Marie Guelich gets MVP of the Week award for Taiwanese WSBL (by Hoops Agents)

- March 10, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Marie Guelich

Marie Guelich

Experienced German Marie Guelich (194-C-1994) had a great game in the last round for league's leader Taiyuan Textile and that's her to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 4.
The 30-year old center had a double-double of 22 points and 13 rebounds, while her team edged out Taipower (#4, 0-12), the league's bottom-ranked team 73-71. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. It allowed Taiyuan Textile to consolidate first place in the Taiwanese WSBL. Taiyuan T. has a very good season and are considered to have a run for the championship title. They improved their record to 11-1. Guelich just recently signed at Taiyuan Textile, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Oregon State University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Guelich is league's best scorer averaging so far 15.4ppg and leads league in rebounds with 10.5rpg. Guelich is in league's top in assists (5th best: 2.6apg) and averages solid 1.8bpg and 61.8% FGP.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young international guard Hui-Ju Liu (163-G-1996) of Chunghua Telecom. Liu impressed basketball fans with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists. It was enough for Chunghwa Telecom to edge Taipower (#4, 0-12) by 4 points 71-67. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Chunghua T. consolidated its place in top 3 of the standings. Her team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 4-8 record. Liu is one of the most experienced players at Chunghua T. and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 10.5ppg (#7).

The third best performed player last round was Yu-Wen Hsiao (184-C-2005) of second-ranked Cathay Life Tigers. Hsiao scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. She was a key player of Cathay Life, leading her team to a 76-53 easy win against #4 ranked Taipower. Cathay Life needs these victories very badly if they think about taking over top position in the standings. Their record at this point is 9 victories and 3 lost games. Hsiao has a great season in Taiwan. After 12 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 8.8ppg (9th best) and rebounds with 7.9rpg (4th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Tieh Lin (182-C-1999) of Taiyuan T. - 21 points and 7 rebounds
5. Penina Davidson (190-F-1995) of Cathay Life - 13 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Qin-Yu Huang) of Taipower - 12 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists
7. Rui-Zhen Song) of Taipower - 13 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Yi-Wen Zhang (173-PF-1996) of Taipower - 20 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists
9. Szu-Chin Pan (170-G-1992) of Chunghua T. - 11 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Wen-Yu Lin (180-C-1995) of Taiyuan T. - 25 points and 5 rebounds

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)

The Player of the Week awards are presented by Hoops Agents. Hoops Agents is the most complete website about the agencies and players they represent. With more than twenty years of experience, Hoops Agents is already recognized as the most reliable destination for the players who wish to continue their career in professional basketball and are searching for a reputable and connected representation. Hoops Agents is also most complete source of transactions news.

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