{"id":407005,"date":"2024-10-03T14:49:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T12:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=407005"},"modified":"2024-10-03T14:49:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T12:49:50","slug":"eurocup-round-2-mvp-jared-harper-hapoel-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/eurocup-round-2-mvp-jared-harper-hapoel-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurocup Round 2 MVP: Jared Harper, Hapoel Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem’s first BKT EuroCup win in nearly seven years, playmaker\u00a0Jared Harper<\/a>\u00a0led the efforts and earned his first MVP of the Round honor in just his second appearances in the competition. In a 74-94 road win over 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys, Harper scored 23 points, making 2-of-7 two-point shots, 1-of-6 three-pointers and 16-of-17 free throws, which are the most free throws made in a single game in more than a decade. He also had 5 assists, a block, a rebound and a steal, while drawing 10 fouls and accumulating a PIR of 27, the highest among players on winning teams.<\/p>\n

This round’s best PIR, 28, belongs to three players on losing teams:\u00a0Kassius Robertson<\/a>\u00a0of Joventut Badalona,\u00a0Tyler Ennis<\/a>\u00a0of Umana Reyer Venice and\u00a0Tre’shawn Thurman<\/a>\u00a0of Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius. Robertson had 17 points, 8 assists and 2 rebounds in an 87-83 loss at ratiopharm Ulm; Ennis collected 23 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists in an 87-82 loss at Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana; and Thurman scored 29 points with 2 rebounds in an 89-84 loss at Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv. Rounding out the list of top performers are two players with a PIR of 26:\u00a0Caleb Homesley<\/a>\u00a0of Dreamland Gran Canaria and Jerusalem’s\u00a0Yovel Zoosman<\/a>. Homesley had 23 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in an 86-89 overtime win over Buducnost VOLI Pogorica, while Zoosman had 20 points, 5 assists, 2 assists and 2 steals against Lietkabelis.<\/p>\n