Basketball Champions League

Regular Season Round 9: Gran Canaria - Benfica 87-63

Date: December 16, 2025
No shocking result in a game in Las Palmas where leader Spanish Gran Canaria (6-0) outleveled 3rd placed Portuguese Benfica (1-5) 87-63 on Tuesday. Gran Canaria made 21-of-27 free shots (77.8 percent) during the game. They also forced 20 Benfica turnovers. The best player for the winners was South Sudanese-American power forward Kur Kuath (208-1998, college: Marquette) who scored 10 points and 9 rebounds. Argentinian Nicolas Brussino (205-1993) chipped in 16 points. At the other side the best for losing team was Tunisian Makram Ben Romdhane (205-1989) who recorded 5 points and 10 rebounds and American guard Aaron Broussard (196-1990, college: Seattle) added 10 points respectively. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Gran Canaria have an impressive series of six victories in a row. They maintain first place with 6-0 record, which they share with Joventut and Unicaja. Defending Portuguese champion Benfica keeps the third position with five games lost. They share it with 4 other teams.

  BENFICA (coach: Norberto Alves)63
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
68 mRj eIBdhijR, biVQiB 81 8-8 (655%) 5-6 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 6 7 65 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 0 63 -63
7 CQijdill, GRjI 88 8-3 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5 6 6 0 8 5 4 5 5 4 1 2 -1
66 gJaRTi, SlRVsijdRQ 86 4-4 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 5 6 6 4 4 5 5 8 5 8 9 9 -2
60 GIBRs, mRUajhI 86 5-8 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 6-8 (05%) 6 4 3 5 8 5 5 5 5 6 3 6 -4
6 mQIussiQd, SiQIj 85 0-7 (00.1%) 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5 6 6 6 8 5 5 5 5 8 65 4 -65
67 bZqTRj, KIMF 85 8-4 (11.9%) 8-3 (05%) 8-8 (655%) 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 6 5 6 68 0 -60
63 eRlLiI, gijaRl 85 6-2 (68.0%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 8 5 8 5 4 5 6 4 5 8 8 -3 -61
64 GiBRaQI, gaIDI 67 8-4 (11.9%) 5-6 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 8 5 8 4 8 5 6 5 5 3 1 3 -62
3 AalLi, zIsR 67 5-5 (5%) 8-0 (35%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 3 5 5 5 5 4 1 -4 -2
5 yQijZasZI, qduiQdI 69 8-8 (655%) 5-4 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 8 5 8 5 3 5 5 5 5 8 0 -4 -88
wIUil   67-41 (08.2%) 0-61 (46.4%) 65-60 (11.9%) 2 61 83 64 89 5 1 1 5 85 14 48  


  GRAN CANARIA (coach: Jaka Lakovic)87
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
1 SlMaZF, SjdQRT 88 5-5 (5%) 6-0 (85%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 3 8 5 8 5 5 6 4 8 65
3 kali, qQaZ 88 6-4 (44.4%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 4 3 6 4 5 6 5 5 8 8 5 86
7 mQussajI, XaZIlis 85 8-8 (655%) 8-3 (05%) 1-2 (90%) 5 8 8 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 61 60 64
84 KuiUh, KuQ 85 4-7 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 3-0 (25%) 0 3 7 6 8 5 5 6 5 5 65 68 61
8 WIjD, osiaih 69 8-9 (82.1%) 6-8 (05%) 4-3 (90%) 6 5 6 5 4 5 6 5 5 5 65 8 4
83 SjDIli-eIdis, mQiaij 67 5-6 (5%) 8-4 (11.9%) 8-8 (655%) 6 6 8 1 6 5 6 5 5 6 2 64 63
62 wIMRF, baVR 62 0-0 (655%) 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 6 3 0 5 5 5 5 8 5 5 64 67 63
65 AilLI, baEuRl 61 5-6 (5%) 6-4 (44.4%) 4-3 (90%) 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 1 6 8
64 ORlIs, OaRQQR 61 8-4 (11.9%) 5-6 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 6 8 4 5 4 5 8 5 5 8 1 3 -4
6 bijaRBi, vuZis 61 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 6-8 (05%) 5 6 6 4 6 5 6 5 5 8 3 3 68
0 AiBiQ, caDi 60 4-4 (655%) 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 3 8 5 5 5 5 6 7 66 63
4 HRajIjRj, qRUu 3 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3
wIUil   62-43 (08.7%) 65-81 (42.0%) 86-89 (99.2%) 68 67 46 85 62 5 7 4 5 66 29 24  


Height: 213 cm
Position name: C
Born: Oct 10,1994
Weight: 116kg / 255.2lbs
18
MINS
26
13
POINTS
5
4
D.REB
9
1
O.REB
1
5
T.REB
10
0
ASSISTS
1
0
STEALS
1
0
TO
0
2
BLOCKS
0
5/5
100.0%
2FGP
2/2
100.0%
1/2
50.0%
3FGP
0/1
0.0%
0/0
0%
FT
1/2
50.0%
19
RANK
14
Height: 205 cm
Position: PF
Born: Mar 27,1989
Weight: 102kg / 224.4lbs
VS
63  Benfica
87
Points Scored
63
41
Starting Five Points
32
46
Bench Points
31
19
Defensive Rebounds
16
12
Offensive Rebounds
8
31
Rebounds
24
20
Assists
13
9
Steals
6
11
Turnovers
20
3
Blocked Shots
6
18
Personal fouls
27
18/34
52.9%
2FGP
19/36
52.8%
10/26
38.5%
3FGP
5/16
31.3%
21/27
77.8%
FT
10/15
66.7%
83
Rank
32

Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)