Ebanks' 34-point game gives him Player of the Week award

33-year old forward Devin Ebanks (206-F-1989, agency: Interperformances) had a great game in the last round for league's best team Al Ahly and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 9.
He had the game-high 34 points adding eight rebounds and seven assists for Al Ahly in his team's victory, helping them to outclass Ohod (#4, 7-3) with 26-point margin 106-80. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. 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. It's already very far into the season and Al Ahly keeps a perfect 10-0 record. In the team's last game Ebanks had a remarkable 84.6% from 2-point range and got three 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 (5th best: 26.5ppg) and averages solid 54.4% FGP and 46.4% from behind 3-point line.

Second best performed player last round was Andrey Semenov (200-F-1990) of Al Adalah. He is Russian forward in his first season at Al Adalah. In the last game Semenov recorded impressive double-double of 27 points and 17 rebounds. Of course he led Al Adalah to another comfortable win outscoring the lower-ranked Al Ansar (#11, 1-9) 90-70. Al Adalah's 8th position in the standings has not changed. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 3-7 record. Semenov is a newcomer at Al Adalah and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 26.0ppg (#8). He also registered 13.2 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Clinton Chapman (208-F/C-1989) of Al Hilal (#7). Chapman got into 30-points club by scoring 37 points in the last round. He went also for fifteen rebounds . He was a key player of Al Hilal, leading his team to a 108-74 easy win against slightly lower-ranked Deba (#9, 3-7). Al Hilal needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 6 victories and 4 lost games. Chapman has a great season in Saudi Arabia. After 10 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 28.6ppg (2nd best) and rebounds with 12.1rpg (8th best). He also has 1.8bpg, FGP: 63.3% and 3PT: 46.2%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Charles Rhodes (203-F/C-1985) of Ittihad - 22 points and 16 rebounds
5. Anthony McClain (211-C-1988) of Al Salam - 14 points, 23 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Deandre Liggins (198-F-1988) of Al Ahly - 29 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists
7. Nick Stover (198-F-1993) of Al Salam - 29 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists
8. Unique McLean (188-G) of Deba - 32 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists
9. Vladyslav Koreniuk (210-C-1994) of Deba - 24 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Chauncey Collins (183-PG-1995) of Al Wehda - 34 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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Tags : DEVIN EBANKS, AL AHLY JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIAN BASKETBALL