Salvadorean Liga MB round 8 best performance: Yoel Cubillas (by Hoops Agents)

- September 28, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Yoel Cubillas

Yoel Cubillas

Cuban Forward Yoel Cubillas (204-F-1994) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for AD Isidro Metapan, receiving a Hoops Agents Liga MB Player of the Week award for round 8.
The 30-year old player had a double-double of 24 points and 22 rebounds, while his team crushed Brujos (#7, 3-6) with 22-point margin 105-83. Metapan maintains the 3rd position in Salvadorean Liga MB. They are still close to the very top. Metapan would have been even better if they kept winning the games like in the last round. They have a solid 6-1 record. In the team's last game Cubillas had a remarkable 78.6% from 2-point range. It's his second year at Metapan and it's hard to imagine this team without him. Yoel Cubillas has solid league stats. He is league's best scorer averaging so far 29.5ppg and leads league in rebounds with 19.5rpg. Cubillas is in league's top in and averages impressive 4.2bpg and 70.4% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was another Metapan's star - young Puerto Rican Xavier Zambrana (193-F-1991). Zambrana had a very good evening with a double-double of 29 points and 16 rebounds. Of course together with Cubillas he helped AD Isidro Metapan with another comfortable win outscoring the lower-ranked Brujos (#7, 3-6) 105-83. Metapan's 3rd position in the standings has not changed. His team lost just one game this season, while they won 6 matches. Zambrana is a newcomer at Metapan, but is already one of team's top players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 21.0ppg (#8). His other stats are also decent: 13.7rpg and 6.3apg.

Third on the list of top players last round was American swingman Andravious Smith (198-G/F-1995) of Independiente (#6). Smith got into 30-points club by scoring 36 points in the last round. He went also for eight rebounds . He was a key player of Independiente, leading his team to a 111-89 easy win against Ahuachapan (#10, 0-8). The chances of Independiente not to end season at such low position in the league, however are less than slim as they have already lost 5 games, recording just three victories. With bigger assistance of his teammates, Smith could try to bring Independiente's a little bit higher in the standings. Smith has individually a great season in El Salvador. After only 8 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 28.6ppg (2nd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Nick Moore (198-PF-1991) of Independiente - 21 points, 18 rebounds and 9 assists
5. Timothy Simmons (195-PF-1992) of Santa Ana - 34 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists
6. E.J. Blackwell (193-G) of Ahuachapan - 31 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists
7. Francisco Forbs (198-PF-1999) of Santa Tecla - 19 points, 18 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Bryan Zaldana (177-SG-1995) of Independiente - 19 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists
9. Brayan Garcia (194-F/C-1998) of San Salvador - 18 points, 15 rebounds and 9 assists
10. Alejandro Barahona (189-F-1999) of Santa Tecla - 23 points, 8 rebounds and 3 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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