Kuzmina-Yagodkina's double-double lands her Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- February 6, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Tamara Kuzmina-Yagodkina

Tamara Kuzmina-Yagodkina

35-year old forward Tamara Kuzmina-Yagodkina (182-F-1990) put on an amazing game in the last round for league's best team Astana Tigers-KazATU and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 22.
She had a double-double of 33 points and 12 rebounds, while her team crushed Zhetysu (#7, 2-12) with 20-point margin 88-68. It allowed Tigers to consolidate first place in the Kazakhstan D1. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. It's already very far into the season and Tigers keeps a perfect 14-0 record. In the team's last game Kuzmina-Yagodkina had a remarkable 68.4% from 2-point range. She has many years of experience at Tigers, through which she has constantly improved. Tamara Kuzmina-Yagodkina averages this season 14.9ppg and 5.8rpg.

Second best performed player last round was Karakat Satzhanova (185-F-2008). She is a forward in her second season at Tigers. In the last game Satzhanova recorded an impressive 21 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists. Of course together with Kuzmina-Yagodkina she helped Astana Tigers-KazATU with another comfortable win outscoring the lower-ranked Zhetysu (#7, 2-12) 78-49. Of course Tigers still keep the league's top spot. She plays for the best team in the league and Tigers managed to win all 14 games keeping a perfect record. Satzhanova is well-known at Tigers and together with Tamara Kuzmina-Yagodkina she already established her position as one of the team's leaders.

Third place about best performers goes to center Maria Aristova (188-C-2006) of Barsy Atyrau (#5). Aristova scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. She was a key player of Barsy Atyrau, leading her team to a 81-68 easy win against slightly lower-ranked Caspiy Aktau (#6, 3-13). Aristova has a very solid season. In 4 games in Kazakhstan she scored 11.5ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Oksana Nurbaeva (188-C-1990) of Tigers - 17 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists
5. Polina Ponkratova) of Barsy Atyrau - 30 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists
6. Elvira Mirsagatova (169-PG-2003) of Tigers - 12 points, 4 rebounds and 13 assists
7. Vira Cherkaska (184-F-2002) of Caspiy Aktau - 25 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Dariya Kovaleva (174-G/F-2002) of Zhetysu - 11 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists
9. Altynshash Zinabdin (165-PG-1999) of Barsy Atyrau - 8 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists
10. Tamila Zhakipova (182-F/C-2000) of Barsy Atyrau - 14 points and 16 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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