Ecuadorian National League round 6 best performance: Jonathan Guzman (by Hoops Agents)

American Forward Jonathan Guzman (201-F-1998) had an amazing evening in the last round for top-ranked Santa Maria, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 6.
The 24-year old player had a double-double of 19 points and 12 rebounds, while his team crushed, the league's bottom-ranked team Guerreros (#8, 0-5) with 22-point margin 96-74. It allowed Santa Maria to consolidate first place in the Ecuadorian National League. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Santa Maria already had a very good start winning all 5 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Guzman had a remarkable 63.6% from 2-point range. He has many years of experience at Santa Maria, through which he has constantly improved. Former Antelope Valley University star has very solid stats this year. Guzman is in league's top in rebounds (3rd best: 12.2rpg), assists (4th best: 4.6apg) and averages impressive 61.9% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was young Arath Polanco (G-2003) of Guerreros. Polanco had a very good evening with 36 points and 9 rebounds. Bad luck as Guerreros lost that game 74-96 to league's leader Santa Maria (#1, 5-0). Guerreros are still at the very bottom. 5 lost games are too many considering they did not win any game. Polanco is one of the most experienced players at Guerreros and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 22.6ppg (#3). He also registered 5.4 boards per game.

Third on the list of top players last round was Abraham Barahona (198-SF-2003) of league's second-best Punto Rojo. Barahona scored 23 points and grabbed five rebounds. He was a key player of Punto Rojo, leading his team to a 110-73 easy win against #4 ranked Fuerza M. in a game of the week. Punto Rojo needs these victories very badly if they think about taking over top position in the standings. Their record at this point is 5 victories and 2 lost games. Barahona has a very solid season. In 6 games in Ecuador he scored 15.8ppg. He also has 5.7rpg, 2.3bpg and FGP: 64.8%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Pablo Alderete (198-PF-1993) of Punto Rojo - 13 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists
5. Emilio Cappare (199-F/G-1990) of Santa Maria - 19 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists
6. Alejandro Noguera (PG-1995) of Santa Maria - 22 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Jordan Cardenas (206-C-1998) of Punto Rojo - 10 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists
8. Martin Trelles (187-G-1996) of Punto Rojo - 16 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists
9. LaQuincy Rideau (185-G-1996) of Punto Rojo - 14 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists
10. Ricardo Icaza (1992) of Santa Maria - 25 points and 3 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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Tags : JONATHAN GUZMAN, L.D.U. SANTA MARIA, ECUADORIAN BASKETBALL