Japanese B3 League round 26 best performance: Rhys Vague

- December 29, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Rhys Vague

Rhys Vague

Australian Forward Rhys Vague (206-F-1996) had an amazing evening in the last round for Tokyo United, receiving a Hoops Agents B3 League Player of the Week award for round 26.
The 29-year old player had a double-double of 23 points and 11 rebounds, while his team beat Tachikawa (#7, 13-11) 92-83. United maintains the 10th position in Japanese B3 League. Tokyo Utd is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 9-17 record. It's Vague's second year at United and it's hard to imagine this team without him. Rhys Vague averages this season 13.7ppg and 8.2rpg.

The second best player in last round's games was young American Jacob Polakovich (208-C-2000) of Shanan United. Polakovich had a very good evening with a double-double of 20 points and 17 rebounds. It was enough for United to edge the lower-ranked Yamaguchi (#14, 8-20) 87-82. This victory allowed Shanan Utd to move up to 8th position in the standings. His team lost some distance to top teams. But a 13-13 record is not bad and everything may still change. Polakovich is a newcomer at Shanan Utd, but is already one of team's top players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 20.3ppg (#4). He also registered 12.4 boards per game.

Third on the list of top players last round was American Andrew Fitzgerald (202-C/F-1990, agency: Octagon Europe) of Tachikawa Dice (#7). Fitzgerald scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds (!!!). Despite Fitzgerald's great performance the Dice lost 83-92 to the lower-ranked Tokyo Utd (#10, 9-17). But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates. The last thing Tachikawa needs is to lose another game like this one. They lose more and more distance to the top teams. Their record is 13 victories and 11 lost games. Fitzgerald has a great season in Japan. After 24 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 19.7ppg (5th best). He also has a FGP of 56.3% and 3PT: 45.0%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Tucker Haymond (195-G-1994) of Kagawa FA - 23 points and 9 rebounds
5. Hiroki Higashi (184-PG-1995) of Tokyo Utd - 21 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Taren Sullivan (198-F-1995) of Tokyo HT - 27 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists
7. TJ Nesmith (206-F-2001) of Saitama - 9 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Takaya Iju (179-PG-1993) of Shanan Utd - 17 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists
9. Josh Scott (210-C/F-1993) of Okayama - 7 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Christian Cunningham (201-F-1997) of Shanan Utd - 17 points and 5 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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