By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
AEK Athens’ Howard Sant-Roos landed the MVP honors of Basketball Champions League Gameday 9, first Cuban player in Basketball Champions League history to earn this accolade..
“It means a lot to me, coming from where I come, to represent my country like that,” Sant-Roos told championsleague.basketball.
“But [being the first Cuban weekly MVP in the BCL] doesn’t add any extra pressure, everywhere you go and play the pressure is the same, the team always wants the best from you.”
On Wednesday, the versatile forward posted one of his trademark all-round performances to steer the Athens yellow-blacks to a 91-78 victory at home over Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem, in a battle of powerhouses for sole leadership of Group B on the final day of action for 2019.
In front of a jubilant 10,000-strong crowd in the OAKA Olympic Hall in Athens, Sant-Roos finished with 18 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists and registered an efficiency rating of 25.
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