Ricks' double-double lands him LBE Player of the Week award

29-year old guard Gary Ricks (185-G-91) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Soles and receives a Hoops Agents LBE Player of the Week award for round 3.
He had a double-double of 29 points and 11 rebounds, while his team beat Toros (#3, 5-3) 103-93. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Thanks to this victory Soles moved-up to the 4th position in Mexican LBE. Soles is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or a little bit lower in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 4-4 record. In the team's last game Ricks had a remarkable six three-pointers out of 10 attempts. He just recently signed at Soles, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Drake University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Ricks is in league's top in points (2nd best: 23.3ppg), assists (3rd best: 5.8apg) and averages solid 56.4% FGP and 40.3% from behind 3-point line.

Second best performed player last round was Ramon Galloway (190-SG-91) of top-ranked Dorados. He is American guard in his first season at Dorados. In the last game Galloway recorded impressive 37 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. Of course he led Dorados to another comfortable win outscoring NCG Potros (1-7) 125-104. He plays for the best team in the league and Dorados managed to win all 8 games keeping a perfect record. Galloway is one of the most experienced players at Dorados and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 22.2ppg (#3). His other stats are also decent: 5.7rpg and 3.8apg.

Third place about best performers goes to another Dorados' star - Durrell Summers (196-SF-89). Summers showcased his all-around game by recording 28 points, eight rebounds and six assists in the last round. He was another key player of Dorados, helping his team with a 116-99 easy win against Indios (#6, 0-8). Dorados have amazing season winning all 8 games without a single defeat. Summers 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. Summers has a great season in Mexico. After only 6 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 17.8ppg (9th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Jerome Seagears (185-G-92) of Indios - 30 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists
5. Raul Olalde (196-F-96) of Toros - 21 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Tristan Spurlock (203-F-91) of NCG Potros - 20 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Gilberto Clavell (200-SG-89) of Dorados - 27 points
8. Cairo Brown (190-PG-93) of NCG Potros - 30 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists
9. Ricardo Calatayud (183-PG-92) of Indios - 26 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists
10. Juan Contreras (188-G-97) of Indios - 28 points, 4 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 : GARY RICKS, SOLES DE OJINAGA, MEXICAN BASKETBALL