Taylor's double-double lands her Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- September 5, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Asia Taylor

Asia Taylor

33-year old American forward Asia Taylor (188-F-1991) had a very impressive game in the last week for Explosivos de Moca and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for week 5.
She had a double-double of 40 points and 15 rebounds, while her team edged out Morovis (#3, 3-3) 90-89. Moca maintains the 9th position in Puerto Rican BSNF. Too late to salvage the team, which is currently ranked at the very bottom. They already lost 3 games and recorded just one victory. In the team's last game Taylor had a remarkable 65.2% from 2-point range. She turned to be Moca's top player in her first season with the team. University of Louisville graduate has very impressive stats this year. Taylor is in league's top in points (5th best: 20.8ppg).

Second best performed player last week was India Pagan (185-F-1999) of top-ranked Atenienses de Manati. She is international forward in her first season at Manati. In the last game Pagan recorded an impressive double-double of 26 points and 10 rebounds. Of course she led Atenienses to another comfortable win outscoring the lower-ranked San German (#7, 2-3) 107-81. Of course Manati still keep the league's top spot. Her team lost just one game this season, while they won 4 matches. Pagan is a newcomer at Manati and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 20.0ppg (#7). She also registered 8.2 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to guard Daisha Bradford (173-G-2000) of Athleticas de San German (#7). Bradford showcased her all-around game by recording 22 points, 12 rebounds (!!!) and 8 assists in the last week. Despite Bradford's great performance the Athleticas lost 81-107 to the higher-ranked Manati (#1, 4-1). But her team cannot count on just a single player as she also needs help of the other teammates. Bradford has a great season in Puerto Rico. After only 5 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 10.0rpg (8th best) and assists with 6.0apg (7th best). Bradford attended one of camps at Eurobasket Summer League on her way to pro basketball.

Other top performing players last week:
4. DeAnna Wilson (188-F) of Isabela - 24 points and 16 rebounds
5. Kaela Hilaire (157-PG-1998) of Manati - 19 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists
6. Alexis Jennings (190-F-1996) of Moca - 26 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Ariana Moorer (172-G-1991) of Isabela - 22 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists
8. Ionna McKenzie (188-C-1996) of Hatillo - 18 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Hillary Martinez) of Moca - 19 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists
10. Asia Strong (188-F-2000) of Morovis - 22 points and 13 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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