Stucky's double-double lands him La Liga Argentina Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- January 18, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Matias Carneglia

29-year old forward Norberto Stucky (198-F-1994) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Racing de Chivilcoy and receives a Hoops Agents La Liga Argentina Player of the Week award for round 23.
He had a double-double of 20 points and 11 rebounds, while his team outclassed Pilar (#4, 10-5) with 26-point margin 83-57. Racing is placed at 3rd position in Argentinian La Liga Argentina. Racing 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 11-9 record. In the team's last game Stucky had a remarkable 58.3% from 2-point range. He turned to be Racing's top player in his first season with the team. Norberto Stucky averages this season 12.3ppg and 8.0rpg.

Second best performed player last round was Juan Bellozas (195-PF-1993) of Union de Mar del Plata. He is a forward in his 4th season at U.Mar del Plata. In the last game Bellozas recorded an impressive double-double of 22 points and 14 rebounds. It was enough for U.Mar del Plata to edge the higher-ranked H.Americano (#11, 7-7) by 4 points 73-69. The game was between two teams which are definitely not main contenders for the top position in Conferencia Sur. U.Mar del Plata keeps 16th position. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 5-11 record. Bellozas is one of the most experienced players at U.Mar del Plata and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 16.3ppg (#9). He also registered 10.1 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to another U.Mar del Plata's star - forward Matias Carneglia (200-F-2002). Carneglia scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds (!!!). He was another key player of Union de Mar del Plata, helping his team with a 73-69 win against the higher-ranked H.Americano (#11, 7-7). Carneglia has a very solid season. In 16 games in Argentina he scored 8.8ppg. He also has 4.8rpg and a FGP of 61.9%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Andres Lugli (188-PG-1995) of Lanus - 14 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists
5. Facundo Arias Binda (192-SF-1993) of Salta Basket - 15 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Abraham Barahona (198-SF-2003) of Ameghino - 17 points and 11 rebounds
7. Nicolas Zurschmitten (183-PG-1995) of Atenas - 14 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Juan Cruz Oberto (200-F/C-1997) of Atenas - 11 points and 9 rebounds
9. Rafael Rosende (198-F-1997) of Racing A. - 14 points and 7 rebounds
10. Joaquin Rios (193-SG-1995) of Lanus - 16 points, 5 rebounds and 2 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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RECORD SCORE

Norberto Stucky

20 PTS

11 REB

3 AST