{"id":418275,"date":"2024-12-12T19:22:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T18:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=418275"},"modified":"2024-12-12T19:22:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T18:22:29","slug":"eurocup-round-11-mvp-anthony-cowan-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/eurocup-round-11-mvp-anthony-cowan-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurocup Round 11 MVP: Anthony Cowan Jr"},"content":{"rendered":"

A stellar performance in a memorable victory has seen\u00a0Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius<\/a>\u00a0guard\u00a0Anthony Cowan Jr.<\/a>\u00a0finish as the MVP of the Round for Round 11, the second time he has earned this accolade this season.<\/p>\n

Cowan led the Wolves to an emphatic 104-100 win over the visiting Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv, scoring 28 points on 3-of-7 two-point and 5-of-8 three-point shooting, while making 7-of-9 free throws. Cowan also dished 10 assists, had 4 rebounds and 2 steals, while drawing 10 fouls. As such, he finished the night with a 37 PIR, the highest among all players on winning teams. This is also his highest PIR of the season, and Cowan has become the second player to earn multiple MVP of the Round honors in this BKT EuroCup campaign.<\/p>\n

Round 11’s highest PIR, 41, belongs to Hapoel point guard\u00a0Yam Madar<\/a>. In just his second game in a Hapoel jersey, Madar had 28 points on 5-of-8 two-point shooting, 3-of-3 three-pointers and 9-of-9 free throws. He also posted 7 assists, 3 steals, 2 rebounds and 7 drawn fouls.\u00a0Zavier Simpson<\/a>\u00a0of U-BT Cluj-Napoca had a 35 PIR in his team’s 89-86 win over Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse. Simpson scored 27 points, dished a club-record 11 assists and also drew 10 personal fouls. The next best PIR, 30, belongs to Trefl Sopot\u2019s\u00a0Marcus Weathers<\/a>, who collected 14 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks and 2 steals in his team’s 70-82 loss against Dolomiti Energia Trento. Rounding out the list of top performers is Bourg’s\u00a0Xavier Castaneda<\/a>, as he recorded 17 points, 8 assists, 3 rebounds, 2 steals and 11 drawn fouls for a PIR of 28.<\/p>\n

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Individual highs: Amida Brimah, Valencia Basket, 4 blocks<\/h3>\n

Madar and Cowan each scored 28 points to take the honor as Round 11’s top scorers.\u00a0Jared Harper<\/a>\u00a0of Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem leads the EuroCup in scoring with 22.5 points per game.<\/p>\n

Weathers and\u00a0Kur Kuath<\/a>\u00a0of Veolia Towers Hamburg each had 12 rebounds, the most this round. Umana Reyer Venice’s\u00a0Mfiondu Kabengele<\/a>\u00a0is the EuroCup\u2019s leading rebounder with 10.1 rebounds per night.<\/p>\n

Simpson and Bahcesehir College Istanbul guard\u00a0Jaleen Smith<\/a>\u00a0dished 11 assists apiece in Round 11. Simpson is the league leader with 7.3 dimes per contest.<\/p>\n

Kevin Kokila<\/a>\u00a0of Bourg, and\u00a0Gabrielius Maldunas<\/a>\u00a0of 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys each had 5 steals, more than any other player this week.\u00a0Andrew Albicy<\/a>\u00a0of Dreamland Gran Canaria tops the steals charts with 2.1 per game.<\/p>\n

Amida Brimah<\/a>\u00a0of Valencia Basket led all players in Round 11 with 4 blocks. Kuath is EuroCup’s top shot blocker with 1.9 rejections per game.<\/p>\n

This Round’s MVP Cowan (28 points, 11 assists), Simpson (27 points, 11 assists), Jaleen Smith (11 points, 11 assists),\u00a0Jordan Parks<\/a>\u00a0of Umana Reyer Venice (20 points, 10 rebounds), Kuath (12 points, 12 rebounds) and Weathers (14 points, 12 rebounds) all had a double-double in Round 11.<\/p>\n

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