American Guard Porter Troupe put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for top-ranked Rovinari, receiving a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 3.
The 32-year old player was the main contributor (31 points, seven rebounds and five assists) to his team's victory, helping them to crush Astana (#3, 1-2) with 17-point margin 89-72. It allowed Rovinari to consolidate first place in the FIBA Europe Cup Group K. They maintain perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Rovinari already had a very good start winning all 3 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Troupe had a remarkable six three-pointers out of 8 attempts. He has many years of experience at Rovinari, through which he has constantly improved. Porter Troupe averages just after three games 20.0ppg and 4.3apg.