Hall's 30-point game gives him Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- January 28, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Darius Hall

American Guard Darius Hall (188-G) had an amazing evening in the last round for second-ranked Al Ahli Jeddah and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 11.
He had the game-high 30 points adding eight rebounds for Al Ahli in his team's victory, helping them to outclass, the league's bottom-ranked team Al Khewaildia (#10, 0-12) with 60-point margin 109-49. Al Ahli maintains the 2nd position in Saudi Arabian league. Al Ahli has a very good season and are considered to have a run for the championship title. They improved their record to 11-1. In the team's last game Hall had a remarkable 83.3% from 2-point range. He turned to be Al Ahli's top player in his first season with the team. Darius Hall averages this season 18.8ppg and 6.9rpg.

Second best performed player last round was Kenny Hayes (189-G-1987) of Ohod Medina. He is American guard in his first season at Ohod. In the last game Hayes recorded an impressive 29 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists. Of course he led Ohod to another comfortable win 97-84 over Al Safa (3-9) being unquestionably team leader. Ohod's 7th position in the standings has not changed. 9 lost games are too many comparing to just three victories Ohod managed to get this year. Hayes is a newcomer at Ohod and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 23.5ppg (#4). He also recorded 4.2 assists per game.

Third place about best performers goes to another Al Ahli's star - forward Devin Ebanks (206-F-1989). Ebanks scored 20 points and grabbed 15 rebounds (!!!). He was another key player of Al Ahli Jeddah, helping his team with a 109-49 easy win against Al Khewaildia (#10, 0-12). Many experts and fans count Al Ahli as a contender for championship title. Another victory and another confirmation that they may be right. Just look at their record: 11 victories and only one lost game. Ebanks has a great season in Saudi Arabia. After only 9 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 21.6ppg (9th best) and rebounds with 9.7rpg (7th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Keron DeShields (190-PG-1992) of Al Ittihad - 25 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists
5. Suleiman Braimoh (203-PF-1989) of Al Ittihad - 20 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Mohammed Alsuwailem (211-C-1998) of Al-Ula - 11 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists
7. Khalid Abdel-Gabar (188-G-1990) of Al Ahli - 14 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists
8. Cedrick Alley Jr. (198-F) of Al Safa - 20 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists
9. Shadell Millinghaus (188-G-1994) of Al Fateh - 20 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists
10. Osama Alzahrani) of Ohod - 27 points, 5 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 : DARIUS HALL, AL AHLI JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIAN BASKETBALL, , WEST ASIA SUPER LEAGUE