In the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 24, Fenerbahçe Beko is looking for a home victory over Zenit St. Petersburg, tomorrow at 21.00. This match will be broadcasted on beIN Sports Haber.
Referees:
Luigi Lamonica (Italy)
Borys Ryzhyk (Ukraine)
Luka Kardum (Croatia)
Pre-game notes – Fenerbahçe Beko:
Twelve different players have started games for Fenerbahçe Beko so far this season. Edgaras Ulanovas is the only player to start every game.
Marko Guduric has started all eight games since joining the team.
Guduric and Pierre suffered injuries in domestic action on Sunday.
New signing Kyle O'Quinn made his EuroLeague debut in Round 22.
Jan Vesely has scored at least 10 points and posted a PIR in double-digits in 11 of his last 12 games.
Nando De Colo has scored in double figures in nine of his last 10 appearances.
Pierre has made at least 1 three-pointer in five of his last six games.
Jarell Eddie has made at least 1 three-pointer in eight of his last nine games.
Lorenzo Brown has made at least 1 three-pointer in seven of his last eight games. Brown has made at least 1 steal in seven of his last eight games.
Jan Vesely ranks sixth this season in average PIR with 17.4 per game.
Lorenzo Brown ranks fourth in steals this season with 1.5 per game and Nando De Colo ranks fifth with 1.4.
Ahmet Duverioglu ranks third this season in two-point accuracy at 74.5%.
Nando De Colo leads the league in free-throw accuracy at 96.5%.
Jan Vesely ranks seventh all-time with 461 offensive rebounds. Vesely ranks fifth all-time with 983 two-pointers made. Vesely is tied with Mirza Begic for ninth all-time with 162 blocks. Vesely is ranked ninth all-time with 1,187 rebounds. Vesely is in 16th place all-time with 2,561 points.
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 3,307 points. De Colo ranks fourth all-time with 824 free throws made. De Colo ranks seventh all-time with 3,713 index rating points. De Colo is ranked 18th all-time with 317 career three-pointers. Ali Muhammed is 20th with 305.
Muhammed is 16 points shy of reaching 1,500 for his career.
Edgaras Ulanovas needs 4 more steals to reach 100 for his career.
Ahmet Duverioglu ranks sixth all-time in two-point accuracy at 67.4%.
Marko Guduric needs 2 more steal to reach 100 for his career.
Roster and pre-game notes – Zenit St. Petersburg
Guards: Kevin Pangos, Billy Baron, Dmitry Khvostov, Deniz Zakharov, Austin Hollins, Vitaly Fridzon, KC Rivers
Forwards: Mateusz Ponitka, Vladislav Trushkin, Igor Volkhin, Maksim Karvanen, Will Thomas, Andrey Zubkov
Centers: Arturas Gudaitis, Alex Poythress, Anton Pushkov
Coach: Xavi Pascual
Fifteen different players have appeared in games for Zenit this season.
Nine different players have started for Zenit so far this season; Kevin Pangos and Will Thomas are the only players to start every game.
Alex Poythress has been unavailable for Zenit's last six games.
Kevin Pangos has made at least 1 three-pointer in 10 straight and 15 of his last 16 games.
Pangos has scored at least 10 points in eight of his last nine games.
Billy Baron has made at least 1 three-point shot in 11 consecutive games.
Arturas Gudaitis has posted double-digit PIRs in eight consecutive games.
Austin Hollins has collected at least 1 steal in six of his last seven games.
Kevin Pangos ranks fourth this season with 6.2 assists per game.
Alex Poythress leads the league in fouls committed with 3.3 per game.
Will Thomas needs 2 points to reach 1,000 for his career.
Mateusz Ponitka needs 4 rebounds to reach 300 for his career.
K.C. Rivers's next three-pointer will be the 300th of his EuroLeague career.
Team Stats - Offense (Fenerbahçe Beko - Zenit St. Petersburg):
Points: 78.0 – 77.4
2 PTs: %56.6 - %56.0
3 PTs: %40.1 - %37.4
FTs: %83.0 - %80.7
Rebounds: 30.5 – 31.6
Assists: 19.2 – 17.4
Steals: 6.9 – 5.8
Blocks: 1.9 – 2.0
Team Stats - Defense (Fenerbahçe Beko - Zenit St. Petersburg):
Points: 78.0 – 74.2
2 PTs: %52.0 - %52.1
3 PTs: %37.0 - %35.4
FTs: %77.1 - %78.7
Rebounds: 33.2 – 29.9
Assists: 19.6 – 15.0
Steals: 7.5 – 6.6
Blocks: 2.2 – 2.4
Stats Leaders (Fenerbahçe Beko - Zenit St. Petersburg):
Points: De Colo 13.2, Vesely 12.9, Brown 10.7 / Pangos 11.8, Gudaitis 10.7, Poythress 9.3
Rebounds: Vesely 5.3 / Thomas 5.1, Poythress 4.9, Ponitka 4.8
Assists: Brown 3.9, De Colo 3.7 / Pangos 6.2, Ponitka 3.3
Steals: Brown 1.5, De Colo 1.4 / Hollins 1.3
Efficiency: Vesely 17.4, De Colo 16.3, Pierre 11.7 / Gudaitis 14.2, Ponitka 13.4, Thomas 13.0
Past Meetings:
2020-21 – Regular Season – Zenit St. Petersburg 65-73 Fenerbahçe Beko
2019-20 – Regular Season – Zenit St. Petersburg 68-73 Fenerbahçe Beko
2019-20 – Regular Season – Fenerbahçe Beko 81-84 Zenit St. Petersburg