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1. Spain - Spanish ACB round 19 best performance: Kaloyan Ivanov

   Kaloyan Ivanov

   Bulgarian forward Kaloyan Ivanov (205-F-86) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Meridiano, receiving a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 19. The 25-year old player had a double-double of 21 points and 11 rebounds, while his team edged out Cajasol (#6, 10-9) in overtime 86-82.

   
   
2. Greece - NaNa's double-double lands him Player of the Week award

   Harding NaNa

   30-year old forward Harding NaNa (203-F-81) put on an amazing game in the last round for Ilysiakos and receives a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 17. He had a double-double of 24 points and 14 rebounds, while his team beat Marousi (#13, 0-16), the league's bottom-ranked team 89-81.

   
   
3. Turkey - Videnov's 42-point game gives him Player of the Week award

   Filip Videnov

   31-year old swingman Filip Videnov (196-F/G-80, agency: Interperformances) put on an amazing game in the last round for Olin Edirne and receives a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 17. He had the game-high 42 points adding three rebounds and three assists for Olin Edirne in his team's victory, helping them to beat Hacettep

   
   
4. Belgium - Belgian D1 round 18 best performance: Stefon Jackson

   Filip Videnov

   American guard Stefon Jackson (196-G-85) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for top-ranked Aalstar, receiving a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 18. The 26-year old player was the main contributor (17 points, four rebounds and three assists) to his team's victory, helping them to outclass Liege (#7, 5-10) with 27-point margin 100-73.

   
   
5. Ireland - NATIONAL CUP FINALS 2012 PREVIEW

   Filip Videnov

   NATIONAL CUP FINALS 2012 PREVIEW The 2012 National Cup Final will take place on Friday night and will feature a potentially mouth watering all Munster affair when UCC Demons and UL Eagles clash in the final of the Mens SuperLeague National Cup.In the Womens decider, UL will be bidding to end DCU Mercys hopes of a third successive cup title

   
   
6. Russia - CSKA, Lokomotiv and Khimky won Saturday clashes

   Jeremiah Massey

   CSKA, Lokomotiv and Khimky won Saturday clashes in VTB League. Last night CSKA beat Asseco Prokom 86:81. The hosts trailed by 4 points after first quarter, but they rallied back to get the 11-point lead at the halftime and eventually won the game 86-81. Darjus Lavrinovic fired 13 points and 7 rebounds for the winners. Andrey Vorontsevich (204-C-87) chipped in 12 points and 8 rebounds

   
   
7. Eurocup - Jackson will stay

   Jeremiah Massey

   According to recent news from BC Donetsk club officials, Darnell Jackson will stay. A few days ago, sportando.net released an article about Darnell Jackson and his possible release. Right now, Jackson will stay and because of the fact that Vojdan Stojanovski have been signed as the sixth and last foreigner player; no additional signings will come. The team is fighting for Eurocup quarter final playoffs in Group J and got their first loss against Khimki last Tuesday.

   
   
8. France - NM1 Round 19: #1 Charleville-Mezieres are defeated by Montbrison

   Regis Aubry

   The most surprising game was another loss of top-ranked Charleville-Mezieres (14-5) at the home court on Saturday night. Hosts were defeated by eighteenth ranked Montbrison (3-16) 78-65. The guests trailed by 12 points after first quarter, but they stormed back and won the game by 13 points. Montbrison outrebounded Charleville-Mezieres 48-28 including a 35-14 advantage in defensive rebounds

   
   
9. France - French ProA round 17 best performance: Malcolm Delaney (by BasketStore)

   Malcolm Delaney

   American guard Malcolm Delaney (191-G-89) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for second-ranked Chalon, receiving a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 17. The 22-year old player was the main contributor (32 pointseight assists) to his team's victory, helping them to crush Poitiers (#14, 4-13) with 18-point margin 83-65.

   
   
10. VTB United League - Jonas Valanciunas gets MVP of the Week award for VTB United League

    Jonas Valanciunas

    Talented Jonas Valanciunas (210-C-92) had an amazing evening in the last round for Lietuvos rytas and that's him to receive a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 19. The 19-year old center had the game-high 21 points adding nine rebounds and two assists for Lietuvos rytas in his team's victory, helping them to outclass Enisey (#8, 3-7) with 39-point margin 101-62.

