Ecuadorian National League round 8 best performance: Hector Graterol

Jose Obando

Forward Hector Graterol (F-1990) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Nesfebanor, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 8.
The 33-year old player had a double-double of 27 points and 17 rebounds, while his team in a lost game to Santa Maria (#2, 5-3) 55-98. Nesfebanor maintains the 6th position in Ecuadorian National League. They are still not able to win a single game in the league yet. Too late to salvage the team, which is currently ranked at the very bottom. They already lost 5 games and recorded no victories. Graterol turned to be Nesfebanor's top player in his first season with the team. Hector Graterol has solid league stats. He is in league's top in points (4th best: 19.0ppg).

The second best player in last round's games was young Oylan Spriggins (F-1992) of Atuneros. Spriggins had a very good evening with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists. Bad luck as Atuneros was edged by slightly higher-ranked Club Valle (#1, 5-2) 81-78. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Atuneros still maintains its place in the top 3 of the standings, even despite this loss. His team's 4-3 record is not bad at all. Spriggins is a newcomer at Atuneros, but is already one of team's top players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 17.8ppg (#5). His other stats are also decent: 11.8rpg and 3.3apg.

Third on the list of top players last round was forward Bryce Larenz (F-1998) of league's top team Club Valle. Larenz scored 24 points and passed five assists. He was a key player of Club Valle, leading his team to a 81-78 win against #3 ranked Atuneros. Club Valle confirms their top position in the standings. Their record at this point is 5 victories and 2 lost games. Larenz has a great season in Ecuador. After only 2 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 33.0ppg (best scorer), rebounds with 9.0rpg (8th best) and assists with 3.5apg (best passer).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Emilio Morales (F-2006) of Santa Maria - 18 points and 4 rebounds
5. Jose Obando (PG-1999) of Club Valle - 10 points and 8 rebounds
6. Dajari Acosta (F-2006) of Club Valle - 24 points and 5 rebounds
7. Javier Centeno (F-2006) of Atuneros - 18 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists
8. Jeanhison Rosales (F-2002) of Santa Maria - 14 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Renan Moscoso (C-1997) of Santa Maria - 4 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists
10. Luis Maldonado (F-2006) of Santa Maria - 18 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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