Scott's 49-point game gives him Player of the Week award

- January 11, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Antwan Scott

31-year old American guard Antwan Scott (185-G-1992) put on an amazing game in the last round for Al Hilal Riyadh and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 12.
He had the game-high 49 points adding two rebounds and five assists for Al Hilal in his team's victory, helping them to outclass, the league's bottom-ranked team Al Taawoun (#12, 0-11) with 30-point margin 114-84. Al Hilal is placed at 3rd position in Saudi Arabian league. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Al Hilal will need more victories to improve their 9-3 record. In the team's last game Scott had a remarkable 84.6% from 2-point range and got six three-pointers out of 8 attempts. He turned to be Al Hilal's top player in his first season with the team. Colorado State University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Scott is in league's top in points (5th best: 24.5ppg) and averages solid 2.4spg,59.3% FGP and 42.4% from behind 3-point line.

Second best performed player last round was Markus Loncar (213-C-1996) of Al Taawoun. He is Bosnia and Herzegovina center in his first season at Al Taawoun. In the last game Loncar recorded an impressive double-double of 25 points and 17 rebounds. Bad luck as Al Taawoun lost that game 84-114 to the higher-ranked Al Hilal (#3, 9-3). This loss caused Al Taawoun to slide to the very bottom (12) position in the standings. 11 lost games are too many considering they did not win any game. Loncar is a newcomer at Al Taawoun and quickly became one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Wayne Chism (206-PF-1987) of Al Salam (#9). Chism scored 29 points and grabbed 15 rebounds (!!!). He was a key player of Al Salam, leading his team to a 76-72 win against the higher-ranked Al Wehda (#6, 7-5). The chances of Al Salam not to end season at such low position in the league, however are less than slim as they have already lost 8 games, recording just four victories. With bigger assistance of his teammates, Chism could try to bring Al Salam's a little bit higher in the standings. Chism has individually a great season in Saudi Arabia. After 10 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 13.8rpg (#1 in league).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Latavious Williams (203-F/C-1989) of Ittihad - 26 points, 19 rebounds and 3 assists
5. Devin Gilmore (200-F/C-1997) of Al Taawoun - 25 points
6. Nobel Boungou-Colo (202-F-1988) of Al Khaleej - 18 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists
7. James Edwards Jr. (211-C-1997) of Ittihad - 19 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists
8. Brandon Spearman (191-G/F-1991) of Al Salam - 31 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists
9. Mamadou Samb (210-C/F-1989) of Al Wehda - 10 points and 15 rebounds
10. Mohammed Al-hezam) of Al Khaleej - 17 points, 7 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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