    
    
11. Poland - Egypt U17 wins Turk Telekom Tournament

    Jonas Valanciunas

    Egypt U17-Poland U16 83:73 Egypt U17 wins Turk Telekom Tournament with 12 participating teams. The only African representative won all the games and added 83:73 victory over Poland in the Final. Ahmed Soliman and Moataz Hosny (201-C-95) top-scored for the winners with 21 points each, while the latter also added 16 rebounds. Oman Abdien notched 12, while Ehab Saleh posted 7

    
    
12. Poland - 1Liga Round 21: MMKS Dabrowa Gornicza loses to Rosa Radom

    Piotr Kardas

    The fans could enjoy quite many interesting games in the last round. The round ended with favorites losing the games and games ending by tiny margin. The game between third ranked MMKS Dabrowa Gornicza (13-7) and seventh ranked Rosa Radom (12-8) was the most important one in the last round on Saturday night. MMKS Dabrowa Gornicza was defeated by Rosa Radom in a tough game in Radom 73-77. The hosts took control from the first minutes by winning first half

    
    
13. Lithuania - Kaubrys' double-double lands him NKL (Second Stage) Player of the Week award

    Arturas Kaubrys

    28-year old center Arturas Kaubrys (205-C-83) put on an amazing game in the last round for Silute and receives a Eurobasket.com NKL Player of the Week award for round 2 (Second Stage). He had a double-double of 18 points and 13 rebounds, while his team beat S.Marciulionio (#12, 14-18) 90-76.

    
    
14. Germany - Alex Harris Shows Some California Hyphy As EnBW Ludwigsburg Freeze The Fraport Skyliners 82-57

    Alex Harris

    Two Weeks ago, the Ludwigsburg arena was transformed into a glitzy, boisterous, loud, spectacular and unforgettable basketball world as the 2012 Beko BBL Allstar game took place there. Fans saw as many well known basketball faces in the arena then as RTL camp members saw nasty scorpions in a short time

    
    
15. Germany - ProB Round 22 of Regular Season

    Alex Harris

    Stahnsdorf - Bayer Giants 68-78 ALBA Berlin II - Vechta 82-69 Wolfenbuettel - Schwelm 76-84 Hannover - SU Medien 82-67 Herten - Dorsten 94-90 OT Wulfen - Rist Wedel 82-57 Leipzig - Hanau 80-68 Dragons - BSW Sixers 74-79 Gotha - Noerdlingen 78-68 Giessen - TSV Troester 79-82 BG Illertal - Licher Baeren 72-86 Fraport SKY II - Langen 101-89

    
    
16. Slovenia - Julevic's double-double lands him Player of the Week award

    Mensud Julevic

    26-year old center Mensud Julevic (200-C-85) put on an amazing game in the last round for second-ranked Elektra and receives a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 15. He had a double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds, while his team crushed Parklji (#10, 1-14) with 16-point margin 77-61.

    
    
17. Holland - Coleman's double-double lands him Player of the Week award

    Yamene Coleman

    25-year old center Yamene Coleman (206-C-86, agency: Court Side) put on an amazing game in the last round for Weert and receives a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 22. He had a double-double of 20 points and 14 rebounds, while his team beat Rotterdam (#8, 2-16) 79-73.

    
    
18. Holland - Rogier Jansen suspended for three games

    Rogier Jansen

    EiffelTowers Den Bosch Point Guard Rogier Jansen(188-G-84, agency: Court Side), has been suspended from play for three games after being assessed two technical fouls and ejected from Saturday nights 89-84 loss against the GasTerra Flames. The length of Jansens suspension is unknown, however, and the EiffelTowers are awaiting word on just how many more games hell miss.Rogier Jansen(188-G-84, agency: Court Side) averaged 11.4 points per game this season and added 3

    
    
19. Belarus - Premier League Round 15: Rubon is upset by BGUIR-RTI

    Rogier Jansen

    The game between third ranked Rubon (8-7) and fourth ranked BGUIR-RTI (6-9) was the most important one in the last round on Friday night. Rubon was defeated by BGUIR-RTI in Minsk 81-69. The game was mostly controlled by BGUIR-RTI. Rubon managed to win third quarter 13-12. But it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. BGUIR-RTI forced 21 Rubon turnovers and outrebounded them 45-24 including a 30-18 advantage in defensive rebounds

    
    
20. Belarus - Minsk-2006 loses another game in VTB League

    Jeremiah Massey

    Lokomotiv - Minsk-2006 87:64 Minsk-2006 loses another game in VTB League to fall at 0-12 record. Russian Lokomotiv outscored bottom-ranked Belarusian Minsk-2006 87-64 on Saturday. Lokomotiv led from the first minutes and controlled entire game increasing their lead in each quarter. Lokomotiv outrebounded Minsk-2006 42-30 including 29 on the defensive glass. Jeremiah Massey (202-F-82, college: Kansas St.) fired 25 points and 9 rebounds for the winners