Kemp's 27 points and 6 rebounds give him Player of the Week award

- January 9, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Maurice Kemp

Maurice Kemp

34-year old American power forward Maurice Kemp (203-PF-1991) had a very impressive game in the last round for league's best team Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 15.
He had the game-high 27 points adding six rebounds and three assists for Al Riyadi in his team's victory, helping them to crush, the league's bottom-ranked team Al Wahda (#6, 0-5) with 24-point margin 113-89. It allowed Al Riyadi to take over top position in the West Asia Super League. Al Riyadi have a solid 4-1 record. Kemp turned to be Al Riyadi's top player in his first season with the team. Maurice Kemp averages this season 19.0ppg and 7.4rpg.

Second best performed player last round was James Justice (178-SG-1989) of Al Wahda Damascus. He is American guard in his first season at Al Wahda. In the last game Justice recorded an impressive double-double of 29 points and 10 assists. Bad luck as Al Wahda lost that game 89-113 to the higher-ranked Al Riyadi (#1, 4-1). Al Wahda managed to keep the same 6th spot in the standings. 5 lost games are too many considering they did not win any game. Justice is a newcomer at Al Wahda and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 25.8ppg (#3). His other stats are also decent: 5.8rpg and 5.8apg.

Third place about best performers goes to another Al Riyadi's star - Nuni Omot (204-SF-1994). Omot scored 17 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. He was another key player of Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut, helping his team with a 113-89 easy win against Al Wahda (#6, 0-5). Al Riyadi confirms their top position in the standings. The season just started for Omot as he played only first game. But it already looks like he can be another team's leader.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Perrin Buford (198-F-1994) of Al Riyadi - 14 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Hayk Gyokchyan (203-F-1990) of Al Riyadi - 11 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists
6. Amir Saoud (187-G-1991) of Al Riyadi - 15 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Ali Mansour (185-G-1998) of Al Riyadi - 12 points, 2 rebounds and 11 assists
8. Falando Jones (193-SF-1990) of Al Wahda - 18 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Christian Maran (196-F-1998) of Al Wahda - 12 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists
10. Bilal Tabbara (198-PF-1993) of Al Riyadi - 13 points

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 : MAURICE KEMP, SPORTING AL RIYADI BEIRUT, LEBANESE BASKETBALL, , WEST ASIA SUPER LEAGUE