Best players of Mexican LBE round 2

- February 8, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Nikita Konstantynovskyi

American Xavier White (203-SF) put on an amazing game in the last round for Faraones de Nuevo Casas Grandes and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents LBE Player of the Week award for round 2.
The had a double-double of 35 points and 11 rebounds, while his team crushed, the league's bottom-ranked team Mineros (#6, 0-5) with 21-point margin 115-94. Faraones maintains the 5th position in Mexican LBE. The season is still in it's early stage, so the team may have a chance to improve their current position in the standings. They lost 4 games and had just one victory. In the team's last game White had a remarkable three three-pointers out of 6 attempts. He just recently signed at Faraones, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Midland College graduate has very impressive stats this year. White is league's best scorer averaging so far 30.4ppg. White is in league's top in rebounds (5th best: 8.0rpg) and averages solid 59.3% FGP and 50.0% from behind 3-point line.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was Ukrainian forward Nikita Konstantynovskyi (208-F) of Indios de Juarez. Konstantynovskyi impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 30 points and 12 rebounds. Bad luck as Ciudad lost that game 94-102 to Apaches (4-2). The season is still at the very beginning and this lost game may not be such crucial, of course if they start win the games. Let's wait for the next round. Konstantynovskyi is one of the most experienced players at Indios and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

The third best performed player last round was another Faraones' star - Tyrone Jones (193-F). Jones got into 30-points club by scoring 34 points in the last round. He went also for six assists. He was another key player of Faraones de Nuevo Casas Grandes, helping his team with a 115-94 easy win against Mineros (#6, 0-5). Faraones can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have rather bad season and 1-4 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Jones has individually a great season in Mexico. After only 5 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 26.4ppg (2nd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Joe French (196-G-2000) of Indios - 30 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Jimond Ivey (196-G-1996) of Apaches - 22 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists
6. Jeffery Stubbs (189-PG-1991) of Mineros - 25 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists
7. Mikh McKinney (184-G-1992) of Dorados - 19 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists
8. Donovan Gregory (196-F-2001) of Mineros - 24 points and 7 rebounds
9. Jorge De La Serna (200-PF-1999) of Dorados - 14 points and 7 rebounds
10. A.J. Banks (188-G-1997) of Indios - 18 points, 3 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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