By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Hapoel Jerusalem star guard Jared Harper was named EuroCup Round 13 MVP. The American player put up 29 points and five assists to lead his team to a comeback win over Aris Thessaloniki.
Per EuroCup:
Another great performance in a big victory has seen Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem guard Jared Harper secure Round 13 MVP honors, the fourth time this season he has been MVP of the Round.
Harper paced Jerusalem to a come-from-behind 90-85 win over Aris Midea Thessaloniki with 29 points, making 2-of-3 two-pointers, 3-of-5 threes and 16-of-17 free throws. Harper also had 5 assists, 2 rebounds and 1 block while drawing 10 fouls. As such, he accumulated a PIR of 38, the highest of all players in Round 13.
Right behind Harper was Turk Telekom Ankara’s Anthony Brown, who had a 37 PIR in his team’s 98-89 win over Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse. Brown made 4-of-6 two-pointers and 8-of-9 triples, while also collecting 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block. Mareks Mejeris of U-BT Cluj-Napoca had a PIR of 27 in a 104-83 win over Veolia Towers Hamburg, as he finished the game with 14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. The next-best PIR, 25, belongs to another Turk Telekom player, Olivier Hanlan, who had 23 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds and 9 drawn fouls. Four players had a PIR of 22 this round: Cluj’s Adam Mokoka and De’Shawn Stephens, Hamburg’s Kur Kuath and ratiopharm Ulm’s Thomas Klepeisz.
Individual highs: Anthony Brown, Turk Telekom, 32 points
Anthony Brown led all scorers with 32 points. Jared Harper is the EuroCup’s top scorer with 23.3 points per game.
Selom Mawugbe of Dolomiti Energia Trento had 11 rebounds, the most in Round 13. Mfiondu Kabengele of Umana Reyer Venice averages a EuroCup-high 9.5 rebounds per night.
Nick Johnson of Trefl Sopot dished 10 assists, more than any player this round. Zavier Simpson of Cluj is the assists leader with 7.2 per game.
As many as 12 different players picked up 3 steals in Round 13. Jerusalem’s Tarik Phillip tops the steals charts with 2.1 per contest.
Kyle Alexander of Turk Telekom had a round-high 3 blocks. Alexander is the leading shot blocker in the competition with 2.0 per game.
Darral Willis of Aris is the only player with a double-double, having collected 16 points and 10 rebounds.