Ebanks' double-double lands him Player of the Week award

33-year old forward Devin Ebanks (206-F-1989) had an amazing evening in the last round for league's best team Al Ahly and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 6.
He had a double-double of 37 points and 13 rebounds, while his team beat Al-Taawon (#12, 1-5) 88-82. It allowed Al Ahly to consolidate first place in the Saudi Arabian league. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Al Ahly already had a very good start winning all 6 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Ebanks had a remarkable 72.7% from 2-point range and got four three-pointers out of 6 attempts. He turned to be Al Ahly's top player in his first season with the team. West Virginia University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Ebanks is in league's top in points (4th best: 29.3ppg) and averages solid 55.8% FGP and 51.6% from behind 3-point line.

Second best performed player last round was Mohamed Harat (198-F-1990) of league's second-best Al Fateh. He is Algerian forward in his first season at Al Fateh. In the last game Harat recorded impressive double-double of 29 points and 10 rebounds. Of course Al Fateh cruised to a 93-86 relatively comfortable win over the lower-ranked Al Ansar (#10, 1-5). This victory allowed Al Fateh to move up to second position in the standings. His team lost just one game this season, while they won 5 matches. Harat is a newcomer at Al Fateh and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 29.2ppg (#5). His other stats are also decent: 16.0rpg and 5.2apg.

Third place about best performers goes to center Anthony Moe (206-C-1990) of Al Ansar (#10). Moe scored 29 points and grabbed eighteen rebounds (!!!). Despite Moe's great performance Al Ansar lost 86-93 to the higher-ranked Al Fateh (#2, 5-1). But his team cannot count on just a single shooter as he also needs help of the other teammates. Al Ansar can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have rather bad season and 1-5 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Moe has a very solid season. In 2 games in Saudi Arabia he scored 22.5ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Anthony McClain (211-C-1988) of Al Salam - 24 points and 15 rebounds
5. Aleksandar Marelja (207-F/C-1992) of Al-Taawon - 28 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists
6. Milko Bjelica (207-F-1984) of Al Ittihad - 24 points and 15 rebounds
7. Gerard Tarin (206-F-1996) of Al Ansar - 32 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists
8. Mohammed Alsaqer) of Al Fateh - 26 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists
9. Omar Abada (189-PG-1993) of Al Ittihad - 25 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists
10. Nick Stover (198-F-1993) of Al Salam - 21 points, 10 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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Tags : DEVIN EBANKS, AL AHLY JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIAN BASKETBALL