Hapoel Jerusalem pounded Bourg 94-67 to clinch a spot in the EuroCup playoffs and will have a chance to finish in 2nd place in Division B with a win in the final regular season game next week against Turk Telekom.

Justin Harper was red hot out of the gate for Hapoel Jerusalem while Justin Smith also added points as Maksim Salash tried to keep his team in the game but the Reds grabbed a 45-33 lead at halftime. Harper continued to fill the basket in the third quarter, Brandon Jefferson tried to keep Bourg in the game but more points from Smith and Khadeen Carrington sealed the deal. Harper scored 31 points, Carrington added 15 points while Smith put win 14 points in the win. Salash scored 16 points and Jefferson scored 10 points in the loss.

“I expected it would be tight game, but I am happy it ended like this,” Jerusalem Head Coach Yonatan Alon said following the game. “We played hard for 40 minutes but it was with good defense and good offense for us. Now I will just think about the next game and then we will see where will finish off in the standings.”

The game MVP Jared Harper spoke about the victory, “This was a good team win. We knew we could solidify ourselves in the playoffs with a win and now we control our own destiny to try and get the best possible place that we can in the postseason. Now we have to get a win next week. There are ups and downs throughout the season. The last two games were losses but we played well defensively and we played well as team in this game and made our shots and finished the game with a win.”