Best players of Japanese B3 League round 45

- March 12, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Muusa Dama

Muusa Dama

Beninese Muusa Dama (207-C/F-1996, agency: Blacktop Management) had a very impressive game in the last round for Kagawa Five Arrows and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents B3 League Player of the Week award for round 45.
The 27-year old had a double-double of 33 points and 10 rebounds, while his team edged out Fukui B. (#1, 38-4) 84-82. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Five Arrows maintains the 3rd position in Japanese B3 League. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Kagawa will need more victories to improve their 32-10 record. Dama turned to be Five Arrows's top player in his first season with the team. Eastern Illinois University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Dama is in league's top in rebounds (9th best: 9.5rpg) and averages solid 59.7% FGP.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young American Andrew Fitzgerald (202-C/F-1990, agency: Octagon Europe) of Tachikawa Dice. Fitzgerald impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 30 points and 10 rebounds. Bad luck as Tachikawa was edged by the lower-ranked Shinagawa (#14, 15-29) 89-85. Tachikawa managed to keep the same 8th spot in the standings. His team lost some distance to top teams. But a 23-21 record is not bad and everything may still change. Fitzgerald is a newcomer at Tachikawa and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 24.8ppg (#1). He also registered 8.4 boards per game.

The third best performed player last round was American Deandre Abram (203-F-1997) of Yamaguch Pats Five (#15). Abram scored 26 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. He was a key player of Pats Five, leading his team to a 88-78 win against slightly higher-ranked Okayama (#13, 16-28). The chances of Yamaguchi not to end season at such low position in the league, however are less than slim as they have already lost 29 games, recording just fifteen victories. With bigger assistance of his teammates, Abram could try to bring Yamaguchi's a little bit higher in the standings. Abram has individually a great season in Japan. After 44 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 18.8ppg (9th best). He also has 1.2bpg and a FGP of 55.0%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Kyle Richardson (200-PF-1991) of Kagoshima - 22 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Jacob Lampkin (206-F-1996) of Tokyo Z - 20 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists
6. Maxie Esho (206-F/C-1991) of Saitama - 18 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists
7. Tim Guers (190-G-1996) of Kagoshima - 20 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Andrew Randall (198-F-1990) of Kagawa FA - 18 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists
9. Will Creekmore (205-C-1989) of Saitama - 19 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Renaldo Dixon (206-C-1990) of Shinagawa - 21 points, 4 rebounds and 5 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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BEST SCORER

Muusa Dama

33 PTS

10 REB

32-10
Team W-L