MIES (Switzerland) - Week 5 of the 2024-25 Basketball Champions League is now in the books, and now that we've digested Tuesday's and Wednesday's action, Thursday brings us a chance to reflect on the best individual performances.
The fifth Team of the Week consists of Darius McGhee, RJ Cole, Christian Vital, Derrick Alston Jr and Stephane Gombauld.
McGhee put on his usual show of incredible shot making against Maccabi Ramat-Gan, including two buzzer-beaters to send Telekom Baskets Bonn to 2-1 in the standings. At the same time, he joined TJ Shorts II as only the second player to get 20+ points and 5+ assists in each of his first three BCL games.
Cole was in charge of Rytas Vilnius's balanced offense, as the Lithuanian champions handed Falco-Vulcano Szombathely their first defeat of the season. The lefty point guard played his best game of the season so far.
Vital has been consistent and impressive for Bertram Derthona Basket, leading them to another comfy win and a 3-0 record, as they took down SL Benfica on the road in Portugal.
Alston Jr needed just 22 minutes to score 30 points in an impressive offensive outburst, as BAXI Manresa registered their largest win in BCL history, taking down NINERS Chemnitz by 46.
Finally, Gombauld was the best center of the week. While his scoring was decent, pay attention to his defensive stats, nearly getting 10 stocks (steals+blocks) against WKS Slask Wroclaw.
You can now vote for the Player of the Week. The winner will be announced on Friday, when the poll closes, on the official BCL social media channels: Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram.
Player of the Week winners so far:
Week 1 - Zoltan Perl (Falco-Vulcano Szombathely) Week 2 - Zac Seljaas (FIT/One Wurzburg Baskets) Week 3 - Zoltan Perl (Falco-Vulcano Szombathely) Week 4 - Jaromir Bohacik (ERA Nymburk)