Andrej Jakimovski shoots his way to weekly EuroCup nod

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A first BKT EuroCup MVP of the Round award for 24-year-old Andrej Jakimovski

By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net

Andrej Jakimovski stood out as the Most Valuable Player in Round 10 of the 2025-26 BKT EuroCup Regular Season.

Euroleague Basketball confirmed the 24-year-old forward as the weekly MVP on Thursday.

On Tuesday, Jakimovski shaped a week-high Performance Index Rating of 43 with 30 points behind 10/15 field goals, including two triples, seven rebounds, and two steals over 31:56, leading Dolomiti Energia Trento to a win against JL Bourg in Ekinox.

Per the press release: “A stunning individual performance in a huge road win saw Andrej Jakimovski of Dolomiti Energia Trento earn Round 10 MVP honors with a PIR of 43, the highest index rating ever recorded by a Trento player in the BKT EuroCup.

Jakimovski led Trento to a 73-91 road victory over Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse with 30 points on 8-of-10 two-pointers, 2-of-5 three-pointers and 8-of-9 free throws, adding 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 10 fouls drawn for a PIR of 43, the highest in Round 10. Jakimovski earned MVP of the Round honors for the first time in his career, and he is the fifth Trento player to do so, after Dominique Sutton, Dustin Hogue, Alessandro Gentile and Luke Maye, the last Trento player to secure MVP of the Round honors in 2021.

Michael Flowers of Lietkabelis Panevezys amassed a PIR of 35 in his team’s 94-85 overtime road loss against Besiktas GAIN Istanbul. Flowers finished the game with 27 points on 4-of-8 two-pointers, 3-of-6 three-pointers and 10-of-11 free throws, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals, 1 block and 6 fouls drawn.

Bryce Jones of Aris Thessaloniki Betsson inspired his team to a 90-86 home victory over Umana Reyer Venice with 20 points on 7-of-14 two-pointers and 6-of-7 free throws, 5 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals, 1 block and 8 fouls drawn, good for a PIR of 33.

Kadre Gray of Slask Wroclaw and Trevion Williams of Bahcesehir College Istanbul each amassed a PIR of 28. Williams was dominant in his team securing an 84-72 home win over U-BT Cluj-Napoca with 22 points on 9-of-17 two-pointers and 4-of-4 free throws, 15 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 3 fouls drawn. Gray had 24 points on 7-of-11 two-pointers and 10-of-13 free throws, 3 rebounds, 6 assists and 12 fouls drawn in his team’s 103-87 overtime road loss against Neptunas Klaipeda.

Individual highs: Trevion Williams, Bahcesehir, 15 rebounds

Andrej Jakimovski was this week’s top scorer with 30 points. Fatts Russell of Cluj is the competition’s top scorer with 22.0 points per night.

Trevion Williams led all rebounders by pulling down 15. Zacharie Perrin of Veolia Towers Hamburg leads the overall standings with 8.2 rebounds per game.

Bryce Jones dished 12 assists, more than anyone else in Round 10. Arnas Velicka of Neptunas tops the assists charts with 7.4 dimes per contest.

Jaylen Hands of Panionios Cosmorama Travel Athens, Dogus Ozdemiroglu of Turk Telekom Ankara and Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana’s DJ Stewart each collected 4 steals to lead this round’s standings. Odzemiroglu is also first overall with 2.8 steals per night.

Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu of BAXI Manresa was Round 10’s top shot blocker, rejecting 4 attempts. Balsa Koprivica is the competition’s leader in blocks with 1.7 per game.

Williams (22 points, 15 rebounds), Jones, Djordjevic (18 points, 12 rebounds), Nighael Ceaser of Cluj (11 points, 11 rebounds), Kris Bankston of Turk Telekom (15 points, 13 rebounds), and Amadou Sow of NINERS Chemnitz (19 points, 10 rebounds) each registered a double-double in Round 10.”

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