May 25, 2012
Top 16 Week 1 co-MVPs: Scoonie Penn, Marcus Goree
Scoonie Penn - Olympiacos The Top 16 opened with opposite fortunes for the two players who tied for the best individual performance of Week 1. Scoonie Penn helped Olympiacos to an all-important road win at Partizan in Group E, while an equally strong outing by Marcus Goree of Benetton wasn't enough for his team against Unicaja in Group G. Each finished with an index rating of 35. Penn earned his first MVP honor of the season by scoring 27 points on 4-for-9 three-point and 9-for-10 free-throw shooting against Partizan. He added 2 rebounds, 3 steals and 8 fouls drawn for a 35 index. Goree had 24 points on 6-for-8 two-point and 4-of-6 three-point shooting against Unicaja. He added 7 rebounds, an assist, 4 steals, 3 blocks and 3 fouls drawn to also amass a 35 index. It marks the first time in his five-year Euroleague career that Goree has won a weekly MVP honor. Predrag Drobnjak of Partizan had the third-rated performance (index 28) with 21 points on 10-for-10 free throws, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, a block and 9 fouls drawn against Olympiacos. Matjaz Smodis of CSKA (index 26), Nikola Vujcic of Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (25) and Lazaros Papadopoulos (25) completed the top individual performances of the week.

Individual highs: Fran Vazquez, 4 blocks

Penn not only earned co-MVP honors but became the weekly top scorer with 27 points against Olympiacos. Penn ranked 41st in scoring at the end of the regular season (12.1 ppg.), way behind the scoring champ Juan Carlos Navarro (18 ppg.). Vujcic and Michael Wright led all rebounders in the Top 16 openers by pulling down 10 each. Vujcic was sixth among the regular season rebounders (7.9 rpg.) and Wright ranked 46th (4.7 rpg.). The regular season leader was Tanoka Beard of Zalgiris Kaunas (9.86 rpg.), whose team did not advance to the Top 16. Navarro and Vujcic each had 8 assists this week. Vujcic ranked fifth in assists at the end of the regular season (4.4 apg.) while Navarro was 42nd (2.2 apg.). The regular season assists champ, Theo Papaloukas of CSKA (5.7 apg.), dished 6 this week. Mire Chatman of Lottomatica Roma, his teammate Luca Garri and Papaloukas each collected 5 steals. Chatman was second at the end of the regular season (2.9 spg.), Garri ranked 23rd (1.69 spg.) and Papaloukas 35th (1.5 spg.). The regular season steals champ Ricky Rubio of DKV Joventut (3.45 spg.) had one against CSKA in Moscow. Fran Vazquez of Winterthur FC Barcelona had 4 blocks to lead the weekly standings. Vazquez was sixth at the end of the regular season (1.29 bpg.), not far away from the top shot blocker Marcus Haislip (1.93 bpg.), who did not have any against Panathinaikos this week.
Friday, February 16, 2007
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