By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Auburn product Jared Harper was named most valuable player of Round 6 of the 2024-25 BKT EuroCup Regular Season.
Harper, 27, was also the weekly MVP after Round 2.
The latest distinction was announced on Thursday.
He put up 30 points with 8/11 field goals, boosting Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem to a win against Cedevita Olimpija in Stozice Arena on Wednesday.
Per the press release: “An outstanding individual performance in a road victory allowed Jared Harper of Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem to earn Round 6 MVP honors with a PIR of 43, the highest of any player this season.
Harper led Jerusalem to an 83-94 road victory against Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana with a career-high 30 points on 6-of-8 two-pointers, 2-of-3 three-pointers and 12-of-14 free throws. He added 3 rebounds, 5 assists, a steal and 12 fouls drawn for a career-best PIR of 43.
Johnathan Motley of Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv tied his personal best with a season-high PIR of 39 in his team’s 92-72 home win over Buducnost VOLI Podgorica. He had a season-best 30 points on 9-of-13 two-pointers, 1-of-1 three-pointers and 9-of-9 free throws, in addition to 7 rebounds, 4 assists, a steal and 7 fouls drawn.
Ante Tomic of Joventut Badalona had a PIR of 30, having racked up 18 points, a career-high 15 rebounds, 5 assists, a block and 4 drawn fouls in a 76-78 overtime losing effort against Dreamland Gran Canaria.
Braian Angola of Turk Telekom posted season-high 29 PIR, having had 21 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals in an 89-77 loss at Veolia Towers Hamburg.
Marek Blazevic of Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius, Kur Kuath of Hamburg and Marcio Santos of ratiopharm Ulm, each with a PIR of 27, complete this week’s list of best performers.
Individual highs: Ante Tomic, Joventut, 15 rebounds
Jared Harper of Jerusalem and Johnathan Motley of Hapoel led all scorers with 30 points apiece in this round. Harper is also the competition’s top scorer at 22.0 points per game.
Ante Tomic of Joventut led all rebounders by pulling down 15 in Round 6. Mfiondu Kabengele of Umana Reyer Venice ranks first in rebounds at 9.7 per night.
Berk Ugurlu of Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul dished 8 assists, more than anyone else in Round 6. Zavier Simpson of U-BT Cluj-Napoca is the EuroCup’s assist leader at 6.8 per game.
Andrew Albicy of Gran Canaria collected 5 steals to lead this round’s standings. Patrick Beverley of Hapoel ranks first overall at 2.4 steals per game.
Five players had 3 blocks apiece in Round 6: Kyle Alexander of Turk Telekom, his teammate Yoan Makoundou, Aleksa Ilic of Buducnost VOLI Podgorica, Kur Kuath of Hamburg, and Mike Tobey of Gran Canaria. Ilic is this season’s leader in blocks with 2.2 blocks per game.
Six players posted a double-double in this round: Tomic (18 points, 15 rebounds), Tobey (12 points, 10 rebounds), Marek Blazevic of Wolves (16 points, 10 rebounds), Tai Odiase of Bahcesehir College Istanbul (11 points, 10 rebounds), Chris Johnson of Jerusalem (11 points, 11 rebounds), and Marcio Santos of ratiopharm Ulm (23 points, 11 rebounds).”
Top 10 Plays
On the losing end of the game against Hapoel Jerusalem and Harper, Devin Robinson starred in the Top 10 Plays of the Week. A steal and an ensuing dunk combined for first place.
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