MIES (Switzerland) - Tuesday's three-game slate may appear somewhat light but it can prove pivotal, especially in Group D. Here's a closer look at some facts and figures for each of the three games.
Galatasaray (2-1) vs. Promitheas Patras BC Vikos Cola (1-2) - Group D, 18:00 CET
Galatasaray lost their most recent home game in the BCL (87-75 to ERA Nymburk) after winning the previous three; they have lost back-to-back games at home only once, in December 2020-January 2021, with defeats against La Laguna Tenerife and Dinamo Sassari.
Promitheas have lost five of their last seven BCL games, however both wins in that stretch were on the road. Each of their last three away games in the BCL Regular Season was decided by a margin of 3 points or fewer (W2 L1).
Galatasaray committed fewer than 20 fouls in each of their three BCL games this season, after committing 20+ fouls in 12 of their previous 14 games in the competition. The Turkish team commit fewer fouls (15.3 per game) than any other team so far this BCL season.
Will Cummings of Galatasaray tied his BCL career-high of 21 points in the reverse fixture against Promitheas. Cummings scored 10 or more points in nine of his 11 home games in the competition.
Jordan Walker of Promitheas scored 25 points against Galatasaray in the reverse fixture, the highest scoring tally by a Promitheas so far in this BCL season. Walker made seven 3-pointers in that game, a joint league-high so far in this BCL season.
RASTA Vechta (0-3) vs. ERA Nymburk (3-0) - Group D, 20:00 CET
RASTA Vechta have lost their last six games in the BCL, including the reverse fixture against ERA Nymburk (which finished 93-74 for the Czech champions), after losing only five of their first 11 games in the competition. The team that was leading at half-time has won in each of RASTA Vechta’s eight home games in the BCL.
ERA Nymburk have gone 4-0 in their last four BCL games, after going 1-7 in their previous eight. The Czech side have won their last three road games and, if they win on Tuesday, they will have put together their second-longest win streak on the road in the BCL. Their longest is five road wins in a row, back in the 2019-20 season.
ERA Nymburk's opponents so far this BCL season score only 35.2 percent of their points from 2-point range, the lowest in the league. By contrast, Nymburk's opponents score 41 percent of their points from 3-point range, as the Czech champions' perimeter defense is the only one so far this BCL season to allow a percentage higher than 40 percent.
RASTA Vechta's Tyger Campbell has scored at least 12 points and shot at least 50 percent from downtown in each of his three BCL games so far. His 22 points in the reverse fixture against ERA Nymburk is the highest scoring tally by a Vechta player so far this BCL season.
Stephen Brown's 25 points in the reverse fixture against RASTA Vechta, is the highest scoring tally by an ERA Nymburk so far this BCL season. No Nymburk player has ever scored 25 or more points in consecutive BCL games.
Filou Oostende (1-2) vs. King Szczecin (0-3) - Group B, 20:30 CET
Filou Oostende won 84-73 in the reverse fixture, snapping a three-game losing streak in the BCL. Each of their last six home games in the BCL Regular Season was decided by a single- digit margin, with Oostende claiming victory in four of those.
King Szczecin have lost seven of their last eight games in the BCL, including the last four, and are yet to win when playing away from home (L4). The Polish side allowed more than 80 points in each of their previous four road games in the competition.
King Szczecin, with 58.3 percent, and Filou Oostende, with 58.9 percent, are two of the only three teams with a defensive rebounding rate lower than 60 percent so far this BCL season. The third team is Promitheas, with 58.6% percent.
Oostende's Pierre-Antoine Gillet is two 3-pointers away from becoming the 5th player in BCL history to reach 150 made 3-pointers, following Sasu Salin, David Holston, Vojtech Hruban and Thad McFadden. Gillet made two or more 3-pointers in each of his last five games.
Kassim Nicholson scored 20 points in the reverse fixture against Filou Oostende, the highest scoring tally by a King Szczecin player in a BCL game.