Ecuadorian Liga Femenina round 5 best performance: Estefania Pena

Estefania Pena

Former international Power forward Estefania Pena (186-PF-90) had a very impressive game in the last round for Punto R., receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 5.
The 31-year old player had a double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds, while her team beat Fuerza M. (#2, 4-1) 57-49. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Punto R. maintains the 3rd position in Ecuadorian Liga Femenina. Punto R. 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 Pena had a remarkable 54.5% from 2-point range. She turned to be Punto R.'s top player in her first season with the team. Estefania Pena has solid league stats. She is in league's top in points (7th best: 13.0ppg), rebounds (7th best: 7.0rpg), assists (4th best: 2.3apg) and averages impressive 4.5spg.

The second best player in last round's games was 31-year old former international center Jessica Preciado (190-C-90) of league's second-best Fuerza M.. Preciado had a very good evening with 19 points and 9 rebounds. Bad luck as Fuerza M. lost that game 49-57 to slightly lower-ranked Punto R. (#3, 1-1). It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Fuerza M. still maintains its place in the top 2 of the standings, even despite this loss. It was just her team's 1st loss this season, while they won 4 other games. Preciado is a newcomer at Fuerza M. and despite she is not a team leader yet, every game she becomes more reliable player. Hopefully performances like the last one will happen more often.

Third on the list of top players last round was another Punto R.'s star - Nahomi Guzman (178-C/F-01). Guzman scored 12 points and grabbed sixteen rebounds (!!!). She was another key player of Punto R., helping her team with a 57-49 win against #2 ranked Fuerza M.. Punto R. needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 1 victories and 1 lost games. Guzman has a great season in Ecuador. After only 4 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 12.0ppg (8th best) and rebounds with 10.8rpg (3rd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Leyda Macias (165-PG-83) of Fuerza M. - 15 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Doris Lasso (164-G-93) of Punto R. - 13 points and 7 rebounds
6. Dayanna Salcedo (176-C/F-89) of Bocca - 15 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Ana Mora (169-SF-99) of UDJ - 13 points and 8 rebounds
8. Aurora Granja (164-SG-01) of Bocca - 7 points and 7 rebounds
9. Heidy Guayaquil (157-G-99) of UDJ - 11 points and 5 rebounds
10. Alejandra Mogollon (183-C-84) of Fuerza M. - 10 points and 6 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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