By Stefanos Tatsios/ info@eurohoops.net
The current Basketball Champions League season features some players who are proving their scoring value. Many BCL teams count on their offense and specifically on their players’ scoring touch. The first round of the group stage was a testament to these prolific scorers.
Eurohoops rounded up Champions League’s top scoring guns just before the start of the second half of BCL’s group stage.
1. Khalif Wyatt – UNET Holon (22.8pts, 5.4ast-2.6reb, 1.8stl)
Khalif Wyatt is UNET Holon’s leader and also Basketball Champions League’s top scorer. The 27-year-old American guard is hot from the beginning of the 2018-19 season. He’s a big part of the Israelis’ hopes for a long BCL journey.
Having played in five of the first seven games, Wyatt is averaging 22.8 points with 51.7% from two-point range and 46.7% from three-point range. He also helps with his 5.4 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 1.6 steals per match.
His biggest game was against Umana Reyer Venezia. He poured 35 points in the Round 2 match with 8/16 beyond the arc. He also posted five assists, four rebounds and a steal.
2. Vince Hunter – AEK (17.7pts, 7.7reb, 1.4stl, 0.9ast, 0.4blk)
Basketball Champions League title holder AEK wants to repeat last year’s success. Vince Hunter has already put his team on the right path.
The young American forward/center is dominating in the paint for Luca Banchi’s team. He is one of the best BCL bigs and the second top scorer of the 2018-19 season.
Hunter is averaging 17.7 points with a 65% two-point percentage. He’s posted 7.7 rebounds, 1.4 steals, 0.9 assists and 0.4 blocks per game in his first seven appearances.
In the Round 5 game against Lietkabelis he sank 28 points with 8/11 two-pointers and added nine rebounds, three steals and one assist. He amassed a 34 ranking.
3. James Feldeine – Hapoel Bank Yavah Jerusalem (17.6pts, 4ast, 3.3reb, 0.6stl)
After his season with Crvena Zvezda mts, James Feldeine travelled to Israel for Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem. The prolific swingman is really showing his stuff during Basketball Champions League’s 2018-19 season.
During the first half of the group stage, he’s averaging 17.6 points with 41.2% from two-point range and 40% from three-point range. He’s also notched 4.4 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 0.6 steals per match in his first seven appearances.
He’s leading Hapoel to glory, but his best game was against CEZ Nymburk. During the Round 5 match he scored 35 points with 9/12 beyond the arc, also grabbed five rebounds, dished four assists and posted a steal.