Wesley number one in Mongolia MBL for round 20 (by Hoops Agents)

- January 24, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Shamorie Ponds

B Wesley had a very impressive game in the last round for BIM Bishrelt Metal Ulaanbaatar, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 20.
The player was the main contributor (27 points, eight rebounds and seven assists) to his team's victory, helping them to outclass Brothers (#5, 9-8) with 33-point margin 94-61. Metal maintains the 4th position in Mongolian MBL. Metal is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or a little bit lower in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 11-9 record. In the team's last game Wesley had a remarkable 62.5% from 2-point range. He turned to be Metal's top player in his first season with the team. B Wesley has solid league stats. He is in league's top in points (6th best: 21.6ppg) and averages impressive 57.7% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was young American Shamorie Ponds (185-G-1998) of Erdenet Miners. Ponds had a very good evening with 36 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. It was enough for Miners to edge slightly lower-ranked Bison (#10, 5-16) 95-91. Miners' 8th position in the standings has not changed. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 9-12 record. Ponds is a newcomer at Miners, but is already one of team's top players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 22.9ppg (#5). His other stats are also decent: 4.7rpg and 3.3apg.

Third on the list of top players last round was American forward Justin Moss (203-F/C-1993) of Nalaikh Bison (#10). Moss scored 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Despite Moss' great performance the Bizon lost 91-95 to slightly higher-ranked Miners (#8, 9-12). But his team cannot count on just a single shooter as he also needs help of the other teammates. Bison can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have extremely bad season and 5-16 record places them at the very bottom of the standings. Moss has individually a great season in Mongolia. After 11 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 30.4ppg (best scorer) and rebounds with 9.1rpg (4th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Ahmad Gilbert (200-F-1996) of Selenge - 25 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists
5. Pendarvis Williams (198-G-1991) of Knights - 20 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists
6. Maxie Esho (206-F/C-1991) of Miners - 22 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Devon Scott (205-F/C-1994) of Metal - 18 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists
8. Kyree Walker (198-C-2000) of Bison - 22 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists
9. Terran Petteway (198-F-1992) of Darkhan - 24 points and 6 rebounds
10. Dulguunmurun Davaadorj (193-G/F-1999) of Knights - 21 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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