Lampkin's 24 points and 6 rebounds give him B3 League Player of the Week award

- March 3, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Jacob Lampkin

Jacob Lampkin

29-year old American forward Jacob Lampkin (206-F-1996) had an amazing evening in the last round for league's best team Kagawa Five Arrows and receives a Hoops Agents B3 League Player of the Week award for round 41.
He had the game-high 24 points adding six rebounds and four assists for Kagawa FA in his team's victory, helping them to beat Gifu (#8, 18-20) 87-75. It allowed Five Arrows to take over top position in the Japanese B3 League. Kagawa have a solid 31-7 record. In the team's last game Lampkin had a remarkable 75.0% from 2-point range. He turned to be Five Arrows's top player in his first season with the team. Jacob Lampkin averages this season 13.4ppg and 7.6rpg.

Second best performed player last round was Jeremy Combs (201-F/C-1995) of Earthfriends Tokyo Z. He is American forward in his first season at Tokyo Z. In the last game Combs recorded an impressive double-double of 24 points and 11 rebounds. Bad luck as Earthfriends lost that game 86-102 to the higher-ranked Saitama (#2, 31-9). Tokyo Z is still in a red zone at 12th spot in the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 13-27 record. Combs is a newcomer at Tokyo Z and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 19.0ppg (#5). He also registered 8.7 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Taren Sullivan (198-F-1995) of Tokyo Hachioji Trains (#7). Sullivan scored 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Despite Sullivan's great performance the Hachioji Trains lost 85-98 to slightly higher-ranked Niigata A. (#5, 24-16). But his team cannot count on just a single shooter as he also needs help of the other teammates. The last thing Tokyo needs is to lose another game like this one. They lose more and more distance to the top teams. Their record is 21 victories and 19 lost games. Sullivan has a great season in Japan. After 40 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in assists with 4.6apg (3rd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Victor Hart (203-F-2001) of Shinagawa - 23 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists
5. LJ Peak (196-F/G-1996) of Tachikawa - 22 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists
6. Kennedy Meeks (208-F-1995) of Saitama - 25 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Josh Scott (210-C/F-1993) of Okayama - 8 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Rokas Gustys (206-F/C-1994) of Tachikawa - 14 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Trent Buttrick (206-F-1998) of Saitama - 15 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
10. BJ Mack (203-F-2000) of Niigata A. - 17 points and 6 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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