Borsellino's 36-point game gives him La Liga Argentina Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

Dwayne Russell

Franco Borsellino put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Dep Norte and receives a Hoops Agents La Liga Argentina Player of the Week award for round 38.
He had the game-high 36 points adding five assists for Dep Norte in his team's victory, helping them to edge out Montmartre (#13, 10-15) 88-87. Dep Norte maintains the 6th position in their group in Argentinian La Liga Argentina. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Dep Norte will need more victories to improve their 15-12 record. In the team's last game Borsellino had a remarkable seven three-pointers out of 12 attempts. He turned to be Dep Norte's top player in his first season with the team. Borsellino has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in assists (4th best: 5.6apg).

Second best performed player last round was Dwayne Russell (203-F) of Colon SF. He is American forward in his first season at Colon SF. In the last game Russell recorded impressive double-double of 28 points and 15 rebounds. Bad luck as Colon SF lost that game 80-86 to slightly lower-ranked Jachal (#12, 10-14). The game was between two teams which are definitely not main contenders for the top position in Conferencia Norte. Colon SF dropped in the standings to 10th position. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 11-14 record. Russell is a newcomer at Colon SF and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 19.2ppg (#3). He also registered 9.0 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to Ramiro Paz of Sarmiento R. (#17). Paz scored 25 points and grabbed eleven rebounds (!!!). Despite Paz's great performance Sarmiento R. lost 82-83 to slightly higher-ranked Salta Basket (#15, 9-18). But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates. Paz has a very solid season. In 17 games in Argentina he scored 10.9ppg. He also has 5.6rpg and FGP: 52.4%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Luis Cequeira (179-PG-1985) of Quilmes MP - 27 points, 3 rebounds and 12 assists
5. Lucas Nunez (200-PF-1997) of Dep Norte - 15 points, 17 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Pablo Aaron (199-SF-2000) of Jachal - 26 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Alvaro Yarza) of Estudiantes C. - 21 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Jara Agustin (G-1998) of Salta Basket - 20 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists
9. Laureano Legaria (180-PG-2000) of Parque Sur - 27 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Francisco Conrradi (191-G-2003) of Montmartre - 18 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists

The Player of the week is selected 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)

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