De Jesus' 35-point game gives him Player of the Week award

- June 22, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Jezreel De Jesus

Jezreel De Jesus

34-year old guard Jezreel De Jesus (185-G-1991) had an amazing evening in the last week for Leones de Ponce and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for week 26.
He had the game-high 35 points adding five rebounds and six assists for Ponce in his team's victory, helping them to beat Guaynabo (#5, 14-16) 95-88. Leones maintains the 4th position in their group in the Puerto Rican league. Ponce 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 13-18 record. In the team's last game De Jesus had a remarkable 54.5% from 2-point range and got six three-pointers out of 10 attempts. He just recently signed at Leones, being already a very valuable addition to the team. De Jesus has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in points (8th best: 18.9ppg) and averages solid 53.8% FGP.

Second best performed player last week was Travis Trice II (183-PG-1993) of league's second-best Criollos de Caguas. He is American guard in his first season at Caguas. In the last game Trice II recorded an impressive 35 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists. Bad luck as Criollos lost that game 99-107 to slightly higher-ranked Bayamon (#1, 21-11). It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the top position in Group B. Caguas still maintains its place in the top 2 of the standings, even despite this loss. His team's 18-11 record is not bad at all. Trice II is one of the most experienced players at Caguas and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 18.7ppg (#9). He also recorded 9.8 assists per game.

Third place about best performers goes to swingman Jassel Perez (195-G/F-2001) of league's leader Vaqueros de Bayamon. Perez got into 30-points club by scoring 32 points in the last week. He went also for five rebounds and five assists. He was a key player of Vaqueros, leading his team to a 107-99 win against #2 ranked Caguas. Bayamon confirms their top position in Group B. Their record at this point is 21 victories and 11 lost games. Perez has a very solid season. In 7 games in Puerto Rico he scored 22.9ppg. He also has 3.7apg, 2.4spg, a FGP of 61.3% and 3PT: 50.0%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Rigoberto Mendoza (191-SG-1992) of Aguada - 27 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists
5. Jameer Nelson Jr. (185-PG-2000) of Manati - 27 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists
6. Tremont Waters (180-PG-1998) of Carolina - 30 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists
7. Javier Ezquerra (185-G-2002) of Bayamon - 20 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists
8. Tyrell Harrison (214-C-1999) of Mayaguez - 22 points and 11 rebounds
9. Thomas Robinson (203-C-1991) of Ponce - 14 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Grant Basile (206-F-2000) of Quebradillas - 21 points, 13 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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