Basketball Champions League Americas round 9 best performance: Michael Jackson

- January 21, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Michaell Jackson

Michael Jackson

Forward Michael Jackson (192-F-1987) had a great game in the last round for second-ranked Toros Del Valle, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 9.
The 37-year old player was the main contributor (22 points, nine rebounds and two assists) to his team's victory, helping them to outclass, the league's bottom-ranked team Paisas (#3, 0-2) with 34-point margin 102-68. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Toros is placed at 2nd position in Basketball Champions League Americas. Toros Del Valle 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 1-1 record. In the team's last game Jackson had a remarkable 70.0% from 2-point range. He just recently signed at Toros and just after two games he already turned to be a very valuable addition to the team. Michael Jackson has solid league stats. He is in league's top in rebounds (5th best: 8.0rpg).

The second best player in last round's games was young Puerto Rican Jezreel De Jesus (185-PG-1991, agency: Interperformances) of league's leader Real Esteli. De Jesus had a very good evening with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Of course he led Real Esteli to another comfortable win 87-68 over slightly lower-ranked Toros Del Valle (#2, 1-1) being unquestionably team leader. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Real Esteli consolidated its place in the very top position of the standings. His team has extremely good start of the season. They won both games so far. However the season is at the beginning, so everything can happen. They still may lose their high position in the standings. De Jesus is one of the most experienced players at Real Esteli and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 16.0ppg (#5). His other stats are also decent: 5.0rpg and 4.5apg.

Third on the list of top players last round was another Toros Del Valle's star - forward Soren De Luque (200-PF-1998). De Luque scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds (!!!). Despite De Luque's great performance the Toros Del Valle lost 68-87 to #1 ranked Real Esteli. But his team cannot count on just these two top stars as they also need help of the other teammates especially in such crucial game. The last thing Toros needs is to lose another game like this one. They lose more and more distance to the top teams. Their record is 1 victory and 1 lost game. De Luque has a great season in Basketball Champions League Americas. After only 2 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 10.5rpg (2nd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Jared Ruiz (188-SF-1992) of Real Esteli - 17 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Josmel Martinez (198-F-1999) of Real Esteli - 17 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Benito Santiago (197-SF-1989) of Toros Del Valle - 17 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Josimar Ayarza (205-PF-1987) of Toros Del Valle - 14 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Eloy Vargas (211-C-1988) of Paisas - 7 points, 17 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Gabriel Giron (192-SG-1988) of Real Esteli - 20 points and 3 rebounds
10. Glenn Cosey (183-PG-1992) of Paisas - 20 points 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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Tags : MICHAEL JACKSON, TOROS DEL VALLE, COLOMBIAN BASKETBALL, , BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AMERICAS