Deroni Hurley claims Barbados BABA weekly honour

- March 12, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

International Guard Deroni Hurley (175-G-2001) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for league's leader Pinelands and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 8.
The 22-year old guard got a double-double of 27 points and 13 assists, while his team outclassed, the league's bottom-ranked team Spartans (#8, 0-9) with 48-point margin 115-67. It allowed Pinelands to consolidate first place in the Barbados BABA. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is already in a full swing and Pinelands still have not lost a single game, getting all 8 victories. In the team's last game Hurley had a remarkable 54.5% from 2-point range and got five three-pointers out of 12 attempts. He turned to be Pinelands' top player in his first season with the team. Hurley has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in points (7th best: 16.2ppg) and averages solid 4.6spg and 58.3% FGP.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was international guard Ricardo Jemmott (G) of Lakers Sports Club. Jemmott impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 25 points and 15 rebounds. Of course he led Lakers to another comfortable win 87-70 over slightly lower-ranked Warrens (#7, 2-6) being unquestionably team leader. This victory allowed Lakers to move up to 6th position in the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 3-6 record. Jemmott is one of the most experienced players at Lakers and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

The third best performed player last round was another Pinelands' star - Rachad Hall (183-G). Hall showcased his all-around game by recording 20 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists in the last round. He was another key player of Pinelands, helping his team with a 115-67 easy win against Spartans (#8, 0-9). Pinelands have amazing season winning all 8 games without a single defeat. Hall turns to be one of the very best players in the league while he is also a leader of the top team having his eyes on the championship title. Hall has a great season in Barbados. After only 7 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in assists with 3.9apg (9th best). He also has 4.3spg and a FGP of 67.9%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Rasheed Maynard (188-G-2000) of Pinelands - 23 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists
5. Simeon Maynard) of Bulls - 34 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists
6. Jehu Lafeuillee (203-F) of Lakers - 26 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Kemar Benn (198-F-2001) of Bulls - 21 points and 16 rebounds
8. Kiserian Adams (193-G-2000) of Pinelands - 21 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists
9. Akeem Marsh (208-F/C-1986) of Bulls - 19 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Saeed Norville (201-F-1992) of Cavaliers - 14 points, 14 rebounds and 5 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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Deroni Hurley

27 PTS

4 REB

13 AST