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BKT EuroCup Regular Season - Round 15 MVP: Angel Delgado, Besiktas Emlakjet Istanbul

A monster performance in a playoff-clinching overtime victory has seen Angel Delgado of Besiktas Emlakjet Istanbul earn MVP of the Round honors in Round 15 of the 2023-24 BKT EuroCup Regular Season.

Delgado had a round-high 36 PIR as he led Besiktas to an 83-94 overtime victory on the road at Veolia Towers Hamburg, which secured his team’s spot in the postseason. He finished with 17 points on 5-of-7 two-pointers and 7-of-8 free throws. Delgado added a club-record 17 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 7 fouls drawn for a PIR of 36, the highest in Round 15. This is the first time he has secured the MVP of the Round award in his 15-game EuroCup career.

Kamar Baldwin of Dolomiti Energia Trento and Justin Cobbs of Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana each posted a PIR of 34 in Round 15. Baldwin led Trento to an 85-79 home win against Slask Wroclaw with 26 points on 8-of-10 two-pointers, 2 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 block and 6 fouls drawn. Cobbs had 19 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists and 5 fouls drawn in his team's 93-104 losing effort against Umana Reyer Venice. T.J. Shorts of Paris Basketball, Rayjon Tucker of Reyer and Will Christmas of Hamburg, each with a PIR of 29, complete the top individual performances in Round 15.

Individual highs: Mfiondu Kabengele, Reyer, 4 blocks

Patrick Richard of U-BT Cluj-Napoca led all scorers in Round 15 with 27 points. Deividas Sirvydis of 7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys is the competition's top scorer at 18.6 points per game.
Angel Delgado of Besiktas pulled down 17 rebounds in this round, which is a new club record and this season's best mark by any player. Trevion Williams of Ulm ranks first in rebounds at 11.5 per night.
Kamar Baldwin of Trento dished 11 assists in Round 15. T.J. Shorts of Paris is the assists leader this season at 7.5 per contest.
Karel Guzman of Cluj and Juan Nunez of Ulm each collected 5 steals in this round. Andres Feliz of Joventut Badalona is first overall at 2.4 per game.
Mfiondu Kabengele of Reyer had 4 blocks for his team in Round 15. Dusan Miletic of Slask is ahead of everyone in blocks at 2.1 per night.
Delgado (17 points, 17 rebounds), Baldwin (26 points, 11 assists), Shorts (20 points, 10 assists) and Will Christmas of Hamburg (22 points, 10 rebounds) each recorded a double-double in this round.

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