By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Without Sir’Jabari Rice, ERA Nymburk stormed back from a double-digit deficit to defeat MLP Academics Heidelberg, 78-71, and progress to the Round of 16 of the Basketball Champions League Season X, powered by Ameresco SUNEL.
The visitors led for nearly 29 minutes in Prague’s Kralovka Arena on Thursday, and peaked at an 11-point lead, but were limited to 15 points in the fourth quarter of Game 2 of a best-of-three Play-In series, which was matched individually by Jaromir Bohacik, who netted four three-pointers in the last ten minutes. The 33-year-old sharpshooter ended up with a game-high 23 points.
Adding to a sixth consecutive win between continental and domestic campaigns, Matej Svoboda scored 12 points, KeyShawn Feazell had ten points, and Martin Kriz paired his nine points with nine rebounds. Wes Dreamer remained inactive for the team coached by Oren Amiel, besides a late scratch in the form of the 2025-26 BCL season leading scorer, Rice.
Advancing to the last 16 in FIBA Europe’s top-tier club competition for the fifth time in team history, the reigning champions in Czechia’s NBL joined La Laguna Tenerife and Dreamland Gran Canaria in Group L. NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbanyasz or Trieste will complete the picture.
On the losing side, DJ Horne logged a team-high 12 points. Michael Weathers has been out since the German side recently parted ways with his twin brother, Marcus. Due to a serious right knee injury, Samuell Williamson is also unavailable for head coach Danny Jansson.
The end of Heidelberg’s first-ever European journey combined with a sixth straight loss across all competitions, expanding to a current 2-12 tally ranking last in Germany’s easyCredit BBL.