By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Errick McCollum used a career performance to lead UNICS Kazan past visiting Joventut Badalona 86-74 on Wednesday night, and in the process earned the MVP of the Round honor for Round 4 of the regular season as eurocupbasketball.com informs.
The former EuroCup champion and competition MVP posted his career-high with a performance index rating of 41, the highest of any player this season. McCollum posted 32 points, tying his career-best, by making 6 of 8 two-point shots, 4 of 8 three-pointers, and 8 of 9 free throws. The UNICS guard also had 4 assists, 4 rebounds, and 3 steals, as well as 11 fouls drawn to earn the fourth MVP of the Round honor of his EuroCup career.
Individual highs: Justin Knox, Dolomiti Energia Trento, 14 rebounds
McCollum led all scorers in Round 4 with 32 points, the most scored by any player this season. He is also the overall scoring leader with 20.8 points per game through four rounds. Knox had 14 rebounds, another season-high in the competition. Alan Williams of Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar and Johnathan Hamilton of Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul are the rebounding co-leaders with 9.5 per game. Semaj Christon of Limoges had 11 assists, more than any player in Round 4. Trento’s Aaron Craft leads the competition in assists this season with 8.0 per game. Tarik Phillip of Tofas Bursa led all players this round with 5 steals. Anthony Clemmons of AS Monaco tops the steals chart for the season with an average of 3.0. Five players had 3 blocked shots in Round 4: Hamilton, Martynas Echodas of Rytas Vilnius, Andrea Zerini of Germani Brescia Leonessa, Nathan Boothe of EWE Baskets Oldenburg and William Mosley of Partizan NIS Belgrade. Hamilton leads the EuroCup with 2.5 blocks per game.