Colombian Liga Wplay round 20 best performance: Dominique Morrison (by Hoops Agents)

- June 28, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Dominique Morrison

Dominique Morrison

American Dominique Morrison (198-SF-1989, agency: Haylett Sports) had a very impressive game in the last round for top-ranked Caribbean Storm Islands, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 20.
The 34-year old player had a double-double of 34 points and 10 rebounds, while his team in a lost game to Toros Del Valle (#5, 8-14) 92-107. Despite this loss Storm managed to keep Colombian Liga Wplay leading position. They afford to lose this game, but they have to be very careful to avoid similar "accidents". Carrib.Storm has a very solid 19-6 record, but they cannot be too comfortable about keeping top position. In the team's last game Morrison had a remarkable 80.0% from 2-point range. He just recently signed at Storm, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Dominique Morrison averages this season 15.2ppg and 5.5rpg.

The second best player in last round's games was young Panamanian Ernesto Oglivie (203-PF-1989) of league's second-best Titanes de Barranquilla. Oglivie had a very good evening with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. It was enough for Titanes to edge Motilones (16-8) 85-82. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Titanes consolidated its place in top 2 of the standings. His team's 16-8 record is not bad at all. Oglivie is one of the most experienced players at Titanes and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 19.6ppg (#4). He also registered 7.1 boards per game.

Third on the list of top players last round was Dominican Rep. forward Juan Rosario (203-F/C-1999, agency: BMS Sport Agency) of Motilones del Norte (#3). Rosario showcased his all-around game by recording 24 points, 11 rebounds (!!!) and 4 assists in the last round. He was a key player of Motilones, leading his team to a 87-71 easy win against #4 ranked Bucaros. Motilones needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 16 victories and 8 lost games. Rosario has a great season in Colombia. After 24 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 18.9ppg (5th best) and rebounds with 11.7rpg (#1 in league). He also has 2.4bpg and a FGP of 60.7%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Mateo Diaz (186-G-2002) of Toros Del Valle - 20 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists
5. Romario Roque (175-G-1998) of Carrib.Storm - 21 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists
6. Soren De Luque (200-PF-1998) of Titanes - 12 points, 17 rebounds and 6 assists
7. Corey Sanders (188-F-1997) of Cimarrones - 19 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists
8. Tristan Jarrett (193-G-1998) of Piratas - 30 points and 4 rebounds
9. Rodrigo Pena (C-1997) of Piratas - 23 points and 8 rebounds
10. Diego Colon (188-SG-2001) of Motilones - 24 points, 2 rebounds and 4 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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