By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
After being named to the Team of the Week and entering a 24-hour fan vote to decide the Player of the Week for Gameday 3 of the Round of 16 of Basketball Champions League Season X, powered by Ameresco SUNEL, Johnny Berhanemeskel got the nod.
The 33-year-old guard of Le Mans was confirmed as the Player of the Week on Friday.
On Wednesday at Antares, Berhanemeskel went for 20 points on 6/13 from the field, and three rebounds, helping his side beat Rytas and improve to 3-0 in Group I. With one more continental game left before the international break, MSB gets Galatasaray MCT Technic at home next Wednesday.
🗳 Results are in: With 54%, Johnny Berhanemeskel has been voted the player of the week!#BasketballCL pic.twitter.com/uEwh6fsmZ4
— Basketball Champions League (@BasketballCL) February 6, 2026
The Canadian guard has spent the majority of his professional career in Europe and introduced himself to the BCL as a Budivelnyk player in the Qualification Rounds before the 2022-23 season. Bouncing back in the 2025-26 edition, he has averaged 15.2 points per contest over ten appearances.
List of Season X awards
Group Phase Players of the Week
1. Ryland Holt (NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbanyasz)
2. Chris Silva (AEK)
3. Arturas Gudaitis (Rytas)
4. Adam Somogyi (NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbanyasz)
5. Jerrick Harding (Rytas)
6. Rickey McGill (Patrioti Levice)
7. Mady Sissoko (Trieste)
8. Malte Delow (ALBA Berlin)
9. Boris Krnjajski (NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbanyasz)
Group Phase MVP: Chris Silva (AEK)
Play-Ins MVP: Brandon Jefferson (Karditsa Iaponiki)
Round of 16 Players of the Week
1. Jahmi’us Ramsey (Trieste)
2. David DiLeo (Le Mans)
Top 5
On the weekly edition of Top 5 Plays, powered by SUNEL, Cameron Hunt went from the Team of the Week to settling with first place on the highlight reel with his buzzer-beating game-winner for Joventut Badalona. Lucas Dufeal, Charles Thompson, Marek Blazevic, and Kay Bruhnke ranked second through fifth.