Lebanese WLBL round 15 best performance: Rebecca Akl

- February 7, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Rebecca Akl

Naturalized Brazilian Point guard Rebecca Akl (170-PG-1992) had a very impressive game in the last round for second-ranked Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 15.
The 31-year old player had a double-double of 16 points and 13 rebounds, while her team outclassed Champs (#4, 9-7) with 41-point margin 74-33. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Al Riyadi maintains the 2nd position in Lebanese WLBL. Al Riyadi has a very good season and are considered to have a run for the championship title. They improved their record to 15-1. Akl turned to be Al Riyadi's top player in her first season with the team. Rebecca Akl has solid league stats. She is in league's top in points (4th best: 16.5ppg) and averages impressive 3.3spg and 53.3% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was Stephany Haddad of Antranik Beirut. Haddad had a very good evening with a double-double of 18 points and 21 rebounds. Of course she led Antranik to another comfortable win 64-49 over the lower-ranked NSA (#8, 4-13) being unquestionably team leader. This victory allowed Antranik to move up to 5th position in the standings. Her team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 8-9 record. Haddad is a newcomer at Antranik and despite she is not a team leader yet, every game she becomes more reliable player. Hopefully performances like the last one will happen more often.

Third on the list of top players last round was another Al Riyadi's star - Reem El Ghali. Ghali scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. She was another key player of Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut, helping her team with a 74-33 easy win against #4 ranked Champs in a game of the week. Many experts and fans count Al Riyadi as a contender for championship title. Another victory and another confirmation that they may be right. Just look at their record: 15 victories and only one lost game. Ghali has a very solid season. In 16 games in Lebanon she scored 11.6ppg. She also has 6.7rpg and a FGP of 61.5%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Mathilda Khalil) of Almtayleb - 27 points and 4 rebounds
5. Aida Bakhos (178-F-1986) of Club Beirut - 19 points and 8 rebounds
6. Patil Assadourian (174-SG-2004) of Homentmen A. - 22 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Pia Khattar) of Chiyah - 10 points and 11 rebounds
8. Melody Saneh (F) of Club Beirut - 11 points and 5 rebounds
9. Melissa Chedid) of NSA - 14 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Lynn Mosleh) of Club Beirut - 10 points, 6 rebounds and 2 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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BEST SCORER

Rebecca Akl

16 PTS

13 REB

4 AST

15-1
Team W-L