Liga SudAmericana round 2 best performance: Gaston Garcia (by Hoops Agents)

Point guard Gaston Garcia (187-PG-1998) put on an amazing game in the last round for San Martin, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 2.
The 24-year old player was the main contributor (18 points, seven rebounds and eight assists) to his team's victory, helping them to beat Punto Rojo (#4, 0-2), 83-76. In the team's last game Garcia had a remarkable 62.5% from 2-point range. He has many years of experience at San Martin, through which he has constantly improved. Gaston Garcia has solid league stats. He is in league's top in points (9th best: 13.0ppg) and averages impressive 2.5spg and 58.3% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was young American Tony Farmer (201-F-1994) of Punto Rojo. Farmer had a very good evening with a double-double of 25 points and 10 rebounds. Bad luck as Punto Rojo lost that game 76-83 to San Martin (1-1). Farmer is a newcomer at Punto Rojo, but is already one of team's top players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 20.5ppg (#1). He also registered 8.0 boards per game.

Third on the list of top players last round was Dominican Rep. guard Jonathan Rodriguez (196-SG-1987) of league's top team Titanes. Rodriguez showcased his all-around game by recording 13 points, twelve rebounds (!!!) and five assists in the last round. He was a key player of Titanes, leading his team to a 75-51 easy win against #2 ranked LSB / B2B in a game of the week. Rodriguez also has a very good start of the season with very strong stats. Rodriguez has a great season in Liga SudAmericana. After only 2 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 17.0ppg (2nd best), rebounds with 8.5rpg (#1 in league) and assists with 3.0apg (3rd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. CJ Rodriguez (188-PG-1994) of Punto Rojo - 23 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists
5. Tonny Trocha-Morelos (208-SF-1994) of Titanes - 9 points and 10 rebounds
6. Ernesto Oglivie (203-PF-1989) of Titanes - 15 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Emilio Cappare (199-F/G-1990) of Punto Rojo - 19 points and 8 rebounds
8. Dominic Morris (202-F-1990) of San Martin - 11 points and 9 rebounds
9. Pedro Ianguas (210-C-1998) of San Martin - 10 points and 9 rebounds
10. Javier Saiz (206-PF-1994) of San Martin - 13 points, 5 rebounds and 2 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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Tags : GASTON GARCIA, SAN MARTIN CORRIENTES, LIGA SUDAMERICANA BASKETBALL