And what about the EuroChallenge? The third european competition behind Euroleague and Eurocup started also this Tuesday, with an interesting group of prospects playing in those teams. Who shined in this first round? What has been the Week Team selected by Eurohopes staff? Check it.

 

-PG: Russian Dmitriy Khvostov ('89) scored 19 points (3/6 threes), with 6 assists and 4 rebounds in Dynamo Moscow's victory over Steaua Turabo (88-60). 

 

-SG: Israelian Sylven Landesberg ('90), nailed 19 points (4/8 FG) and pulled down 4 rebounds for Maccabi Haifa in the great win at Frankfurt (78-83).

 

-SF: Turkish Birkan Batuk ('90) ended as the best scorer of Karsiyaka's win against Zadar (88-81) with 19 points (3/6 threes) and 3 steals in 27 minutes.   

 

-PF: Russian Nikita Balashov ('91), coming from the bench, nailed 7 points (3/3 FG) and put 3 blocks in 15 minutes in Dynamo Moscow's victory over Steaua Turabo (88-60). 

 

-C: Turkish Furkan Aldemir ('91) -at the pic- collected a great double-double for Karsiyaka in the victory over Zadar (88-81), with 13 points, 14 boards and 2 blocks. He has been the Eurohopes MVP. 

 

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