Maupin's double-double lands her Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- January 16, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Emily Maupin

Emily Maupin

26-year old American forward Emily Maupin (192-F-1999) had a great game in the last round for second-ranked Taiyuan Textile and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 4.
She had a double-double of 20 points and 16 rebounds, while her team edged out Chunghua T. (#3, 1-3) 55-53. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Taiyuan Textile is placed at 2nd position in Taiwanese WSBL. Taiyuan T. is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or a little bit lower in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 2-2 record. In the team's last game Maupin had a remarkable three three-pointers out of 6 attempts. She just recently signed at Taiyuan Textile and it was her first game, where she immediately became new team's leader.

Second best performed player last round was Oshlynn Brown (185-F) of Chunghua Telecom. She is American forward in her first season at Chunghua T.. In the last game Brown recorded an impressive double-double of 26 points and 13 rebounds. Bad luck as Chunghwa Telecom was edged by slightly higher-ranked Taiyuan T. (#2, 2-2) 55-53. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Chunghua T. still maintains its place in the top 3 of the standings, even despite this loss. 3 lost games are too many comparing to just one victory Chunghwa Telecom managed to get this year. Brown 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 18.3ppg (#1). She also registered 12.5 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to center Yu-Wen Hsiao (184-C-2005) of league's leader Cathay Life Tigers. Hsiao scored 8 points and grabbed 13 rebounds (!!!). She was a key player of Tigers, leading her team to a 63-56 win against #4 ranked Taipower. Cathay Life started extremely well this year. They recorded 4 victories without losing a single game. Hsiao turns to be one of the very best players in the league while she is also a leader of the top team having her eyes on the championship title. Hsiao has a great season in Taiwan. After only 4 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 14.0ppg (2nd best) and rebounds with 16.5rpg (#1 in league).

Other top performing players last week:
4. I-Hsiu Cheng (178-SF-1993) of Cathay Life - 6 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists
5. Hsin-Yu Liu (180-F-1998) of Cathay Life - 8 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists
6. Yi-Ting Dai (175-G-1995) of Taipower - 16 points and 7 rebounds
7. Ching Zhuo (172-F-1997) of Taiyuan T. - 10 points and 4 rebounds
8. Yu-Lien Hsu (177-F-1997) of Cathay Life - 14 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Ling-Chuan Huang (175-F-1994) of Cathay Life - 13 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Szu-Chin Pan (170-G-1992) of Chunghua T. - 10 points, 5 rebounds and 4 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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