SLOVENIA:”American forward Alex Stepheson (205-F-87) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Un.Olimpija, receiving a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 13. The 26-year old player was the main contributor (17 points, eight rebounds) to his team’s victory, helping them to crush Zadar (#10, 5-8) with 24-point margin 90-66. The game rather meaningless between the teams, which do not have any influence on the top of the standings. Thanks to this victory Un.Olimpija moved-up to the 14th position in the Adriatic League . Un.Olimpija is bottom ranked team in the standings. They need more victories to leave last spot and improve bad 4-9 record. It was one of impressive evenings for Stepheson as usually he does not deliver so high stats. Alex Stepheson averages this season 8.5ppg and 6.5rpg. ”

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