At the halfway point of the regular season, Harper is averaging 23.1 points
Jared Harper's new scoring mark propelled Jerusalem to another win
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In a season where he has been setting new standards in scoring, Jared Harper has reached a new scoring high. Harper scored a personal-best and club-record 35 points, leading Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem to a come-from-behind 77-94 win over Turk Telekom Ankara.
"It [was] a great 40 minutes for us," Harper said after Jerusalem's fourth straight win. "[When] we came in the second half, our urgency, our effort was there defensively, and I was able to get some shots."
But Harper did not just make some shots, he kept piling up the points – and in key moments as well.
Harper had just 6 points in the first half, which happened to be Jerusalem's first 6 points of the night, but then added 17 in the third quarter, which means he entered the fourth quarter with 23 to his tally.
Then, with 6 minutes left in the game and his team up 68-71, Harper hit a mid-range jumper before following it up with a driving layup. After making a pair of free throws, he scored a tough runner high off the glass for a personal run of 8 points, also sparking a 0-10 spurt that iced the game.
For the night, Harper was 8 of 12 on two-pointers and 2 of 6 behind the arc. He also shot 13 free throws without a miss, the second time this season he was perfect from the foul line on 13 attempts.
Harper raised his EuroCup-leading scoring average to 23.1 points and is averaging a PIR of 29.2 after this game, in which he accumulated a 38 PIR.
More importantly, with a fourth straight win, Jerusalem improved to 7-2, behind only the undefeated Valencia Basket in Group B.