By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Gerry Blakes has been named the Basketball Champions League Player of the Week.
The nod for the sixth round of Season 11, powered by Ameresco SUNEL, followed a 24-hour fan poll on the official league portal. Wrapped up on Friday, the results put the 32-year-old point guard ahead of four other nominees.
The former Arizona State standout beat out fellow Team of the Week picks Jalen Finch, Gytis Radzevicius, Alen Omic, and Bastien Vautier. Those five selections were confirmed on Thursday after eight games across Tuesday and Wednesday closed out the latest slate of fixtures.
Blakes earned the spot by running Sabah’s offense against Trabzonspor. Playing 29 minutes off the bench, Blakes recorded 17 points, nine assists, and four rebounds for an efficiency rating of 28. With 7-of-8 field goals, making all seven of his two-point attempts, he pushed Sabah to a 19-point win, the club’s largest margin of victory in the BCL.
The win lifted his side to 2–2 in Group A of the Regular Season. Next up on their continental schedule is a road trip to face Nanterre 92 at Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez on December 9.
With 32 clubs split into eight groups of four, playing a home-and-away round-robin format, the group winners advance directly to the Round of 16, while second- and third-place finishers head to the Play-In phase.
His Sabah teammate Frankie Fidler captured the Week 4 award, joining earlier winners Radzevicius, Adama Sanogo, KJ Simpson Jr., and Week 5 recipient Neftali Difuidi.
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