The League tournament will continue next January 7th, after the Uruguayan Federation suspended Coirdon for 18 monts and Welcome for 8 months. Fans from both clubs were involved in a quarrel after a game among those teams. One woman was killed and two men injujred with shots, during the incident near the Cordon stadium. The thre las rounds for the LUB qualification will be played as follows: Monday 7 Union Atletica-Bigua / Aguada-Montevideo / Bohemios-Trouville / Sayago- Defensor Sporting Tuesday 8 Larre Borges- Tabare / Nacional - Malvin Wednesday 9 Trouville-Hebraica Thursday 10 Bigua-Bohemios / Tabar Nacional / Defensor-Larre Borges / Malvin-Union Atletica / Montevideo-Sayago Saturday 12 Hebraica-Bigua / Aguada-Olimpia / Union Atletica-Tabare / Bohemios- Malvin / Nacional-Defensor / Larre Borges-Montevideo
Johnson's double-double lands him Ascenso Player of the Week award - 13 hours ago
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28-year old forward Gary Johnson (198-F-88) put on an amazing game in the last round for 25 de Agosto and receives a Latinbasket.com Ascenso Player of the Week award for round 7. He had a double-double of 29 points and 14 rebounds, while his team beat U Atletica (#10, 2-4) 74-65. 25 de Agosto is placed at 4th position in Uruguayan Ascenso. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. 25 de Agosto will need more victories to improve their 4-3 record. [read more]
28-year old forward Gary Johnson (198-F-88) put on an amazing game in the last round for 25 de Agosto and receives a Latinbasket.com Ascenso Player of the Week award for round 7. He had a double-double of 29 points and 14 rebounds, while his team beat U Atletica (#10, 2-4) 74-65. 25 de Agosto is placed at 4th position in Uruguayan Ascenso. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. 25 de Agosto will need more victories to improve their 4-3 record. Johnson just recently signed at 25 de Agosto, being already a very valuable addition to the team. The University of Texas graduate has very impressive stats this year. Johnson is in league's top in points (4th best: 24.9ppg), rebounds (5th best: 11.6rpg) and averages solid 1.1bpg and 53.9% FGP.
Second best performed player last round was Jeffrey Fahnbulleh (200-C/F-85) of Miramar. He is American in his first season at Miramar. In the last game Fahnbulleh recorded impressive double-double of 28 points and 15 rebounds. Bad luck as Miramar lost that game 78-93 to league's leader Sayago (#2, 6-0). This loss caused Miramar to drop to 5th position in the standings. His team lost some distance to top teams. But 4-3 record is not bad and everything may still change. Fahnbulleh is one of the most experienced players at Miramar and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 27.1ppg (#1). He also registered 12.7 boards per game.
Third place about best performers goes to guard Facundo Medina (190-G-94) of Cordon (#3). Medina scored 28 points. He was a key player of Cordon, leading his team to a 87-79 win against the lower-ranked Colon (#12, 1-6). Cordon needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 4 victories and 2 lost games. Medina has a great season in Uruguay. After only 6 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 20.8ppg (8th best).
Other top performing players last week: 4. Paul Harrison (203-C-89) of Sayago - 24 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists 5. Martin Perdomo (181-G-95) of Sayago - 24 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists 6. Tirrell Brown (198-F-93) of Colon - 24 points and 11 rebounds 7. Federico Soto (194-G-97) of Capitol - 28 points and 7 rebounds 8. Earl Watson (201-C-90) of Capitol - 9 points, 20 rebounds and 3 assists 9. Rodrigo Cardozo (191-F-92) of 25 de Agosto - 12 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists 10. Emiliano Serres (205-F-97) of Tabare - 15 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists
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)
Paul Harrison (203-C-89, college: N.Greenville) scored 24 points and grabbed 15 rebounds leading Sayago to win its 6th game in a row, without defeats, after beating Miramar 93-78, for the Metro league 6th round while Atenas is now at the second place (6-1) with a 76--66 win over Tabare. The three best teams from the Metro league will be promotoed to the Uruguayan League 21018. The local authorities also modified the standings because at least two teams had used non registered players. The... [read more]
Paul Harrison (203-C-89, college: N.Greenville) scored 24 points and grabbed 15 rebounds leading Sayago to win its 6th game in a row, without defeats, after beating Miramar 93-78, for the Metro league 6th round while Atenas is now at the second place (6-1) with a 76--66 win over Tabare. The three best teams from the Metro league will be promotoed to the Uruguayan League 21018. The local authorities also modified the standings because at least two teams had used non registered players. The new standings are as follows: Sayago 6-0, Atenas 6-1, Cordon 4-2, Miramar 4-3, 25 de Agosto 4-3, Auriblanco 3-3, Tabare 3-3, Verdirrojo 3-3, Srtockolmo 2-3, Union Atletica 2-4, Capitol 2-5, Marne 1-5 Colon 1-6.
Iccan keeps Alvarez for another season - 1 day ago
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Club Iccan de Macas (National League) re-signed 25-year old Uruguayan center Juan Pablo Alvarez (201-92). He played there last season. He helped them to win the regular season and make it to the final. Alvarez represented Uruguay at the South American Championships U17 in Trinidad (Uruguay) -09 (Finalist): 5 games: 6.6ppg, 2.4rpg, FGP: 36.1%, FT: 70.0% seventeen years ago. His stats at that event were 5 games: 6.6ppg, 2.4rpg, FGP: 36.1%, FT: 70.0%. Alvarez has played previously profession... [read more]
Club Iccan de Macas (National League) re-signed 25-year old Uruguayan center Juan Pablo Alvarez (201-92). He played there last season. He helped them to win the regular season and make it to the final. Alvarez represented Uruguay at the South American Championships U17 in Trinidad (Uruguay) -09 (Finalist): 5 games: 6.6ppg, 2.4rpg, FGP: 36.1%, FT: 70.0% seventeen years ago. His stats at that event were 5 games: 6.6ppg, 2.4rpg, FGP: 36.1%, FT: 70.0%. Alvarez has played previously professionally also in Uruguay (Bigua, Yale and Verdirrojo).
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