Ninth-placed Baskonia (13-12) will look to protect its position in the playoff zone with a visit from lowly ASVEL (5-20).
Game Notes: Baskonia vs. ASVEL



Baskonia took an 81-88 win in France earlier this season thanks to its usual leaders: a personal best 35 points from Markus Howard and 19 points plus 13 rebounds from Chima Moneke, which was enough to overcome 22 points from ASVEL sharpshooter Mike Scott. Baskonia has been inconsistent in recent weeks and will view this as a must-win game against a visiting team that suffers from the worst three-point shooting percentage in the league (33.0%).
- In Round 9, Chima Moneke earned MVP of the Round honors after collecting 19 points, 13 rebounds and a career-high 6 assists for a PIR of 35....
- Baskonia's Markus Howard netted a career-high 35 points and tied his career-best with 8 triples made in that Round 9 win.
- In Round 33 last season, Baskonia thrashed ASVEL 120-100, setting a club scoring record and becoming the first EuroLeague team in 15 years to score 120 points or more. Baskonia also finished with a club-record 33 assists.
- The first time that these teams met was in the 1985-86 Korac Cup. ASVEL defeated Baskonia 84-94 in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
- Baskonia's single-game records for PIR (50) and points (40) were set by Arvydas Macijauskas in a 92-76 home win against ASVEL on December 17, 2003.
- Baskonia set a club record with 20 steals against ASVEL on December 17, 2003.
- ASVEL center Youssoupha Fall played for Baskonia from 2019 to 2021, making his EuroLeague debut there.
- ASVEL's Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot tied his career high with 8 assists against Baskonia in Round 9.
- ASVEL guard Edwin Jackson set a career-high with a PIR of 31 and matched two more (24 points, 6 three-pointers) playing for Buducnost VOLI Podgorica against Baskonia in November 2018.
- Jackson had a career-high 4 steals for FC Barcelona against Baskonia in March 2018.
- ASVEL guard Nando De Colo scored a career-high and a Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul club-record 39 points, making a career-high 12 two-point shots, in an 87-80 victory over Baskonia in October 2019. His career-best PIR 44, another club record, earned him MVP of the Round honors.
- De Colo collected a career-high 6 steals playing for Fenerbahce against Baskonia in December 2021.