Gerry Blakes Named Basketball Champions League Player of the Week

Sabah's 32-year-old point guard Gerry Blakes was named Player of the Week in the Basketball Champions League. The fan vote for the sixth round of the 11th season, supported by Ameresco SUNEL, ran for 24 hours on the league's official portal and closed on Friday. In the results, Blakes finished ahead of the other four candidates.

Blakes earned the award with his performance against Trabzonspor. Starting as a substitute, he played 29 minutes and recorded 17 points, 9 assists and 4 rebounds. His efficiency rating was 28. He made 7 of 8 field goal attempts and was successful on all of his two-point attempts. In this game, he led the team to a 19-point win, the club's largest winning margin in the Basketball Champions League.

With this win, Blakes' team improved to a 2-2 record in Group A. Sabah's next European match will be an away game at Nanterre 92, played on December 9 at Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez.

The league has four groups of eight teams, and group winners advance directly to the Round of 16. Group runners-up and third-place teams advance to the Play-In stage. Teammate Frankie Fidler won the award for the fourth round. Earlier winners also include Gytis Radzevicius, Adama Sanogo, KJ Simpson Jr., and Neftali Difuidi, who won the award for the fifth round.