Hawks assignee John Jenkins scored 15 points for Idaho in an NBA Development League game loss to Oklahoma City Wednesday night.
Jenkins, the Hawks 2012 first-round pick, was 5 of 12 from the field, including 3 of 8 fromm 3-point range. He added four assists, one steal and had two turnovers in 30 minutes. Jenkins started a forward.
Idaho next plays at Sioux Falls on Friday and at Iowa Sunday before breaking for the D-League Showcase.
In other news:
Hawks second-round draft pick Edy Tavares was named MVP of the first round of the Eurocup after a career-high 26-point, 12-rebound game in a Herbalife Gran Canaria win Wednesday. Herbalife Gran Canaria defeated Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari 91-76.
Tavares was 11 of 14 from the field. He made all four free-throw attempts, had one assist and one block shot for a performance index rating of 40. It was the highest PIR of Round 1, tied the highest in the Eurocup this season and the highest in ever for a Gran Canaria player in the Eurocup.
Herbalife Gran Canaria will play a Round 2 game next Wednesday versus Buducnost VOLI Podgorica.
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