Argentinian La Liga Argentina round 49 best performance: Ignacio Alem (by Hoops Agents)

- March 6, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Ignacio Alem

Power forward Ignacio Alem (199-PF-2001) had a great game in the last round for Villa Mitre de Bahia Blanca, receiving a Hoops Agents La Liga Argentina Player of the Week award for round 49.
The 24-year old player was the main contributor (26 points, seven rebounds and two assists) to his team's victory, helping them to beat Racing A. (#10, 13-13) 105-91. The game rather meaningless between the teams, which do not have any influence on top of the standings in Conferencia Sur. Villa Mitre maintains the 11th position in their group in the Argentinian La Liga Argentina. Villa Mitre 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 12-14 record. In the team's last game Alem had a remarkable 100.0% from 2-point range. He has many years of experience at Villa Mitre, through which he has constantly improved. Ignacio Alem averages this season 12.7ppg.

The second best player in last round's games was young Venezuelan Keiver Marcano (205-C-2003) of Deportivo Viedma Rio Negro. Marcano had a very good evening with a double-double of 21 points and 10 rebounds. Of course he led Dep Viedma to another comfortable win 84-66 over the lower-ranked Rocamora (#15, 8-17) being unquestionably team leader. Dep Viedma's 8th position in Conferencia Sur has not changed. His team lost some distance to top teams. But a 15-12 record is not bad and everything may still change. Marcano is a newcomer at Dep Viedma, but is already one of team's top players.

Third on the list of top players last round was American guard Robert Whitfield (190-G-1997) of Lanus Buenos Aires (#7). Whitfield scored 22 points and passed 5 assists. He was a key player of Lanus, leading his team to a 98-73 easy win against the lower-ranked El Talar (#14, 8-16). Lanus needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams in Conferencia Sur. Their record at this point is 16 victories and 10 lost games. Whitfield has a very solid season. In 16 games in Argentina he scored 12.4ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Aaron Pablo (200-SF-2000) of El Talar - 20 points and 7 rebounds
5. Romulo Gusmao (208-C-1995) of Villa S.Martin - 22 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Federico Harina (186-SG-1991) of Villa Mitre - 24 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists
7. Juan De La Fuente (195-C-2000) of Quilmes - 23 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Roquez Johnson (201-C-1992) of Lanus - 20 points and 7 rebounds
9. Hans Feder) of Colon SF - 24 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Joaquin Noblega (194-F/G-1997) of Lanus - 19 points, 4 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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