Xavier's 27 points and 6 rebounds give him Hoops Agents Metropolitan Player of the Week award

Ignacio Xavier

Forward Ignacio Xavier (196-F, agency: Pro Sports) had an amazing evening in the last round for league's best team Cordon and receives a Hoops Agents Metropolitan Player of the Week award for round 11.
He had the game-high 27 points adding six rebounds for Cordon in his team's victory, helping them to outclass U.Atletica (#7, 7-4) with 28-point margin 100-72. It allowed Cordon to take over top position in the Uruguayan Metropolitan. Cordon have a solid 9-2 record. In the team's last game Xavier had a remarkable 66.7% from 2-point range. He turned to be Cordon's top player in his first season with the team. Xavier has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in points (5th best: 19.1ppg) and averages solid 57.8% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Lenny Daniel (203-C-1987) of Stockolmo. He is American center in his first season at Stockolmo. In the last game Daniel recorded impressive double-double of 27 points and 10 rebounds. Bad luck as Stockolmo lost that game 74-84 to the higher-ranked O.Mundial (#9, 5-6). The game was between two teams which are definitely not main contenders for the title. Stockolmo dropped in the standings to second-to-the-bottom (13th) position. 9 lost games are too many comparing to just two victories Stockolmo managed to get this year. Daniel is a newcomer at Stockolmo and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 16.3ppg (#9). He also registered 9.1 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Matias Nicoletti (193-F-1994) of San Telmo RS (#10). Nicoletti showcased his all-around game by recording 22 points, fifteen rebounds (!!!) and five assists in the last round. He was a key player of San Telmo RS, leading his team to a 90-84 win against the lower-ranked Verdirrojo (#14, 2-9). San Telmo RS can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have rather bad season and 3-8 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Nicoletti has a very solid season. In 11 games in Uruguay he scored 13.0ppg. He also has 5.7rpg and 3.6apg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Gianfranco Espindola (196-F-1999) of Colon - 17 points and 14 rebounds
5. Ricardo Glenn (203-C-1990) of Tabare - 13 points and 21 rebounds
6. Dennis McKinney (193-F-1998) of 25 de Agosto - 26 points and 7 rebounds
7. Facundo Terra (185-G-1998) of Stockolmo - 22 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists
8. Diego Tortajada (202-C-1993) of 25 de Agosto - 14 points and 10 rebounds
9. Eduardo Vasirani (206-C-1991) of Cordon - 14 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Brian Garcia (182-PG) of Verdirrojo - 19 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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