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| BKT EuroCup Regular Season - Round 3 MVP: Johnathan Motley, Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv |
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There was no stopping Johnathan Motley in Round 3 of the 2024-25 BKT EuroCup season as he put up a round-high 34 PIR in Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv’s 87-101 win at Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul.
Motley was a force on offense for Hapoel, netting 24 points after going 8 for 10 on two-pointers and 8 for 11 from the free-throw line. He also grabbed 6 rebounds, all on the defensive end, dished 4 assists and blocked 2 shots. He forced the Besiktas defenders to foul him 12 times, too. His 24 points and 2 blocks are both season highs. This is the third time that Motley has earned MVP of the Round honors.
The second-best PIR in Round 3 belonged to two players: Trefl Sopot’s Tarik Phillip and Umana Reyer Venice’s Mfiondu Kabengele, who both set career highs with a 33 PIR. Phillip also set new career-best marks in scoring (21 points) and rebounds (12), while he tied his season high in assists (6) and added 2 steals as Trefl lost 73-88 loss to Joventut Badalona. Like Phillip, Kabengele had career highs in scoring (19 points) and rebounds (19), as well as 2 assists and 1 steal in a 66-88 loss to Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse.
Hapoel guard Patrick Beverley joined teammate Motley in recording a post-30 PIR as he had a personal-high 32 PIR in their win against Besiktas. He amassed a season-high 16 points, a career-best 11 rebounds, along with 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. Rounding out the list of top performers in Round 3 are ratiopharm Ulm’s Justinian Jessup and Turk Telekom Ankara’s Kyle Alexander, with both players recording a 30 PIR. Jessup, playing in just his third EuroCup game, set a new personal best in scoring with 27 points to go with 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal. Alexander had a season-best 16 points and also recorded 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks.
Individual highs: Austin Wiley, Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem, 17 rebounds
Ulm forward Jessup led all scorers in Round 3 by pouring in a career-best 27 points. Jared Harper of Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem is the leading scorer in the EuroCup this season at 23.0 points per game.
Jerusalem big man Austin Wiley grabbed 14 rebounds, a personal high and more than anyone else this season. Reyer center Kabengele tops the charts in rebounding this season, averaging 12.3 boards per night.
Valencia Basket playmaker Stefan Jovic dished 9 assists, more than any other player this round. U-BT Cluj-Napoca’s Zavier Simpson is the leader in assists so far in 2024-25 with 7.3 per contest.
Brae Ivey of Veolia Towers Hamburg and Jerusalem’s Yovel Zoosman had 5 steals, the most in Round 3. Zoosman also leads the competition with 3.0 steals per game this season.
Two players – Aleksa Ilic of Buducnost VOLI Podgorica and Jean-Marc Pansa of Bourg – led all players in Round 3 with 4 blocks. Both Ilic and Pansa share top spot for blocks with an average of 2.0 per game.
There were five double-doubles in Round 3: Jerusalem’s Wiley (10 points, 17 rebounds), Reyer’s Kabengele (19 points, 15 rebounds), Turk Telekom’s Alexander (16 points, 10 rebounds), Trefl’s Phillip (21 points, 12 rebounds) and Hapoel’s Beverley (16 points, 11 rebounds).
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