Riga: a team with weapons and a desire to finish well in the BCL
The Latvians are the team with the highest percentage of scoring from the three-point line and play in front of their fans in the last game of the continental competition
VEF Riga have won just three of their last 19 games in the BCL, but all those victories happened at home; they are yet to win against a Spanish team in league history (L7), while never scoring more than 75 points in such a game – BAXI Manresa won the reverse fixture with the final score of 59-88.
BAXI Manresa have won seven of their last nine away games in the BCL, with those two defeats happening in Turkey; they have scored more than 90 points in three of their last five league games on the road.
VEF Riga have scored only 66 points per game, the lowest scoring mark in the BCL this season; 49.1% of their total points have come from 3P shots, the highest percentage of any team in the league this term.
Kristers Zoriks (VEF Riga) has scored 16+ points in each of his last three games in the BCL, as many times as in his previous 20 league appearances; Zoriks has scored 3+ shots from behind the arc in four of his five league games this season, with the only exception being the reverse fixture against BAXI Manresa (0/3).
Jerrick Harding has scored 16 or more points in each of his five games with BAXI Manresa in the BCL; he had his highest scoring BCL game in his most recent appearance in the competition, tallying 30 points against Limoges CSP – however, he has never scored 25+ points in consecutive league games.