Peralta number one in Paraguay LNB for round 9

Jorge Martinez

Swingman Junior Peralta (170-G/F) had a great game in the last round for Libertad A., receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 9.
The player had a double-double of 34 points and 15 rebounds, while his team outclassed, the league's bottom-ranked team Sol de America (#4, 0-5) with 60-point margin 118-58. Libertad A. maintains the 3rd position in their group in Paraguayan LNB. Libertad A. 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 2-2 record. In the team's last game Peralta had a remarkable 60.0% from 2-point range. He turned to be Libertad A.'s top player in his first season with the team. Junior Peralta has solid league stats. He is league's best scorer averaging so far 31.7ppg and leads league in rebounds with 12.7rpg. Peralta is in league's top in and averages impressive 58.8% FGP and 57.1% from behind 3-point line.

The second best player in last round's games was Federico Ferreira of league's second-best Felix Perez. Ferreira had a very good evening with 34 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists. It was enough for Felix Perez to edge Mariscal E. (3-3) 84-78. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the top position in Group A. Felix Perez consolidated its place in top 2 of the standings. His team's 3-3 record is not bad at all. Ferreira is one of the most experienced players at Felix Perez and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third on the list of top players last round was Edegar Alvarenga of Mariscal E. (#3). Alvarenga scored 21 points and passed six assists. Despite Alvarenga's great performance Mariscal E. lost 78-84 to #2 ranked Felix Perez. But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates especially in such crucial game. The last thing Mariscal E. needs is to lose another game like this one. They lose more and more distance to the top teams in Group A. Their record is 3 victories and 3 lost games. Alvarenga has a great season in Paraguay. After only 6 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in assists with 4.5apg (4th best). He also has FGP: 56.7% and 3PT: 43.8%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Junior De Los Rios) of Mariscal E. - 29 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists
5. Jorge Martinez (178-PG-1998) of Libertad A. - 26 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists
6. Victor Ramires) of Mariscal E. - 14 points and 16 rebounds
7. Rodney Ruiz) of Sol de America - 15 points and 2 rebounds
8. Diego Bareiro (195-F-1991) of Libertad A. - 9 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists
9. Ricardo Queznel) of Sol de America - 15 points and 6 rebounds
10. Fernando Benitez) of Mariscal E. - 9 points and 8 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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