Tony Mitchell claims Dominican Rep. Santiago League weekly honour

American Tony Mitchell (203-F-92) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for league's second-best CPN and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Santiago League Player of the Week award for round 13.
The 28-year old forward had the game-high 17 points adding nine rebounds and five assists for CPN in his team's victory, helping them to crush Sameji (#6, 1-9) with 25-point margin 115-90. CPN is placed at 2nd position in Dominican Rep. Santiago League. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. CPN will need more victories to improve their 7-3 record. In the team's last game Mitchell had a remarkable 87.5% from 2-point range. He just recently signed at CPN, being already a very valuable addition to the team. University of North Texas graduate has very impressive stats this year. Mitchell is in league's top in rebounds (3rd best: 9.8rpg) and averages solid 1.8bpg and 68.6% FGP.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was 25-year old American Paris Bass (203-SF-95) of CDP. Bass impressed basketball fans with 23 points and 6 rebounds. Bad luck as CDP was edged by GUG (6-4) 98-97. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. CDP still maintains its place in the top 3 of the standings, even despite this loss. His team's 6-4 record is not bad at all. Bass is one of the most experienced players at CDP and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 21.9ppg (#3). He also registered 7.5 boards per game.

The third best performed player last round was another CPN's star - Victor Liz (193-SG-86). Liz showcased his all-around game by recording 25 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in the last round. He was another key player of CPN, helping his team with a 115-90 easy win against the lower-ranked Sameji (#6, 1-9). CPN needs these victories very badly if they think about taking over top position in the standings. Their record at this point is 7 victories and 3 lost games. Liz has a great season in Dominican Republic. After only 8 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 26.9ppg (2nd best), rebounds with 7.6rpg (8th best) and assists with 4.1apg (8th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Ramon Galloway (190-SG-91) of CPN - 16 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists
5. Frandy Martinez) of GUG - 14 points and 10 rebounds
6. Hector Maldonado (185-G-91) of Sameji - 20 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Juan Guerrero (205-F-93) of GUG - 16 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Brahian Mendez) of Sameji - 18 points and 6 rebounds
9. Alexander Abreu (180-PG-91) of CPN - 12 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists
10. Jose Guitian (207-F-87) of Sameji - 15 points, 6 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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Tags : TONY MITCHELL, PUEBLO NUEVO, DOMINICAN REP. BASKETBALL