MIES (Switzerland) - It's a packed Tuesday schedule in the Basketball Champions League Regular Season, with two games from Group B, and one each from Groups A, D, and H. Here are some facts, figures, stats, and the teams' most-recent matchups in their domestic competitions.
Aliaga Petkimspor (2-2) vs. King Szczecin (0-4) - Group B, 17:00 CET
Aliaga Petkimspor have lost their last two BCL games after winning the first two, which included a win in the reverse fixture against King Szczecin (85-70); they have allowed 100+ points in each of their last two games (both against Unicaja) after allowing fewer than 75 points in each of their previous two encounters.
King Szczecin have won just two of their 10 BCL games, but none of those wins happened on the road; they have lost all four games this season, each ending with a margin of more than 10 points.
Aliaga Petkimspor have allowed 12 made three-pointers per game, a joint-high in the BCL this season (also Manisa Basket); however, King Szczecin are making only 6.5 threes per game, the second-lowest average this season (Maccabi Ramat-Gan, 6.3).
Wesley Van Beck was the only Aliaga Petkimspor’s player to have scored in double-figures in their most recent BCL game (11pts v Unicaja); he scored 19 points against King Szczecin in the reverse fixture, his highest-scoring performance in the league thus far.
Aleksander Dziewa has averaged 15.5 points in his two BCL appearances as a starter and only 5.5 points per game in his two appearances off the bench; he has made a block in each of his four BCL games.
King Szczecin bounced back in Poland - where they're in the Playoff picture with a 5-3 record - by winning 101-80 on the road against Zastal Zielona Gora; Aliaga Petkismspor's newcomer Damyean Dotson dropped 27 points, but couldn't prevent his team's 92-88 home loss to Bahcesehir College.
Hapoel Netanel Holon (2-2) vs. FIT/One Wurzburg Baskets (3-1) - Group A, 17:30 CET
Hapoel Netanel Holon have won their last two games in the BCL but haven't won more in a row in the Regular Season since a run of five straight victories between December 2021 and October 2022. They have won their last seven BCL games in which they have scored 80 or more points.
FIT/One Wurzburg Baskets lost their most recent game in the BCL, ending a three-game winning sequence in the competition; they scored 85+ points in each of their first four games in the BCL, becoming the first team to do so.
Wurzburg have grabbed 46.1 percent of the rebounds disputed on their offensive board, the highest rebounding ratio of any team in the BCL this season; they have scored 18 points per game off second chance situations, the second most in 2024-25 (Nymburk, 20.5ppg).
Michale Kyser (Holon) has made 72 blocks in the BCL and needs two more to become the player with the most blocks ever in the competition, as TaShawn Thomas currently has 73 blocks; Kyser has blocked multiple shots in three of his last five appearances in the BCL.
Mike Davis Jr has scored 20+ points in three of his four BCL games with Wurzburg, with the only exception being in his sole road game (19pts at Nanterre); he is averaging three made three-pointers per game.
BCL vibes in the latest BBL loss by Wurzburg, as Jhivvan Jackson erupted for 35 points, but it wasn't enough against the NINERS Chemnitz; Holon weren't successful, either, losing 89-80 to a former BCL team Bnei Herzeliya.
ERA Nymburk (4-0) vs. Galatasaray (3-1) - Group D, 18:30 CET
This will be the fourth BCL game between ERA Nymburk and Galatasaray, with the Czechs winning the reverse fixture this season (87-75) after losing their two meetings in 2021-22; Nymburk have scored 85+ points in each of their three matchups with Galatasaray in the BCL.
Nymburk have won their last five games in the BCL, but only once before have they won more on the bounce (W9 in 2019-20); Nymburk have scored more than 80 points in each of their last five BCL games.
The team leading at halftime ended up winning each of Galatasaray’s last eight games in the BCL, with the Turkish side winning five of those; Galatasaray have won 12 of their last 13 games in the BCL when keeping their opponents under 80 points.
Christian Bishop, who was ERA Nymburk’s top scorer in the reverse fixture against Galatasaray (15pts), has the second-best total of points scored in the BCL this season among the players yet to attempt a single three-pointer (58pts, Martynas Echodas 64pts); he has grabbed 5+ rebounds in each of his four games in the competition.
Angel Delgado (Galatasaray) has made 86 percent of his field goals in the BCL this season (18/21), the best accuracy among the players with more than 10 shots attempted; he is currently on a run of 12 successful field goals but the three FGs he missed this season were all against Nymburk in the reverse fixture.
Easy weekend for ERA Nymburk in Czechia, they slammed Opava with a 35-point win (109-74), their fifth straight in the Czech League; Galatasaray enter this week's BCL action in good form, as they have won four consecutive games between the BCL and the Turkish Basketball Super Ligi, lastly 76-65 at Onvo Buyukcekmece Basketbol.
Peristeri Domino's (1-3) vs. FMP SoccerBet (1-3) - Group H, 18:30 CET
Peristeri Domino's have won their most recent BCL game, ending a sequence of five consecutive defeats, their longest in the competition; Peristeri have won four of their last five games at home in the BCL, scoring exactly 90 points in three of those encounters.
FMP SoccerBet are on a three-game losing streak and their only victory in the BCL happened in their debut game against Peristeri Domino's (70-58); FMP have allowed 90.0 points per game in their three defeats.
Peristeri are attempting only 12.5 shots from the free-throw line, the lowest average of any team in the BCL this season; they averaged 19.2 attempted free throws in their previous 50 games in the league.
Justin Patton (Peristeri) has seven dunks in the BCL this season, more than any other player. He has had 2+ blocks in each of his four games in the competition.
Jovan Novak was FMP's only player to score 10+ points in their first road game in the BCL (13 at UCAM Murcia); he has scored 10+ points in each of his last eight games in the BCL, making multiple three-pointers in six of those games.
Opposite outcomes for Peristeri and FMP in their respective domestic competitions, as the former couldn't upset Olympiacos in Greece, but the latter won 86-84 in comeback fashion against BC Dubai with Matic Rebec's exciting night of 26 points and 8 assists.
Unicaja (4-0) vs. Filou Oostende (2-2) - Group B, 20:30 CET
Unicaja and Filou Oostende will face for the fourth time in BCL history, with the Spanish side winning two of the previous three encounters, including the reverse fixture this season (92-85); Unicaja have won their last 14 league games and if they win this one, they will have the longest winning sequence ever in BCL history (currently tied with Monaco).
Filou Oostende have won their last two games in the BCL, but haven't won more Regular Season fixtures on the bounce since 2019-20 when they won three straight games; they have allowed fewer than 75 points in each of their last two games but haven't had a longer such run since January-October 2017 (four games).
Unicaja bench players have scored 49.8 points per game, the highest average for any bench unit in the BCL this season; Filou Oostende, however, have seen their bench players scoring 46.0 points per game, the third-highest average in the league in 2024-25.
Tyler Kalinoski has scored exactly five 3-pointers in each of his last two BCL games, but no player has ever scored 5+ shots from beyond the arc in more consecutive games in league history; he has the highest +/- value of any player in the league this season (+78).
Pierre-Antoine Gillet needs to score two more three-pointers to become the fifth player in the BCL history to have made 150 or more threes; he scored exactly two three-pointers in each of his previous two games against Unicaja.
Both Unicaja and Filou Oostende stand on top of their domestic leagues' standings. Ibon Navarro's team kept its composure to beat La Laguna Tenerife 84-81 in a rematch of last year's BCL Final, while the Belgian side took down Mons-Hainaut 91-77 with Timmy Allen's 23 points and stayed in the first spot in the BNXT League.