Matos number one in Uruguay LUB for round 9 (by Hoops Agents)

- November 13, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Jhery Matos

Jhery Matos

Dominican Rep. Shooting guard Jhery Matos (196-SG-1996) had a great game in the last round for Atletico Bigua Montevideo, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 9.
The 29-year old player had a double-double of 22 points and 10 rebounds, while his team beat U.Atletica (#8, 3-5) 84-78. Bigua is placed at 7th position in Uruguayan LUB. Bigua 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 4-4 record. In the team's last game Matos had a remarkable 71.4% from 2-point range. He turned to be Bigua's top player in his first season with the team. Former The University of North Carolina at Charlotte star has very solid stats this year. Matos is in league's top in points (9th best: 17.8ppg) and averages impressive 54.2% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was young American Admon Gilder (193-G-1995) of Atletico Cordon Montevideo. Gilder had a very good evening with 33 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. Bad luck as Cordon lost that game 84-97 to the higher-ranked Defensor (#5, 5-3). Cordon is still second from the bottom in the standings. 6 lost games are too many comparing to just two victories Cordon managed to get this year. Gilder is a newcomer at Cordon, but is already one of team's top players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 23.3ppg (#1). His other stats are also decent: 7.3rpg and 5.0apg.

Third on the list of top players last round was American guard Jahvari Josiah (193-G-1993) of Goes Montevideo (#11). Josiah showcased his all-around game by recording 23 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in the last round. He was a key player of Goes, leading his team to a 88-81 win against the higher-ranked Penarol (#2, 6-1). Josiah has a very solid season. In 4 games in Uruguay he scored 15.8ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Theo Metzger (200-C-1999) of Defensor - 23 points and 8 rebounds
5. Quatarrius Wilson (203-C/F-1996) of U.Atletica - 21 points and 12 rebounds
6. Agustin Zuvich (201-F/C-1995) of Aguada - 18 points and 6 rebounds
7. Travis Daniels (203-F-1992) of Urunday - 13 points and 17 rebounds
8. Nestor Colmenares (200-C-1987) of Defensor - 19 points and 7 rebounds
9. Alvaro Pena (197-SG-1995) of Welcome - 14 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists
10. Santiago Vescovi (191-G-2001) of Penarol - 21 points, 7 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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