Guatemalan Liga Metropolitana round 5 best performance: Luis Orbe (by Hoops Agents)

- October 14, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Raphy Polanco

Luis Orbe had a very impressive game in the last round for second-ranked El Progreso, receiving a Hoops Agents Liga Metropolitana Player of the Week award for round 5.
The player had a double-double of 22 points and 12 rebounds, while his team outclassed, the league's bottom-ranked team Leones (#7, 0-4) with 34-point margin 90-56. El Progreso maintains the 2nd position in Guatemalan Liga Metropolitana. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but El Progreso already had a very good start winning all 4 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Orbe had a remarkable 61.5% from 2-point range. He turned to be El Progreso's top player in his first season with the team. Luis Orbe has solid league stats. He leads league in rebounds with 12.8rpg. Orbe is in league's top in assists (4th best: 2.5apg) and averages impressive 1.3bpg and 50.9% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was Dominican Rep. Raphy Polanco (201-F) of league's leader Solola AsoBasket. Polanco had a very good evening with 26 points and 9 rebounds. Of course Solola cruised to a 85-78 relatively comfortable win over the lower-ranked Pat City (#4, 1-2). It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Solola consolidated its place in the very top position of the standings. A very good start of the season for his team, which won so far all 5 games without any defeat. Polanco is a newcomer at Solola, but is already one of team's top players.

Third on the list of top players last round was another El Progreso's star - guard David Monterroso (180-PG-1979). Monterroso scored 22 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. He was another key player of El Progreso, helping his team with a 90-56 easy win against Leones (#7, 0-4). El Progreso started extremely well this year. They recorded 4 victories without losing a single game. Monterroso turns to be one of the very best players in the league while he is also a leader of the top team having his eyes on the championship title. Monterroso has a great season in Guatemala. After only 4 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 20.3ppg (8th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Thomas Doyle (185-PG) of Pat City - 22 points and 12 rebounds
5. Shakeil Bertrand (203-F) of Solola - 12 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists
6. David Goddard (185-G-1989) of Pat City - 29 points and 7 rebounds
7. Marcus Faison (196-SG-1994) of El Progreso - 11 points and 7 rebounds
8. Cristopher Montufar) of Solola - 16 points and 7 rebounds
9. Eddy Junior) of El Progreso - 11 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Jacksen Greco (190-G) of Solola - 15 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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Tags : LUIS ORBE, EL PROGRESO, GUATEMALAN BASKETBALL,