in his team's 91-84 overtime victory over EA7 Emporio Armani Milan. In the same game, Ibaka posted a double-double of 20 points and 12 rebounds, hitting 5 of 8 shots inside the arc and 3 of 4 from downtown, including a deep one on a broken play to force overtime just before the fourth-quarter buzzer. Lauvergne had 23 points, 9 rebounds and 5 fouls drawn in a ASVEL's 91-94 home loss to Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv. Wade Baldwin of Maccabi and Shavon Shields of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, each with a PIR of 27, complete the top individual performances in Round 12.