Aubry played since 2008 for Capitanes de Arecibo and is known as the best defensive center in the league. Indios tried to acquire him before via trade but it never materialized.
He is now playing under coach Eddie Casiano in Halcones Rojos where he averages 6.2 points and 5.3 rebounds this season. Aubry is expected to have a bigger role with Mayaguez who defends their title next season.
Capitanes de Arecibo is on a five-game winning streak thanks to a great offensive output in all their games.
This week they dominated Caciques-Gigantes 91-75 and then on Thursday beat Mets de Guaynabo 111-100. Angel Vassallo scored 28 points and David Cortes added 25 against Mets.
Arecibo is now 12-11 and is now one game from fourth place and two from third.
The week started with a win by Leones over Brujos de Guayama 85-78 [read more]
Capitanes de Arecibo is on a five-game winning streak thanks to a great offensive output in all their games.
This week they dominated Caciques-Gigantes 91-75 and then on Thursday beat Mets de Guaynabo 111-100. Angel Vassallo scored 28 points and David Cortes added 25 against Mets.
Arecibo is now 12-11 and is now one game from fourth place and two from third.
The week started with a win by Leones over Brujos de Guayama 85-78. Ike Diogu scored 27 points while Mike Harris had 14 points and 23 rebounds. Guayama had Angel Figueroa with 25 points.
On Tuesday Atleticos dominated Mets de Guaynabo 85-72 with Carlos Strong leading the way with 17 points. San German is currently in ninth place.
The next day Cangrejeros stopped Mayaguez 80-76. Mayaguez came in with an eight-game winning streak. Alexander Galindo (200-F-85, college: FIU) netted 27 for Santurce who is in first place with a 16-7 record.
Piratas dropped Vaqueros 75-65 with 18 points by Kevin Lisch and 13 from Carmelo Lee. Quebradillas is now 13-10 and Bayamon 6-17.
Finally Renaldo Balkman scored a basket after an offensive rebound and stole the ball in the final possesion to give Guayama a 78-77 win over San German. Guayama had lost their last eight games.
There are three games on Friday:
Leones de Ponce at Cangrejeros de Santurce Piratas de Quebradillas at Caciques-Gigantes Humacao Brujos de Guayama at Vaqueros de Bayamon
Vassallo's double-double lands him Player of the Week award - May 24, 2013
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26-year old swingman Angel Daniel Vassallo (198-G/F-86) put on an amazing game in the last week for Arecibo and receives a Latinbasket.com Player of the Week award for week 27.
He had a double-double of 28 points and 10 rebounds, while his team beat Guaynabo (#8, 10-13) 111-100. Arecibo maintains the 5th position in Puerto Rican league. Arecibo is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or a little bit lower in the standings [read more]
26-year old swingman Angel Daniel Vassallo (198-G/F-86) put on an amazing game in the last week for Arecibo and receives a Latinbasket.com Player of the Week award for week 27. He had a double-double of 28 points and 10 rebounds, while his team beat Guaynabo (#8, 10-13) 111-100. Arecibo maintains the 5th position in Puerto Rican league. Arecibo is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or a little bit lower in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 12-11 record. In the team's last game Vassallo had a remarkable 70.0% from 2-point range and got four three-pointers out of 6 attempts. He just recently signed at Arecibo, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Virginia Tech graduate has very impressive stats this year. Vassallo is in league's top in points (7th best: 17.0ppg).
Second best performed player last week was Jose Lloreda (203-F/C-80, agency: Paris Global Sports) of Guaynabo. He is Panamanian forward in his first season at Guaynabo. In the last game Lloreda recorded impressive double-double of 22 points and 14 rebounds. Bad luck as Guaynabo lost that game 100-111 to the higher-ranked Arecibo (#5, 12-11). Guaynabo is still second from the bottom in the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 10-13 record. Lloreda is one of the most experienced players at Guaynabo and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.
