Eurocup – Jackson number one in EuroCup for round 3

PierreJackson American Point guard Pierre Jackson (180-PG-91) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Cedevita, receiving a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 3.The 25-year old player was the main contributor (29 points, six rebounds and seven assists) to his team’s victory, helping them to edge out MZT Skopje (#5, 0-2) 89-85. Cedevita is placed at 4th position in EuroCup. Cedevita need more victories to improve their 1-2 record. In the team’s last game Jackson had a remarkable three three-pointers out of 7 attempts. He turned to be Cedevita’s top player in his first season with the team. Former Baylor University star has very solid stats this year. Jackson is league’s best scorer averaging so far 29.0ppg. Jackson is in league’s top in assists (6th best: 7.0apg) and averages impressive 42.9% from behind 3-point line.The second best player in last round’s games was 27-year old American Jacob Pullen (184-PG-89) of league’s leader Khimky. Pullen had a very good evening …

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