Salvadorean Liga Mayor round 4 best performance: Rachel Contreras

- March 12, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Rachel Contreras

Cuban Center Rachel Contreras (184-C-1999) had a great game in the last round for top-ranked Batanecas BC, receiving a Hoops Agents Liga Mayor Player of the Week award for round 4.
The 24-year old player had a double-double of 36 points and 25 rebounds, while her team edged out LMMR 2 (#4, 2-2) 78-77. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. It allowed Batanecas to consolidate first place in the Salvadorean Liga Mayor. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Batanecas already had a very good start winning all 5 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Contreras had a remarkable 57.1% from 2-point range. She just recently signed at Batanecas, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Rachel Contreras has solid league stats. She is league's best scorer averaging so far 28.3ppg and leads league in rebounds with 22.3rpg. Contreras is in league's top in and averages impressive 2.0bpg,4.7spg and 50.9% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was young Cuban Bexy Claro (193-SF-2001) of Salvadorenas 2nd team. Claro had a very good evening with a double-double of 19 points and 20 rebounds. Of course she led Salvadorenas 2 to another comfortable win outscoring Santa Tecla 2 (#5, 0-3) 68-43. This victory allowed Salvadorenas 2 to move up to 3rd position in the standings. Her team's 2-2 record is not bad at all. Claro is one of the most experienced players at Salvadorenas 2 and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 22.0ppg (#3). She also registered 17.7 boards per game.

Third on the list of top players last round was forward Monica Calderon (175-PF-1991) of Liga Municipal Monsenor Romero 2nd team (#4). Calderon scored 22 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. Despite Calderon's great performance the LMMR 2 lost 77-78 to #1 ranked Batanecas. But her team cannot count on just a single player as she also needs help of the other teammates especially in such crucial game. The last thing LMMR 2 needs is to lose another game like this one. They lose more and more distance to the top teams. Their record is 2 victories and 2 lost games. Calderon has a great season in El Salvador. After only 3 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 16.0ppg (7th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Niky Orantes (167-F-2009) of Batanecas - 25 points and 3 rebounds
5. Gabriela Alvarado (177-PG-1997) of Santa Tecla 2 - 15 points and 8 rebounds
6. Emily Tevez (175-SG-1993) of Salvadorenas 2 - 14 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists
7. Gisella Rodriguez) of LMMR 2 - 10 points and 9 rebounds
8. Melany Sanchez (167-G-2004) of Santa Tecla 2 - 9 points and 8 rebounds
9. Alejandra Menendez (175-PF-2000) of Salvadorenas 2 - 2 points and 8 rebounds
10. Isabella Herrera (155-G-2009) of Santa Ana 2 - 11 points and 6 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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BEST SCORER

Rachel Contreras

36 PTS

25 REB