A high-powered matchup between direct rivals – two of the five teams currently tied for fifth place – closes the round as Baskonia (6-5) hosts Fenerbahce (6-5).
Game Notes: Baskonia vs. Fenerbahce

Dimitris Itoudis’s men are on a high after becoming the first team to beat Real Madrid with last week’s overtime classic, and they now have the mission of ending a four-game losing run on the road. Baskonia has won five of its six games under head coach Dusko Ivanovic, who has seen great long-range shooting from Markus Howard with 22 triples drained in the last four games. Visiting star Scottie Wilbekin will be eager to take on Howard in a battle of two sharpshooters, averaging 13.4 points per game and 3.0 triples per game in the last four outings.
- Baskonia rallied before thrashing Fenerbahce 92-69 at home last season, completing a season-sweep, as Vanja Marinkovic had a career-game netting a career-high 35 points on career-best 6-for-9 three-point shooting for a personal best 29 PIR.
- In the 2017-18 season, Fenerbahce swept Baskonia in the regular season and then prevailed in the EuroLeague Playoffs, winning their best-of-five series 3-1.
- Baskonia and Fenerbahce battled in the 2016 EuroLeague semifinals. Fenerbahce beat Baskonia 88-77 in overtime thanks to 18 points from Bogdan Bogdanovic.
- Marinkovic has been a teammate of Fenerbahce's Marko Guduric on the Serbian national team, together they won the silver medal at the 2023 World Cup.
- Baskonia's Nikos Rogkavopoulos was a teammate of Fenerbahce center Georgios Papagiannis and played under Fenerbahce head coach Dimitris Itoudis on the Greek national team this past summer at the 2023 World Cup.
- Baskonia big man Matthew Costello had a career-best 12 rebounds and 3 blocks in a home win over Fenerbahce last season.
- Barcelona center Sertac Sanli made a career-best 9 two-point shots playing for Anadolu Efes Istanbul against Baskonia in December 2019.



























































































