Andravious Smith claims Salvadorean Liga MB weekly honour- October 24, 2023
The 28-year old swingman had a double-double of 83 points and twenty rebounds, while his team crushed, the league's bottom-ranked team Chalchuapa (#9, 0-13) with 24-point margin 129-105. Fantasmas is placed at 3rd position in Salvadorean Liga MB. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Fantasmas will need more victories to improve their 10-3 record. In the team's last game Smith had a remarkable 64.7% from 2-point range. He turned to be Fantasmas' 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 35.4ppg. Smith is in league's top in and averages solid 2.3spg and 61.2% FGP. The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young Cuban forward Yoel Cubillas (204-F-1994) of Metapan. Cubillas impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 43 points and 13 rebounds. Of course he led Metapan to another comfortable win outscoring the lower-ranked Santiagueno (#8, 3-10) 100-57. Metapan's 4th position in the standings has not changed. His team's 10-4 record is not bad at all. Cubillas is a newcomer at Metapan and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 27.0ppg (#6). He also registered 14.7 boards per game. The third best performed player last round was Puerto Rican Miguel Velez (185-G/F-1997) of Chalchuapa (#9). Velez got into 30-points club by scoring 45 points in the last round. He went also for ten rebounds and six assists. Despite Velez's great performance Chalchuapa lost 105-129 to the higher-ranked Fantasmas (#3, 10-3). But his team cannot count on just a single shooter as he also needs help of the other teammates. Chalchuapa can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have awful season losing so far all 13 games. Velez has individually a great season in El Salvador. After 13 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 31.8ppg (3rd best) and assists with 4.4apg (8th best). He also has 2.5spg and FGP: 51.9%. Miguel Velez has also Salvadorean passport and can play in the league with a status of domestic player. Other top performing players last week: 4. Adonis Lopez (F-1997) of Brujos - 30 points, 17 rebounds and 4 assists 5. Frankyn Batista (198-F-1999) of Santa Ana - 27 points, 17 rebounds and 2 assists 6. Caleb Bowser (193-G) of Fantasmas - 24 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists 7. Ryann Mercado (182-PG-1987) of Chalchuapa - 36 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists 8. Shian Bradshaw (194-F/G-1995) of Santa Ana - 23 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists 9. Markos Samuels (196-F) of Chalchuapa - 15 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists 10. Aaren Smith (198-SF-1997) of Fantasmas - 13 points, 6 rebounds and 7 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)
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