Zoltan Perl scored 23 points with nine rebounds and five assists as Falco Vulcano Szombathely beat Salon Vilpas 85-72 in the Basketball Champions League. Falco ended a seven-game losing streak in the competition.
Perl extended his run of double-digit scoring games to a BCL-record 21. He also reached 19 games with at least 20 points, another competition high.
Unicaja and Galatasaray win
Amine Noua scored 20 points, including four three-pointers, in Unicaja's 79-63 victory over BK KVIS Pardubice. Willy Hernangómez added ten points and 11 rebounds, while Kendrick Perry supplied 15 points and seven assists. Unicaja won the rebounding contest 53-36.
Galatasaray MCT Technic defeated SIG Strasbourg 83-77 in Manuchar Markoishvili's first BCL game in charge. Debutant KJ Simpson Jr. contributed 17 points, eight rebounds and three assists.
Simpson, Alen Smailagić and Jerome Robinson Jr. all reached double figures from the bench. Strasbourg's Maxence Lemoine had 21 points and five assists, becoming the second-youngest player to reach those marks in BCL history.
Group B level after Legia success
Legia Warszawa beat Cibona 95-77 in Zagreb for their highest score and largest winning margin in the competition. Kristers Zoriks and Arguster Daniels each scored 21 points.
Cibona, without Khalif Battle, never led despite Rickey McGill's 18 points. The results leave Galatasaray, Strasbourg, Cibona and Legia all at 1-1 in Group B. A possible later four-way tie at 3-3 remains speculation rather than the current standings.