Fifth round of Eurocup was played completely yesterday, with many prospects shining with their teams. Let's see what happened in Valencia (Spain), Moscow (Russia) and Bamberg (Germany), where some of them made great performances. 

In Valencia Power Electronics beat Hemofarm (75-71) with Victor Claver ('88) collecting 14 points (2/2 behind the arc), 5 rebounds and 2 assists in 19 minutes. His teammate Giorgi Sharabidze ('90) had plenty of time (20') to show things in his debut (2 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists), while Tornike Shengelia ('91) scored 2 points in 16 minutes. For serbians three pearls shined: Stefan Markovic ('88) made an amazing job (14 points, 6 assists, 5 steals, 4 rebounds and 1 block), Boban Marjanovic ('88) also shined (14 points, 6 rebounds and 1 steal) and finally Milan Macvan ('89) finished with 14 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

In Moscow wasn't enough the job of two prospects for Dynamo to beat Red Star (86-88). Alexey Shved ('88), loaned from CSKA, nailed 15 points (2/4 threes) and grabbed 2 rebounds in 22 minutes, while Dimitriy Khvostov ('89) made his best Eurocup season's game: 14 points with 4/5 threes and 4 assists. For hosts Nemanja Bjelica ('88) -at the pic- collected 12 points (5/14 FG), 11 rebounds and 3 assists, and Marko Keselj ('88) added 11 with 3/7 threes in only 18 minutes.

Finally, in Bamberg, Brose Baskets crashed Ventspils (100-51) with a prospect being the MVP of each team. Tibor Pleiss ('89) led locals with 15 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks. For latvians Dairis Bertans ('89) nailed 21 points with 7/12 FG.

 

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