BASKETBALL

Pregame Report: Fenerbahçe Beko – Valencia Basket

26 November 2020 Thursday 10:48

In the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 11, Fenerbahçe Beko is looking for a home victory over Valencia Basket, tomorrow at 20.45. This match will be broadcasted on beIN Sports 3.
 
Referees:
Sasa Pukl (Slovenia)
Elias Koromilas (Greece)
Piotr Pastusiak (Poland)
 
Pregame Notes – Fenerbahçe Beko:
 
Lorenzo Brown and Edgaras Ulanovas have started every game for Fenerbahçe so far this season.
Nando De Colo and Alex Perez will be out due to injuries. Melih Mahmutoglu is with the Turkish NT for FIBA window games.
Nando De Colo has at least 1 steal in eight of his last nine games. De Colo has made 35 consecutive free throws.
Jarell Eddie has made at least 1 three-pointer in nine of his 10 games.
Lorenzo Brown has recorded a steal in five straight games. Brown scored in double figures in five of his last six games.
Jan Vesely ranks seventh this season with 6.1 rebounds per game.
Nando De Colo is tied for the league lead in free-throw accuracy at 100%.
Jan Vesely is fifth all-time with 447 offensive rebounds. Vesely ranks seventh all-time with 913 two-pointers made. Vesely is tied with Ante Tomic for 11th place all-time with 155 career blocks. Vesely is ranked 10th all-time with 1,136 rebounds. Vesely is in 19th place all-time with 2,399 points. Vesely needs 5 more free throws made to reach 500 for his career.
Nando De Colo is the all-time leader in free-throw accuracy at 94.2%. De Colo is ranked fourth all-time in scoring with 3,160 points. De Colo ranks fourth all-time with 798 free throws made. De Colo ranks seventh all-time with 3,531 index rating points. De Colo's next appearance will be the 200th of his EuroLeague career.
Ali Muhammed needs 2 three-pointers to reach 300 for his career. He'll be the 20th player to hit that milestone.
Edgaras Ulanovas needs 7 more steals to reach 100 for his career.
 
Valencia Basket Roster and Pregame Notes:
 
Guards: Sam Van Rossom, Guillem Vives, Martin Hermannsson, Guillem Ferrando, Klemen Prepelic, Josep Puerto, Vanja Marinkovic, Milan Jimenez
Forwards: Nikola Kalinic, Joan Sastre, Fernando San Emeterio, Derrick Williams, Louis Labeyrie
Centers: Bojan Dubljevic, Mike Tobey, Jaime Pradilla, Tomas Pavelka
Coach: Jaume Ponsarnau
 
Vanja Marinkovic has missed Valencia's last four games due to a shoulder injury.
 
Tomas Pavelka is set to make his EuroLeague debut.
 
Joan Sastre is sidelined with a partial tear to the internal lateral ligament of his right knee.
 
Eleven different players have started games for Valencia this season. Bojan Dubljevic is the only player to have started every game.
 
Sam Van Rossom has made 19 consecutive free throws.
 
Bojan Dubljevic has made 20 consecutive free throws.
 
Dubljevic had double-digit PIRs in seven of his last eight games.
 
Nikola Kalinic is tied for ninth in the league in two-point accuracy with 65.1%.
 
Fernando San Emeterio needs 7 more steals to reach 100 for his career.
 
San Emeterio has exactly 600 rebounds for his career.
 
Sam Van Rossom ranks eighth all-time with a 2.60-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
 
Team Stats - Offense (Fenerbahçe Beko - Valencia):
 
Points: 72.8 – 81.7
2 PTs: %51.2 - %57.7
3 PTs: %37.8 - %37.0
FTs: %84.1 - %80.7
Rebounds: 31.9 – 31.3
Assists: 17.1 – 20.7
Steals: 6.4 – 6.4
Blocks: 1.6 – 1.7
 
Team Stats - Defense (Fenerbahçe Beko - Valencia):
 
Points: 78.2 – 79.0
2 PTs: %52.7 - %56.0
3 PTs: %35.3 - %37.7
FTs: %71.8 - %70.7
Rebounds: 36.5 – 32.3
Assists: 19.6 – 17.0
Steals: 7.6 – 6.8
Blocks: 2.3 – 2.7
 
Stats Leaders (Fenerbahçe Beko - Valencia):
 
Points: De Colo 13.0, Brown 12.4, Vesely 10.7 / Prepelic 12.3, Dubljevic 11.6, Kalinic 9.4
Rebounds: Vesely 6.1 / Dubljevic 5.1
Assists: Brown 4.7, De Colo 3.6 / Prepelic 4.0, Van Rossom 3.3, Kalinic 2.8
Steals: De Colo 1.4, Brown 1.4 / Dubljevic 1.2, Vives 1.0
Efficiency: De Colo 15.9, Vesely 14.4, Brown 11.6 / Dubljevic 15.1, Prepelic 14.0, Labeyrie 10.7
 
Past Meetings:
 
2019-20 – Regular Season – Valencia 86-93 Fenerbahçe Beko
2019-20 – Regular Season – Fenerbahçe Beko 98-100 Valencia
2017-18 – Regular Season - Valencia Basket 67 – 80 Fenerbahçe Doğuş
2017-18 – Regular Season - Fenerbahçe Doğuş 79 – 66 Valencia Basket
2010-11 – Regular Season – Power Electronics Valencia 82 – 68 Fenerbahçe Ülker
2010-11 – Regular Season - Fenerbahçe Ülker 75 – 73 Power Electronics Valencia