Liga SudAmericana round 3 best performance: Paula Carrasco

Paula Carrasco

Point guard Paula Carrasco (161-PG-1994) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Sportiva Ita., receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 3.
The 28-year old player was the main contributor (24 points, two rebounds and four assists) to her team's victory, helping them to edge out Univ. San Simon (#4, 0-3) 77-74. In the team's last game Carrasco had a remarkable six three-pointers out of 9 attempts. She just recently signed at Sportiva Ita., being already a very valuable addition to the team. Paula Carrasco has solid league stats. She is in league's top in points (2nd best: 15.7ppg) and averages impressive 41.7% from behind 3-point line.

The second best player in last round's games was young American Stephanie Madden (186-PF-1988) of league's second-best Aguada. Madden had a very good evening with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists. Bad luck as Aguada was edged by Quimsa (3-0) 58-57. Madden is one of the most experienced players at Aguada and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 13.7ppg (#4). She also registered 8.7 boards per game.

Third on the list of top players last round was swingman Marcela Viscarra (169-F/G-1990) of Univ. San Simon (#4). Viscarra scored 14 points and grabbed fifteen rebounds (!!!). Despite Viscarra's great performance Univ. San Simon lost 74-77 to #3 ranked Sportiva Ita. Viscarra has individually a great season in Liga SudAmericana. After only 3 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 9.3rpg (2nd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Andrea Boquete (183-SF-1990) of Quimsa - 9 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists
5. Julieta Mungo (181-C-1997) of Quimsa - 20 points and 5 rebounds
6. Romina Rodriguez (167-PG-1992) of Univ. San Simon - 20 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Macarena D'urso (169-PG-1991) of Aguada - 18 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists
8. Andrea Valdes (179-F-1997) of Sportiva Ita. - 14 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists
9. Catalina Perez (195-F-1997) of Sportiva Ita. - 13 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Alexus Johnson (188-F-1994) of Univ. San Simon - 16 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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