Tornike Shengelia captures another EuroLeague Round MVP trophy / News - Basketnews.com

Shengelia earned his eighth career Round MVP trophy, tying three players for eight place all-time.

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Outstanding individual performance in a come-from-behind winning effort allowed Toko Shengelia of Virtus Segafredo Bologna to earn Round 6 MVP honors with a PIR of 30.

Tornike Shengelia

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Shengelia led Virtus to a hard-fought 93-81 home victory over Anadolu Efes Istanbul with 19 points on 5-of-9 two-pointers and 10-of-11 free throws. He added 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, and 12 fouls drawn, this season's highest total yet, for a PIR of 30.

Shengelia was also the Round 3 and October MVP last month. He was chosen as the MVP of the Round for the eighth time in his career, tying Ioannis Bourousis, Luka Doncic, and Vassilis Spanoulis for eighth place all-time. Nando De Colo has earned MVP of the Round honors a record 16 times.

Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot paced LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne to an 88-91 comeback win on the road against Zalgliris Kaunas on Thursday night, with his career-high 26 PIR being the second-highest tally in this round.

Luwawu-Cabarrot put together a personal 9-2 closing run, which assured ASVEL's first victory of the season, as he finished with a career-best 19 points. He made 4-of-7 two-point shots, 1-of-2 threes, and 8-of-8 free throws while pulling down a team-high 6 rebounds and picking up a personal-best 3 steals.

Semi Ojeleye of Valencia Basket had a PIR 25 in his team's 79-71 win over ALBA Berlin. He had 19 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals. ALBA's Sterling Brown and Olympiacos Piraeus forward Alec Peters each had a PIR of 23, completing Round 6's best performers. Brown collected 19 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks, while Peters had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists in a loss against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul.

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