Match summary — BULGARIA NBL 2025-2026
BC BALKAN defeated CHERNO MORE VARNA 85-82 on in the BULGARIA NBL 2025-2026. BC BALKAN won by a 3-point margin. Jelani Watson-Gayle led all scorers with 19 points. BC BALKAN shot 49.2% from the field while CHERNO MORE VARNA managed 50.9%. BC BALKAN collected 24 rebounds and CHERNO MORE VARNA grabbed 31. This game was played as part of the BULGARIA NBL 2025-2026 season in Bulgaria. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
BC BALKAN
85 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Iliyan Pishtikov | 33:00 | 13 | 3/9 | 0/3 | 3/6 | 4/8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| * Demond Robinson | 31:00 | 16 | 6/10 | 5/8 | 1/2 | 3/4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| * Jack Pagenkopf | 25:00 | 6 | 3/10 | 3/6 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| * Jamari Blackmon | 23:00 | 11 | 5/7 | 5/6 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| * Dimitar Dimitrov | 22:00 | 7 | 3/9 | 3/5 | 0/4 | 1/2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Konstantin Toshkov | 22:00 | 14 | 3/5 | 1/2 | 2/3 | 6/8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| Nikolay Grozev | 17:00 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Aleks Simeonov | 16:00 | 9 | 2/3 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 4/4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Courtney Alexander Ii | 11:00 | 6 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 85 | 29/59 | 21/35 | 8/24 | 19/27 | 17 | 7 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 96 |
CHERNO MORE VARNA
82 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Jelani Watson-Gayle | 35:00 | 19 | 6/13 | 3/5 | 3/8 | 4/5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| * Lamont West | 29:00 | 7 | 2/4 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| * Nikolay Stoyanov | 28:00 | 14 | 6/10 | 4/8 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| * Georgi Boyanov | 28:00 | 13 | 5/6 | 4/4 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| * Tsvetomir Chernokozhev | 22:00 | 13 | 5/6 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 0/0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| Alonzo Gaffney | 24:00 | 7 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Ventsislav Petkov | 16:00 | 6 | 2/13 | 1/5 | 1/8 | 1/2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3 |
| Deante Johnson | 11:00 | 3 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Marin Marinov | 07:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 82 | 29/57 | 18/31 | 11/26 | 13/17 | 23 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 97 |