Duel of scorers in the visit of BAXI Manresa to Lithuania
Foster and Harding are clearly the leaders in scoring percentage for their teams. Those from Vilnius stand out for the number of three-pointers scored.
-Rytas Vilnius lost their last home game in the BCL (79-86 v Telekom Baskets Bonn) after winning the previous four; they lost consecutive home games only once before in the competition, it was in their first two home games, in October-December 2020.
-BAXI Manresa lost their last away game in the BCL (75-85 v Telekom Baskets Bonn) but have never lost two away games in a row since the start of the 2021/22 season; five of their last seven away games ended up with margins of five points or fewer.
-Rytas Vilnius have scored 10+ 3-pointers in each of their last six BCL games after never doing it in consecutive games previously in the competition; Manresa have conceded 10+ 3-pointers in five of their last six BCL games, as often as in their previous 35 games in the competition.
-Marcus Foster has scored 24.4% of Rytas’ 1157 points in the BCL this season (282pts), the highest % among all players of the 16 teams still competing, and will face Jerrick Harding, joint-second in that ranking (22.6% 202/895; also, TJ Shorts II 22.6%).