Taran Armstrong's career-best performance has rocketed Tasmania to top spot on the NBL ladder with a 98-92 victory over the New Zealand Breakers.
Burnie-born Armstrong scored 13 of his 32 points in a commanding fourth quarter at Hobart's MyState Bank Arena on Sunday.
Import David Johnson added 20 off the bench for the JackJumpers, who capped a bumper few days for the Apple Isle, following the Tasmania Jewels' successful WNBL debut on Thursday.
"Really, really proud of our guys for coming back after a tough grinding game (against the Adelaide 36ers), literally just 48 hours ago," JackJumpers coach Scott Roth said.
"We found our way in those last four or five minutes."
Big Sam Mennenga posted 36 points - including 23 in the first half - and 11 boards for the Breakers.
Fellow Kiwis Mojave King (18 points) and Carlin Davison (17 points, 11 assists) also stood out for NZ.
Mennenga was a powerhouse from the tip, dominating fellow centre and MVP contender Will Magnay to pour in 18 first-quarter points without a miss.
His three-point play in the last second of a high-quality opening term gave the visitors a 32-31 edge.
Led by Mennenga, the Breakers shot 13-of-18 for the term, including four-of-five from three-point range.
Davison's thunderous slam, in which he blew past Nick Marshall and put Ben Gold on a poster, was the highlight of an equally hard-fought second period.
He had nine assists by the long break, but it was the JackJumpers who inched ahead 53-51 when Gold produced a desperate steal and lay-up on the halftime horn.
NZ's shooting remained slick, but turnovers were becoming a problem, as was offensive rebounding.
Marshall's tip-in on the three-quarter time siren saw Tasmania go ahead 16-4 on the offensive glass and 70-65 on the scoreboard.
A 7-0 rush early in the fourth - highlighted by Davison's 10th assist, a slick behind-the-back pass to Mennenga - allowed the Breakers to creep back in front.
A costly flagrant foul against Dejan Vaselkevic on Magnay, combined with a string of heads-up plays from Armstrong, put the Jackies back in the driver's seat in the fourth term.
"Their energy was better than ours, (and) their work ethic was better than ours," NZ coach Gordon Herbert said.
"Giving up 19 offensive rebounds and having 18 turnovers is not the recipe for success."
