This is Harper's first MVP honor this season
Round 5 MVP: Jared Harper, Hapoel Jerusalem
Awards
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The reigning BKT EuroCup MVP is showing out again as Jared Harper of Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem earned MVP honors for Round 5 of the EuroCup Regular Season.
Harper led Jerusalem to a no-doubt-about-it 103-76 home victory over Aris Thessaloniki Betsson with 18 points and 9 assists for a PIR of 36, which was the most of any player in the round. He made 1 of 2 two-pointers, 1 of 2 three-pointers and 13 of 14 free throws. Harper also collected 4 rebounds, 2 steals and 8 fouls drawn. This marks the sixth MVP of the Round for Harper in his EuroCup career after doing so five times last season.
Kyle Allman of Turk Telekom Ankara had the second-highest PIR of the round with 34 in his team's 77-89 road victory over the London Lions. He tallied 22 points on 3-of-7 two-point shooting, 2-of-3 on three-pointers and 10-of-12 on free throws. Allman also had 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 12 fouls drawn.
Corey Davis Jr of NINERS Chemnitz led his team to an 89-78 home victory over ratiopharm ulm with 23 points and 6 assists for a PIR of 32. Juwan Morgan of Buducnost VOLI Podgorica and Ante Zizic of Besiktas GAIN Istanbul, each with PIRs of 30, completed the top individual performances in Round 5.
Individual highs: Fatts Ruseell of Cluj, 26 points
Fatts Russell of U-BT Cluj-Napoca was this week's top scorer in the EuroCup with 26 points in his team's 76-95 road win over Veolia Towers Hamburg. He also leads the season-long standings with 24.6 points per game.
Ante Zizic of Besiktas GAIN Istanbul and Malik Osborne of ratiopharm ulm each had 14 rebounds to lead all players in Round 5. Zacharie Perrin of Hamburg is the competition's best rebounder at 10.0 per night.
Two players had 9 assists in Round 5: Jared Harper of Hapoel Bak Yahav Jerusalem and Kaza Kajami-Keane of NINERS Chemnitz. Arnas Velicka of Neptunas Klaipeda ranks first in assists this season with 8.2 per game.
Corey Davis Jr. of Chemnitz collected 4 steals, which were more than anyone else in Round 5. Dogus Ozdemiroglu of Turk Telekom is the overall leader with 2.6 steals per game.
Nathan Mensah of Cluj and his teammate Dusan Miletic each had 3 blocks against Hamburg. Miletic, Johnathan Parks of Umana Reyer Venice and Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu share the top spot for the 2025-26 campaign with 1.4 blocks per night.
Three players registered double-doubles in Round 5: Zizic (15 points, 14 rebounds), Osborne (16 points, 14 rebounds) and Kyle Alexander (15 points, 10 rebounds) of Turk Telekom Ankara.