Smith's double-double lands him Liga MB Player of the Week award- November 15, 2022
He had a double-double of 61 points and 10 rebounds, while his team crushed, the league's bottom-ranked team Chalchuapa (#11, 0-20) with 22-point margin 113-91. Cojute maintains the 6th position in Salvadorean Liga MB. Cojute 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 10-10 record. In the team's last game Smith had a remarkable 68.3% from 2-point range. He turned to be Cojute's top player in his first season with the team. Tougaloo College graduate has very impressive stats this year. Smith is league's best scorer averaging so far 33.1ppg. Smith is in league's top in rebounds (6th best: 12.9rpg), assists (5th best: 6.1apg) and averages solid 1.2bpg,2.3spg and 58.2% FGP. Second best performed player last round was Yoel Cubillas (204-F-1994) of Quezaltepeque. He is Cuban forward in his first season at Quezaltepeque. In the last game Cubillas recorded impressive double-double of 22 points and 34 rebounds. Of course he led Quezaltepeque to another comfortable win outscoring the lower-ranked Brujos (#9, 5-8) 105-56. Quezaltepeque's 3rd position in the standings has not changed. His team lost just four games this season, while they won 16 matches. Cubillas is a newcomer at Quezaltepeque and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. Third place about best performers goes to center Freddy Asprilla (206-C-1988) of Santiagueno (#8). Asprilla showcased his all-around game by recording 24 points, 35 rebounds (!!!) and eight assists in the last round. He was a key player of Santiagueno, leading his team to a 94-86 win against slightly higher-ranked Cojute (#6, 10-10). The chances of Santiagueno not to end season at such low position in the league, however are less than slim as they have already lost 14 games, recording just six victories. With bigger assistance of his teammates, Asprilla could try to bring Santiagueno's a little bit higher in the standings. Asprilla has individually a great season in El Salvador. After 20 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 20.9rpg (#1 in league). He also has 1.2bpg and FGP: 51.5%. Other top performing players last week: 4. Jonatan Bello (2001) of San Salvador - 35 points, 26 rebounds and 6 assists 5. Brenden Van Dyke (203-F-1998) of Aguila - 29 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists 6. Shian Bradshaw (194-F/G-1995) of Santa Ana - 31 points, 22 rebounds and 7 assists 7. Ezequiel Perez (201-SG) of Santa Tecla - 28 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists 8. Bernardo Polanco (189-SG-1994) of San Salvador - 41 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists 9. Marquise Mosley (175-PG-1997) of Aguila - 39 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists 10. Kylon Higgins (190-G-1993) of Nejapa - 43 points, 11 rebounds and 4 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)
Tags : ANDRAVIOUS SMITH, CLUB DE BALONCESTO COJUTE, SALVADOREAN BASKETBALL |
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