Salvadorean Liga MB round 9 best performance: Adonis Lopez

Brenden Van Dyke

Dominican Rep. Forward Adonis Lopez (F-1997) had a great game in the last round for second-ranked San Salvador, receiving a Hoops Agents Liga MB Player of the Week award for round 9.
The 25-year old player had a double-double of 42 points and 20 rebounds, while his team beat Santa Ana (#9, 2-8) 91-84. San Salvador is placed at 2nd position in Salvadorean Liga MB. They are still close to the very top. San Salvador would have been even better if they kept winning the games like in the last round. They have a solid 8-2 record. In the team's last game Lopez had a remarkable 82.6% from 2-point range. He turned to be San Salvador's top player in his first season with the team. Adonis Lopez has solid league stats. He is in league's top in points (5th best: 28.7ppg), rebounds (3rd best: 16.3rpg) and averages impressive 2.3bpg and 74.4% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was young American Brenden Van Dyke (203-F-1998) of league's leader Aguila. Van Dyke had a very good evening with a double-double of 32 points and 21 rebounds. Of course he led Aguila to another comfortable win outscoring Chalchuapa (#11, 0-10) 100-67. Of course Aguila still keep the league's top spot. His team belongs to top of the standings with 9-1 record and is considered one of the main candidates for the league title. Van Dyke is a newcomer at Aguila, but is already one of team's top players.

Third on the list of top players last round was guard Lee Vasquez (176-SG-1991) of Cojute (#5). Vasquez got into 30-points club by scoring 53 points in the last round. He went also for six assists. He was a key player of Cojute, leading his team to a 113-76 easy win against the lower-ranked Brujos (#10, 1-2). Cojute needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 6 victories and 4 lost games. Vasquez has a great season in El Salvador. After 10 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in assists with 6.4apg (4th best). He also has 3.2spg and FGP: 56.9%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. D'Andre Downey (206-C) of Cojute - 19 points, 17 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Kylon Higgins (190-G-1993) of Nejapa - 37 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists
6. Alberto Liriano (1998) of Quezaltepeque - 33 points and 9 rebounds
7. Marc Montavious (206-C-1990) of Quezaltepeque - 17 points, 16 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Freddy Asprilla (206-C-1988) of Santiagueno - 12 points and 29 rebounds
9. Andravious Smith (196-G/F-1995) of Cojute - 18 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists
10. Jonatan Bello (2001) of San Salvador - 24 points, 13 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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