Lebanese WLBL round 3 best performance: Maygen Naassan (by Hoops Agents)

- November 29, 2023

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Maygen Naassan

Forward Maygen Naassan (180-F-2006) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for top-ranked Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 3.
The 17-year old player was the main contributor (22 points) to her team's victory, helping them to outclass, the league's bottom-ranked team Antranik B. (#8, 0-3) with 66-point margin 97-31. It allowed Al Riyadi to take over top position in the Lebanese WLBL. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Al Riyadi already had a very good start winning all 3 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Naassan had a remarkable 75.0% from 2-point range. She turned to be Al Riyadi's top player in her first season with the team. Maygen Naassan has solid league stats. She is in league's top in points (8th best: 14.7ppg) and averages impressive 3.3spg,63.2% FGP and 45.5% from behind 3-point line.

The second best player in last round's games was Yasmina Samra of Almtayleb. Samra had a very good evening with 24 points and 6 assists. Of course she led Almtayleb to another comfortable win 64-51 over NSA (0-3) being unquestionably team leader. The season is still at the very beginning and this victory may help a lot. Let's wait for the next round. Samra is a newcomer at Almtayleb, but is already one of team's top players. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 21.0ppg (#2). Her other stats are also decent: 5.3rpg and 5.0apg.

Third on the list of top players last round was forward Melody Saneh (F) of league's second-best Sporting Club Beirut. Saneh scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds. She was a key player of Club Beirut, leading her team to a 59-42 easy win against #3 ranked Homentmen A. in a game of the week. Club Beirut started extremely well this year. They recorded 3 victories without losing a single game. Saneh turns to be one of the very best players in the league while she is also a leader of the top team having her eyes on the championship title. Saneh has a very solid season. In 3 games in Lebanon she scored 12.7ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Maria Nasr) of Taadod - 13 points and 7 rebounds
5. Aida Bakhos (178-F-1986) of Club Beirut - 11 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists
6. Nancy Maalouf (174-F-1988) of Champs - 12 points and 14 rebounds
7. Rebecca Akl (170-PG-1992) of Al Riyadi - 13 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists
8. Lara Nakib) of Hoops - 12 points and 6 rebounds
9. Catharina Imad) of Almtayleb - 9 points and 17 rebounds
10. Cynthia Jalikian) of Al Riyadi - 10 points, 5 rebounds and 3 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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