Experienced Former international Forward Darwin Leslie (191-F-81) had an amazing evening in the last round for league's second-best Belize City D. and that's him to receive a Interperformances Player of the Week award for round 6. The 36-year old forward had the game-high 28 points adding eight rebounds for Belize City D. in his team's victory, helping them to beat San Pedro T. (#1, 6-1) 76-70. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Belize City D. is placed at 2nd position in Belizean NEBL. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost that single game earlier this season. Belize City D. will need more victories to improve their 3-1 record. In the team's last game Leslie had a remarkable 54.5% from 2-point range and got four three-pointers out of 6 attempts. He just recently signed at Belize City D., being already a very valuable addition to the team. Leslie has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in points (2nd best: 22.0ppg) and averages solid 57.6% FGP and 50.0% from behind 3-point line.
The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was ) of Verdes. impressed basketball fans with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists. Of course he led Verdes to another comfortable win outscoring slightly higher-ranked Belmopan B. (#5, 2-4) 101-70. This victory allowed Verdes to leave bottom place moving a little bit up to 6th position in the standings. 4 lost games are too many comparing to just one victory Verdes managed to get this year. is one of the most experienced players at Verdes and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 16.5ppg (#1). His other stats are also decent: 4.5rpg and 5.0apg.
The third best performed player last round was ) of top-ranked San Pedro T.. got into 30-points club by scoring 31 points in the last round. He went also for eight rebounds . Despite 's great performance San Pedro T. lost 70-76 to #2 ranked Belize City D.. But his team cannot count on just a single shooter as he also needs help of the other teammates especially in such crucial game. San Pedro T. had another "accident". It may be a crucial game and cause dropping from the group of top ranked teams. The record is still good, but 1st lost game is hopefully really an accident. 's teammates are also very good. That's why having such high stats is even more impressive. has a great season in Belize. After only 5 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 14.8ppg (best scorer), rebounds with 7.0rpg (#1 in league) and assists with 1.0apg (best passer).
Other top performing players last week: 4. Akeem Watters (186-F-95) of Smart Belize H. - 21 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists 5. Andrew Ortiz (C) of San Pedro T. - 18 points and 9 rebounds 6. Nigel Jones (200-F-90) of Belize City D. - 25 points and 7 rebounds 7. Farron Louriano (198-C-89) of Belmopan B. - 23 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists 8. Jihad Wright (193-G) of San Pedro T. - 12 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists 9. Luther Page (198-F) of Belmopan B. - 20 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists 10. James Ewing (198-C-90) of Orange Walk RR - 22 points, 2 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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JIHAD WRIGHT Amistad Sucre (Libobasquet) inked 26-year old American forward Jihad Wright (193-86kg-93, college: UNC Pembroke). He played in the summer at San Pedro Tigersharks in Belizean NEBL. In 12 games he was third best scorer with impressive 19.3ppg and had 7.0rpg, 3.7apg (top 4) and 3.0spg (leader !!!). Wright helped them to win the league title. A very good season in his career as he was awarded Latinbasket.com All-Belizean NEBL Finals MVP, Forward of the Year and voted to 1st Te... [read more]
JIHAD WRIGHT
Amistad Sucre (Libobasquet) inked 26-year old American forward Jihad Wright (193-86kg-93, college: UNC Pembroke). He played in the summer at San Pedro Tigersharks in Belizean NEBL. In 12 games he was third best scorer with impressive 19.3ppg and had 7.0rpg, 3.7apg (top 4) and 3.0spg (leader !!!). Wright helped them to win the league title. A very good season in his career as he was awarded Latinbasket.com All-Belizean NEBL Finals MVP, Forward of the Year and voted to 1st Team. He graduated from University of North Carolina at Pembroke in 2016 and it will be his fourth season in pro basketball.
Finals MVP: Jihad Wright (193-F-93) of San Pedro T. Player of the Year: Kris Frazier (201-PG) of Verdes Guard of the Year: Kris Frazier (201-PG) of Verdes Forward of the Year: Jihad Wright (193-F-93) of San Pedro T. Center of the Year: Nigel Jones (201-C-90) of Belize City D. Domestic Player of the Year: Richard Troyer (196-F-84) of Verdes Import Player of the Year: Kris Frazier (201-PG) of Verdes
NEBL Round 5 of Finals. San Pedro Tigersharks clinch the title in game 5 - 9 days ago
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San Pedro T. - Smart Belize H. 72-65(3-2) Tigersharks had a 37-21 advantage in offensive rebounds. Center Martevuius Adams stepped up and scored 31 points and 8 rebounds for the winners and international forward Jihad Wright (193-93, college: UNC Pembroke) chipped in 18 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists. American point guard Tyrie Orosco (196, college: Cent.Penn) responded with a double-double by scoring 17 points and 14 rebounds and swingman Raheem Thurton (191) scored 9 points and 7 re... [read more]
Tigersharks had a 37-21 advantage in offensive rebounds. Center Martevuius Adams stepped up and scored 31 points and 8 rebounds for the winners and international forward Jihad Wright (193-93, college: UNC Pembroke) chipped in 18 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists. American point guard Tyrie Orosco (196, college: Cent.Penn) responded with a double-double by scoring 17 points and 14 rebounds and swingman Raheem Thurton (191) scored 9 points and 7 rebounds. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Top scorers: San Pedro T.: A.Martevuius 31+8reb+1ast, J.Wright 18+12reb+4ast, F.Arana 9+6reb+3ast, L.Pitterson 4+2reb+1ast, K.Burgess 4+7reb+3ast, B.Rogers 2 Smart Belize H.: T.Orosco 17+14reb+2ast, G.Lopez 11+1reb+2ast, T.Raheem 9+7reb+2ast, S.Fowler 6+4reb, A.Trapp 5+1reb+1ast, S.Williams 5
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