Munoz's double-double lands him TBN Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- February 23, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Roger Munoz

Roger Munoz

39-year old center Roger Munoz (208-C-1984) had a great game in the last round for second-ranked Tipitapa and receives a Hoops Agents TBN Player of the Week award for round 4.
He had a double-double of 12 points and 13 rebounds, while his team outclassed San Judas (#14, 2-3) with 29-point margin 73-44. Tipitapa is placed at 2nd position in Nicaraguan TBN. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Tipitapa already had a very good start winning all 4 without losing a single one. Munoz just recently signed at Tipitapa, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Roger Munoz averages this season 10.8ppg and 6.5rpg.

Second best performed player last round was Elgin Mejia (C/F-2001) of UNAN de Managua. He is a in his first season at UNAN de M.. In the last game Mejia recorded an impressive 22 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Bad luck as UNAN de lost that game 68-94 to league's leader Jaguares (#1, 5-0). This loss caused UNAN de to drop to 10th position in the standings. His team lost some distance to top teams. But a 2-2 record is not bad and everything may still change. Mejia is one of the most experienced players at UNAN de and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 19.0ppg (#8). His other stats are also decent: 6.8rpg and 4.5apg.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Troy Watson (197-PF-1982) of league's leader Jaguares de la UAM. Watson scored 14 points and grabbed 7 rebounds. He was a key player of Jaguares, leading his team to a 94-68 easy win against the lower-ranked UNAN de M. (#10, 2-2). Jaguares started extremely well this year. They recorded 5 victories without losing a single game. Watson 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. Watson has a very solid season. In 4 games in Nicaragua he scored 11.0ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Mario Garcia (182-PG-2000) of Jaguares - 19 points and 6 rebounds
5. Daniel Cardoza (175-PG-2002) of Jaguares - 10 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists
6. Daniel Tenorio (177-PG-1990) of San Judas - 14 points and 6 rebounds
7. Lesther Castillo (2003) of Jaguares - 17 points and 4 rebounds
8. Darren Wilson (G) of Tipitapa - 9 points and 7 rebounds
9. Hensher Hebbert) of San Judas - 5 points and 14 rebounds
10. Rodrigo Sierra) of Jaguares - 13 points, 4 rebounds and 4 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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Roger Munoz

12 PTS

13 REB

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