Araujo's 53-point game gives him Liga MB Player of the Week award

36-year old shooting guard Jose Araujo (187-SG-1986, agency: Interperformances) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Quezaltepeque and receives a Hoops Agents Liga MB Player of the Week award for round 23.
He had the game-high 53 points adding nine rebounds and seven assists for Quezaltepeque in his team's victory, helping them to outclass Santa Ana (#9, 5-13) with 76-point margin 126-50. Quezaltepeque maintains the 4th position in Salvadorean Liga MB. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Quezaltepeque will need more victories to improve their 10-8 record. In the team's last game Araujo had a remarkable fifteen three-pointers out of 21 attempts. He just recently signed at Quezaltepeque, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Jose Araujo averages this season 17.1ppg.

Second best performed player last round was Freddy Asprilla (206-C-1988) of Santiagueno. He is American-Colombian center in his first season at Santiagueno. In the last game Asprilla recorded impressive double-double of 32 points and 25 rebounds. Of course he led Santiagueno to another comfortable win outscoring slightly lower-ranked Chalchuapa (#10, 1-17) 142-111. Santiagueno's 8th position in the standings has not changed. 12 lost games are too many comparing to just five victories Santiagueno managed to get this year. Asprilla is a newcomer at Santiagueno and quickly became one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to another Santiagueno's star - swingman Josh Jackson (203-G/F-1997). Jackson got into 30-points club by scoring 32 points in the last round. He went also for eleven rebounds and twelve assists. He was another key player of Santiagueno, helping his team with a 142-111 easy win against slightly lower-ranked Chalchuapa (#10, 1-17). Santiagueno can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have rather bad season and 5-12 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Jackson has a very solid season. In 13 games in El Salvador he scored 13.8ppg. He also has 7.8rpg, 3.3apg, 2.2spg and 1.2bpg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Robert Story (183-PG) of Chalchuapa - 40 points and 8 assists
5. Jeremy Agosto (177-G-1997) of Cojute - 25 points, 9 rebounds and 14 assists
6. E.J. Blackwell (193-G) of Santiagueno - 25 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists
7. Gorg Alhag (190-SG-1997) of Chalchuapa - 23 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists
8. Adonis Lopez (F-1997) of Santa Tecla - 24 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists
9. Santiago Esperanza (185-SG-1993) of Santiagueno - 27 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists
10. Marc Montavious (206-C-1990) of Quezaltepeque - 19 points and 16 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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