Zurita's double-double lands her Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- January 14, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Viviana Zurita

28-year old forward Viviana Zurita (F-1996) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for second-ranked Club Santa Maria Machala and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 3.
She had a double-double of 24 points and 14 rebounds, while her team beat Ambato S. (#3, 1-3) 80-74. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Santa Maria maintains the 2nd position in Ecuadorian Liga Femenina. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost that single game earlier this season. Santa Maria will need more victories to improve their 3-1 record. In the team's last game Zurita had a remarkable 81.8% from 2-point range. She turned to be Santa Maria's top player in her first season with the team.

Second best performed player last round was Luciana Garrido (G) of top-ranked Union Deportiva Juvenil Quininde. She is a guard in her first season at UDJ. In the last game Garrido recorded an impressive double-double of 22 points and 13 rebounds. Of course she led UDJ to another comfortable win outscoring ATUC (0-4) 81-59. A very good start of the season for her team, which won so far all 4 games without any defeat. Garrido is one of the most experienced players at UDJ and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 14.8ppg (#2). She also registered 10.0 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Noelia Moran (180-PF-2002) of Ambato Soldiers (#3). Moran scored 19 points and grabbed 15 rebounds (!!!). She was a key player of Ambato S., leading her team to a 65-64 win against #4 ranked ATUC in a game of the week. Ambato S. can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have rather bad season and 1-3 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Moran has individually a great season in Ecuador. After only 2 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 14.5ppg (3rd best), rebounds with 13.5rpg (2nd best) and assists with 3.0apg (3rd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Monica Lopez (G-2001) of UDJ - 16 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Arianna Macias (175-G-1997) of UDJ - 21 points and 11 rebounds
6. Johely Loja (160-G-2002) of ATUC - 23 points and 9 rebounds
7. Joselyn Lopez (PF-2001) of UDJ - 18 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Heidy Guayaquil (157-G-1999) of Santa Maria - 12 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists
9. Doris Lasso (164-G-1993) of Ambato S. - 18 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists
10. Maria Carpio (178-SF-1993) of ATUC - 15 points and 8 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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