The Lions forward and Trento playmaker split the honors

Two players took two very different routes to the same award in Round 5. Joel Scott owned the paint for London Lions, while Darius Brown ran the show for Dolomiti Energia Trento. Both posted a PIR of 31 in winning efforts to share MVP of the Round honors for Round 5.

Scott led the Lions to a 79-61 home win over Turk Telekom Ankara with 21 points on 8-of-10 two-pointers, 1-of-2 three-pointers and 2-of-4 free throws, adding 13 rebounds, an assist, a block and 5 fouls drawn. It was a well-earned reward for Scott, who posted a PIR of 33 in Round 3 but missed out on the award because it came in a loss.

Brown picked up his second MVP of the Round award of the season, after earning the honor on his EuroCup debut in Round 1. He helped Trento edge Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 94-92 with 18 points on 5-of-7 two-pointers, 1-of-1 from deep and 5-of-6 free throws, plus 2 rebounds, a game-high 12 assists, a steal and 7 fouls drawn.

Cedi Osman of PAOK Thessaloniki posted the round’s highest PIR of 38, but it came in an 84-81 road loss to Bahcesehir College Istanbul. Osman poured in 30 points on 4-of-4 two-pointers, 5-of-11 three-pointers and 7-of-8 free throws, adding 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 8 fouls drawn.

Elvar Fridriksson of Neptunas Klaipeda followed with a PIR of 33 in a 94-83 road loss to Napoli Basketball. He had 24 points on 6-of-9 two-pointers, 3-of-5 three-pointers and 3-of-5 free throws, plus 4 rebounds, 9 assists and 6 fouls drawn.

Rounding out the top performers were Bahcesehir’s Malachi Flynn and Buducnost’s Juwan Morgan, who each posted a PIR of 29. Flynn had 28 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 4 fouls drawn in his team’s win over PAOK, while Morgan had 14 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, a block and 5 fouls drawn against Trento.

Individual highs: JD Notae, Manresa, 5 steals

Osman led all scorers in Round 5 with 30 points against Bahcesehir. Timmy Allen of Kids&Us Manresa leads the EuroCup at 22.0 points per game.

Scott and Morgan shared the rebounding lead with 13 boards apiece. Jeremiah Robinson-Earl of Aris Thessaloniki is the competition’s top rebounder at 10.4 per game.

Brown’s 12 assists led the round. Otis Livingston of U-BT Cluj-Napoca leads the EuroCup at 7.8 assists per game.

JD Notae of Manresa made a round-high 5 steals in a 65-76 road win over Balkan Botevgrad. Dogus Ozdemiroglu of Turk Telekom Ankara leads the competition at 3.0 steals per game.

Guglielmo Caruso of Napoli blocked a round-high 4 shots against Neptunas. Race Thompson of Skyliners Frankfurt leads the EuroCup at 2.3 blocks per game.

Six players recorded double-doubles in Round 5: Scott (21 points, 13 rebounds), Brown (18 points, 12 assists), Morgan (14 points, 13 rebounds), Livingston (23 points, 10 rebounds), Robinson-Earl (13 points, 11 rebounds), and Ben Burnham of NINERS Chemnitz (22 points, 11 rebounds).

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