Kell III's 46-point game gives him Player of the Week award

- February 17, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Trey Kell III

Trey Kell III

29-year old SYR-USAn guard Trey Kell III (193-G-1996, agency: Slash Sports) had a great game in the last round for Toyama Grouses and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 39.
He had the game-high 46 points adding three rebounds and four assists for Toyama G. in his team's victory, helping them to crush Hokkaido L. (#4, 27-12) with 22-point margin 115-93. Grouses maintains the 13th position in their group in the Japanese league. Too late to salvage the team, which is currently ranked such low. They already lost 29 games and recorded just ten victories. In the team's last game Kell III had a remarkable 72.7% from 2-point range and got seven three-pointers out of 12 attempts. He turned to be Grouses's top player in his first season with the team. San Diego State University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Kell III is in league's top in points (2nd best: 23.3ppg) and averages solid 51.2% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Nassir Little (199-F-2000, agency: Pensack Sports) of Chiba Jets. He is American forward in his first season at Chiba Jets. In the last game Little recorded an impressive 46 points and 7 rebounds. Bad luck as Jets lost that game 94-104 to the lower-ranked San-en NP (#8, 20-19). This loss caused Chiba Jets to drop to 3rd position in East. His team's 27-12 record is not bad at all. Little is a newcomer at Chiba Jets and quickly became one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Dwayne Evans (201-F-1992, agency: Pensack Sports) of Hiroshima Dragonflies (#5). Evans showcased his all-around game by recording 24 points, 11 rebounds (!!!) and 10 assists (!!!) in the last round. He was a key player of Dragonflies, leading his team to a 104-89 easy win against the lower-ranked Shiga L-Stars (#11, 13-26). Hiroshima D. needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams in West. Their record at this point is 23 victories and 16 lost games. Evans has a very solid season. In 39 games in Japan he scored 15.9ppg. He also has 7.7rpg, 4.8apg and a FGP of 56.8%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Ryan Rossiter (206-F-1989) of Alvark Tokyo - 7 points, 16 rebounds and 14 assists
5. Stanley Johnson (201-SF-1996) of Nagasaki - 34 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Yannick Wetzell (206-C-1996) of Akita NH - 30 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists
7. David Nwaba (195-G/F-1993) of San-en NP - 27 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists
8. David Dudzinski (205-PF-1992) of Saga B. - 33 points and 4 rebounds
9. DJ Newbill (193-G-1992) of Tochigi Brex - 26 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists
10. Jarrett Culver (198-G-1999) of Sendai 89ers - 26 points, 7 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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