Fenerbahce (10-8) will look to bounce back from Tuesday's shock home loss to Zvezda by overcoming Maccabi (11-7), which is riding high in fourth place after winning four of the last five.
Game Notes: Fenerbahce vs. Maccabi



Maccabi edged the Round 9 meeting between these teams 78-73 behind 18 points from former Fener man Lorenzo Brown. Sarunas Jasikevicius's men know they also have to pay special attention to Bonzie Colson after he blasted 27 points in Maccabi's Tuesday win over Monaco. To counter him, Fenerbahce has Nigel Hayes-Davis in great form with 24 and 21 points in the last two games.
- In Round 9, Maccabi pulled out a 78-73 win as Bonzie Colson scored 13 points while tying his career-high with 14 rebounds, including a new career-best 7 offensive rebounds.
- Fenerbahce swept Maccabi in the 2015 playoffs en route to its first EuroLeague Final Four appearance.
- Fenerbahce guard Scottie Wilbekin spent four seasons with Maccabi, from 2018 to 2022, starting in 123 of his 124 appearances. He helped the team make its return to the EuroLeague Playoffs in the 2021-22 season.
- Fenerbahce head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius won the 2004 and 2005 EuroLeague titles with Maccabi and was named the 2005 Final Four MVP.
- In December 2004, Jasikevicius made 14 free throws for Maccabi against Zalgiris, a Maccabi individual single-game club record to this date.
- Maccabi guard Lorenzo Brown played for Fenerbahce during the 2020-21 season.
- Fenerbahce guard Tyler Dorsey spent two seasons in Tel Aviv, from 2019 to 2021, making his EuroLeague debut there.
- Dorsey and Maccabi big man Roman Sorkin were teammates at the University of Oregon from 2015 to 2017.
- Roman Sorkin posted a career-high 7 offensive rebounds in a road loss against Fenerbahce in October 2022.
- Fenerbahce guard Yam Madar has been a teammate of Maccabi players Tamir Blatt, Jake Cohen and Sorkin on the Israeli national team.
- Maccabi guard Wade Baldwin tied his career high with 4 steals in Maccabi's Round 9 win.
- Baldwin posted a career-high 4 steals for FC Bayern Munich against Fenerbahce in October 2020.
- In Round 9 loss, Fenerbahce's Tarik Biberovic had career highs with 17 points and a PIR of 18.
- Fenerbahce big man Nigel Hayes-Davis had a career-high 3 steals playing for Zalgiris Kaunas against Maccabi in March 2021.
- Maccabi's James Webb posted a career-high 4 steals for Valencia Basket against Fenerbahce last March.
- Maccabi's John DiBartolomeo posted a career-high 4 steals in a 78-74 home win against Fenerbahce last March.
- Fenerbahce center Georgios Papagiannis grabbed a career-high 12 defensive rebounds for Panathinaikos Athens against Maccabi in October 2021.
- Fenerbahce sharpshooter Melih Mahmutoglu made a career-high 5 three-pointers against Maccabi in March 2017.