Ariola's 33-point game gives him Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- July 1, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Jihad Wright

Elvert Ariola (F ) had an amazing evening in the last round for Capital City Kings and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 6.
He had the game-high 33 points adding seven rebounds and two assists for Kings in his team's victory, helping them to edge out Western Ballaz (#4, 2-3) 101-98. City Kings maintains the 6th position in Belizean league. Too late to salvage the team, which is currently ranked such low. They already lost 5 games and recorded just two victories. In the team's last game Ariola had a remarkable four three-pointers out of 6 attempts. He has many years of experience at City Kings, through which he has constantly improved. Elvert Ariola averages this season 7.0ppg.

Second best performed player last round was Jahiem Ciego (C) of Western Ballaz. He is a center in his first season at Western Ballaz. In the last game Ciego recorded an impressive 27 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. Bad luck as Western Ballaz was edged by slightly lower-ranked Kings (#6, 2-5) 101-98. Western Ballaz managed to keep the same 4th spot in the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 2-3 record. Ciego is one of the most experienced players at Western Ballaz and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to guard Jihad Wright (193-G-1993) of league's leader San Pedro Tiger Sharks. Wright showcased his all-around game by recording 19 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists in the last round. He was a key player of Tiger Sharks, leading his team to a 63-54 win against the lower-ranked Panthers (#5, 2-4). Tiger Sharks have amazing season winning all 7 games without a single defeat. Wright 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. Wright has a great season in Belize. After only 3 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 9.0rpg (8th best) and assists with 4.7apg (3rd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Daniel Conorque (193-F -1991) of Dream Ballers - 18 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists
5. Kirk Smith (203-F-2000) of Dream Ballers - 18 points and 7 rebounds
6. Ray Cruz (196-F ) of Suns - 22 points and 2 rebounds
7. Jevaughn McKenzie (G ) of Kings - 19 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists
8. Kevon Laurie (F) of Dream Ballers - 13 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Jaden Sutherland) of Panthers - 14 points and 13 rebounds
10. Edgar Mitchell (G-1993) of Dream Ballers - 19 points and 2 rebounds

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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