Eliezer Sanchez claims Salvadorean Liga MB weekly honour

- May 19, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Yoel Cubillas

Eliezer Sanchez put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for ITD Santa Tecla BC and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Liga MB Player of the Week award for round 13.
The had a double-double of 26 points and 14 rebounds, while his team outclassed Salvadorenos (#5, 9-4) with 43-point margin 91-48. Santa Tecla maintains the 3rd position in Salvadorean Liga MB. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Santa Tecla will need more victories to improve their 10-3 record. In the team's last game Sanchez had a remarkable 78.6% from 2-point range. He just recently signed at Santa Tecla, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Sanchez has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in rebounds (2nd best: 17.3rpg) and averages solid 2.5bpg and 54.7% FGP.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young Cuban forward Yoel Cubillas (204-F-1994) of league's best team AD Isidro Metapan. Cubillas impressed basketball fans with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. Of course he led Metapan to another comfortable win outscoring the lower-ranked Santa Ana (#10, 1-13) 104-74. Of course Metapan still keep the league's top spot. His team belongs to top of the standings with 12-1 record and is considered one of the main candidates for the league title. Cubillas is one of the most experienced players at Metapan and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 26.2ppg (#2). His other stats are also decent: 11.8rpg and 3.2apg.

The third best performed player last round was Puerto Rican Hector Maldonado (185-G-1991, agency: DON TECA SPORTS CONNECTION) of Club de Baloncesto Cojute (#7). Maldonado got into 30-points club by scoring 36 points in the last round. He went also for five rebounds and five assists. Despite Maldonado's great performance the Cojute lost 64-68 to slightly higher-ranked Brujos (#6, 7-6). But his team cannot count on just a single shooter as he also needs help of the other teammates. The chances of Cojute not to end season at such low position in the league, however are less than slim as they have already lost 9 games, recording just four victories. With bigger assistance of his teammates, Maldonado could try to bring Cojute's a little bit higher in the standings. Maldonado has individually a great season in El Salvador. After 12 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 28.6ppg (best scorer) and assists with 5.1apg (5th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Diego Gerbaudo (178-PG-1989) of Santiagueno - 22 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists
5. Marc Montavious (202-C-1990) of A.Lobos - 15 points, 19 rebounds and 3 assists
6. Mike Jr. Wright (201-G) of Ahuachapan - 30 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Alejandro Barahona (189-F-1999) of Metapan - 17 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists
8. Lee Vasquez (173-PG) of Metapan - 22 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists
9. John Hernandez (207-C-1984) of Santiagueno - 19 points and 19 rebounds
10. Samuel Cota (193-F) of Brujos - 14 points, 15 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)

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