By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Hamburg Towers forward Lukas Meisner was named 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season Round 15 MVP, Euroleague Basketball announced Thursday.
Meisner, 26, posted a 23-point, 13-rebound double-double leading his side to the win versus Slask Wroclaw and himself to the weekly MVP award.
Per the press release: “Lukas Meisner became Hamburg Towers’ third MVP of the round this season when he claimed the honor for Round 15.
Meisner led Hamburg to a 92-86 home victory against Slask Wroclaw with career-highs of 23 points, 12 rebounds and a PIR of 29. He came off the bench to make 3 of 5 two-pointers, 5 of 13 three-pointers and 2 of 4 free throws. Meisner added 2 assists, 3 steals, 1 block and 2 fouls drawn. He is the third Hamburg player to earn this honor -after Caleb Homesley and Jaylon Brown did so in Rounds 9 and 12, respectively.
In the same game, Travis Trice of Slask recorded a PIR of 32, but did so in a losing effort. Trice had 29 points on 6 of 13 three-point shooting, 3 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 steal and 11 fouls drawn. JaJuan Johnson of Turk Telekom Ankara amassed a PIR of 31 in his team’s 76-83 home loss against MoraBanc Andorra. Johnson had 21 points on 11-of-11 free-throw shooting, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks and 8 fouls drawn. Jordan Theodore of Umana Reyer Venice, who had a PIR of 28, and Andrew Andrews of Frutti Extra Bursaspor (26 PIR) complete the top individual performances in Round 15.”
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