Third place about best performers goes to another Arecibo's star - center Windi Graterol (204-C-86). Graterol scored 13 points and grabbed eleven rebounds (!!!). He was another key player of Arecibo, helping his team with a 111-100 win against the lower-ranked Guaynabo (#8, 10-13). Arecibo needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 12 victories and 11 lost games. Graterol has a great season in Puerto Rico. After 22 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 8.1rpg (8th best).
Other top performing players last week: 4. David Cortes Ruiz (194-F-82) of Arecibo - 25 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists 5. Terrence Shannon (203-F-79) of Bayamon - 18 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists 6. Lorenzo Mata (205-C-86) of Quebradillas - 9 points and 10 rebounds 7. Anthony Winchester (193-G-83) of San German - 9 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists 8. Alexander Galindo (200-F-85) of Santurce - 27 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists 9. Christophe Massie (206-C/F-77) of San German - 18 points and 8 rebounds 10. Darren Phillip (201-F-78) of San German - 14 points and 11 rebounds
The Player of the week is chosen based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc. The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy. The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3* (REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4* (2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3* (2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3* (3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)
Cangrejeros de Santurce (BSN) tabbed 27-year old U.S. Virgin Islands international center Frank Elegar (208-108kg-86, college: Drexel). He played recently at Kalev/Cramo in Estonian KML league. Elegar managed to play in three leagues last year (!!!). In 23 KML games he averaged 10.2ppg, 9.0rpg (#3 in the league), 1.1spg and 1.0bpg this season. He helped them to win the league title. He can count that season as a very successful as was awarded Eurobasket [read more]
Cangrejeros de Santurce (BSN) tabbed 27-year old U.S. Virgin Islands international center Frank Elegar (208-108kg-86, college: Drexel). He played recently at Kalev/Cramo in Estonian KML league. Elegar managed to play in three leagues last year (!!!). In 23 KML games he averaged 10.2ppg, 9.0rpg (#3 in the league), 1.1spg and 1.0bpg this season. He helped them to win the league title. He can count that season as a very successful as was awarded Eurobasket.com All-Estonian League Center of the Year, selected to 1st Team and selected to All-Imports Team. Elegar also played 16 games in Baltic League where he had 12.9ppg, 9.4rpg, 1.1apg and 1.1bpg. He contributed to his team making it to the semifinals. A very impressive season as he was awarded Eurobasket.com All-Baltic League Center of the Year, selected to 1st Team and selected to All-Imports Team. Elegar also played 16 games in VTB United League where he had 8.3ppg, 6.3rpg and 1.6spg. The last season he played at Antalya Buyuksehir Belediye (TBL) in Turkish league. In 12 games he had 10.8ppg, 7.3rpg, 1.3spg and 1.4bpg. Elegar also spent pre-season at Marousi BC (A1, starting five) in Greek league that year. In 13 games he had 9.1ppg, 4.8rpg and 1.1bpg. He was tried-out by Olimpico de La Banda (LigaA) in Argentinian league that season. The previous (10-11) season Elegar played at JA Vichy (ProA, starting five) in French league. In 23 games he had 9.7ppg, 6.7rpg and 1.8spg. He contributed to his team making it to the French Cup Semifinals. In 2009-10 season Elegar played at Bornova Belediye in Turkish league. In 33 games he had 11.8ppg, 6.8rpg, 1.1apg, 1.2spg and 1.2bpg. In 2008 he was drafted by Albany Patroons (CBA) in fourth round (16th overall). The former Drexel University standoutis in his fifth season in pro basketball. He received NABC All-NCAA District 3 1st Team award back in 2007 at his college time. Elegar also represented U.S. Virgin Islands at the Panamerican Games in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) six years ago. His stats at that event were 5 games: 11.8ppg, 5.8rpg, 2FGP: 52.3%, 3PT: 0.0%. Elegar has played also professionally in Germany (Eisbaeren Bremerhaven).
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