By John Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net Europeans once again showed their stuff the past seven days in the NCAA. Italian Alessandro Lever scored 27 points in Grand Canyon’s only game of the week, but wasn’t enough against San Diego that grabbed the 61-58 victory. The sophomore forward tied the game with two free throws, but Isaiah Pineiro followed sinking the winning three-pointer for the Toreros on Saturday. Spaniard Ruben Guerrero poured 23 points in 26 minutes in Samford’s easy win over VMI. Serb senior Vasa Pusica finished up 2018 with 29 points in Northeastern’s win against Drexel and 11 more in the double-overtime loss to Delaware. A look at the best European players this past week in the NCAA:
| Player | Points Average (Season) | Rebounds Average (Season) | Assists Average (Season) | Steals Average (Season) | Blocks Average (Season) |
| Alessandro Lever (Grand Canyon) | 27 (14.9) | 6 (4.5) | 0 (0.9) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.2) |
| Ruben Guerrero (Samford) | 23 (15.1) | 9 (8.5) | 0 (0.6) | 0 (0.3) | 4 (2.1) |
| Vasa Pusica (Northeastern) | 20 (15.9) | 4.5 (3.1) | 4.5 (4.6) | 1 (1.1) | 1 (0.3) |
| Djordje Dimitrijevic (Mercer) | 16 (11.5) | 1 (2.7) | 3 (2.8) | 0 (0.8) | 0 (0.2) |
| Jon Axel Gudmundsson (Davidson) | 15 (17.8) | 11 (6.2) | 4 (4.5) | 0 (1.1) | 0 (0) |
| Guglielmo Caruso (Santa Clara) | 14 (5.6) | 4 (3.7) | 1 (1) | 1 (0.6) | 3 (1.1) |
| Francisco Alonso (UNC Greensboro) | 13 (18.5) | 1 (2.3) | 4 (2.5) | 2 (0.9) | 0 (0.1) |
| Neemias Queta (Utah State) | 13 (9.7) | 7 (7.8) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (2.2) |
| Jaylen Hoard (Wake Forest) | 12 (14.5) | 5 (7) | 0 (1.4) | 0 (0.6) | 0 (0.6) |
| Matt Haarms (Purdue) | 12 (7.6) | 8 (4.7) | 0 (0.9) | 0 (0.1) | 3 (1.5) |
| John Carroll (Hartford) | 11 (16.4) | 3 (4.9) | 1 (1.5) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.3) |
| Martin Krampelj (Creighton) | 11 (9.4) | 8 (5.2) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.7) | 0 (0.6) |
| Milos Supica (Charlotte) | 11 (7.5) | 3 (5.1) | 2 (0.6) | 2 (0.8) | 1 (0.5) |
| Stefan Lakic (Samford) | 11 (1.4) | 3 (1.5) | 3 (0.5) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) |
| Filip Petrusev (Gonzaga) | 9 (8.8) | 5 (3.7) | 0 (0.4) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.9) |
| Luka Brajkovic (Davidson) | 8 (11.8) | 7 (6.8) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.5) | 2 (1.1) |
| Oscar da Silva (Stanford) | 8 (9.6) | 4 (5.9) | 3 (1.9) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (1) |
| Yves Pons (Tennessee) | 8 (4.4) | 4 (3.6) | 1 (1.1) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.8) |
| Matthias Tass (Saint Mary) | 7 (2.6) | 4 (2.3) | 2 (0.6) | 3 (0.5) | 0 (0.4) |
| Olivier Sarr (Wake Forest) | 6 (6.5) | 9 (5.4) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.5) | 2 (1.3) |
| Davide Moretti (Texas Tech) | 5 (8.4) | 2 (1.7) | 1 (2.5) | 0 (0.8) | 0 (0) |
| Joel Ayayi (Gonzaga) | 5 (3.3) | 4 (2.3) | 2 (0.6) | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0) |
Photo Credit: Grand Canyon