30-year old guard Mia Fisher (175-G-82) put on an amazing game in the last round for Castors Braine and receives a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 17. She had the game-high 32 points adding two rebounds and three assists for Castors Braine in her team's victory, helping them to beat Waregem (#3, 12-4) 79-69. Castors Braine maintains the 6th position in Belgian Division I. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Castors Braine will need more victories to improve their 10-7 record. Fisher turned to be Castors Braine's top player in her first season with the team. Univ. of California-Santa Barbara graduate has very impressive stats this year. Fisher is in league's top in points (3rd best: 18.0ppg), assists (2nd best: 3.4apg) and averages solid 2.5spg and 62.2% FGP.
Second best performed player last round was Julie Wojta (183-G/F-89, agency: LBM Management) of league's second-best Belfius Namur. She is American swingman in her first season at Belfius Namur. In the last game Wojta recorded impressive 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Of course she lead Belfius Namur to another comfortable win outscoring the lower-ranked Blue Cats (#11, 2-14) 74-53. Belfius Namur's second position in the standings has not changed. Her team lost just two games this season, while they won 14 matches. Wojta is a newcomer at Belfius Namur and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 15.7ppg (#7). She also registered 10.9 boards per game.
Third place about best performers goes to center Erica Davis (191-C-85, agency: LBM Management) of Point Chaud (#5). Davis scored 26 points and grabbed thirteen rebounds (!!!). She was a key player of Point Chaud, leading her team to a 83-69 easy win against slightly lower-ranked Willebroek (#7, 6-10). Point Chaud needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 11 victories and 5 lost games. Davis has a great season in Belgium. After 16 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 17.2ppg (4th best) and rebounds with 12.1rpg (#1 in league).
Other top performing players last week: 4. Laurence Van Malderen (192-C-81) of Belfius Namur - 17 points and 6 rebounds 5. Tamara Van Respaille (186-C-77) of Tulikivi Deerlijk - 10 points and 10 rebounds 6. Celia Menendez (188-C-90) of Spirou Monceau - 13 points and 9 rebounds 7. Marjorie Carpreaux (165-PG-87) of Houthalen - 15 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists 8. Hind Ben Abdelkader (170-PG-95) of Sint Katelijne - 24 points 9. Djenebou Sissoko (185-F/C-82) of Belfius Namur - 16 points and 10 rebounds 10. Stefka Miteva (190-C-89) of Blue Cats - 10 points and 6 rebounds
The Player of the week is chosen 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)
Eurobasket.com All-Belgian League Awards 2013 - May 17, 2013
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Eurobasket.com All-Belgian League 1st Team 2013
Ben Abdelkader
Leemans
Wojta
Bekkering
Sissoko
Player of the Year: Djenebou Sissoko (185-F/C-82) of Belfius Namur
Guard of the Year: Hind Ben Abdelkader (170-PG-95) of Sint Katelijne
Forward of the Year: Julie Wojta (6'0''-G/F-89) of S [read more]
Eurobasket.com All-Belgian League 1st Team 2013
Ben Abdelkader
Leemans
Wojta
Bekkering
Sissoko
Player of the Year: Djenebou Sissoko (185-F/C-82) of Belfius Namur Guard of the Year: Hind Ben Abdelkader (170-PG-95) of Sint Katelijne Forward of the Year: Julie Wojta (6'0''-G/F-89) of S.Antonio SS Center of the Year: Djenebou Sissoko (185-F/C-82) of Belfius Namur Rookie of the Year: Kyara Linskens (189-C-96) of Sint Katelijne Import Player of the Year: Djenebou Sissoko (185-F/C-82) of Belfius Namur Domestic Player of the Year: Hind Ben Abdelkader (170-PG-95) of Sint Katelijne Bosman Player of the Year: Janelle Bekkering (181-SF-88) of Kangoeroes-B. Defensive Player of the Year: Marjorie Carpreaux (165-PG-87) of Castors Braine Coach of the Year: Julian Alman Martinez of Belfius Namur
Maja Vucurovic (188-F-91) stays with Waregem for another season. The Serbian player will continue in Belgium in 2013/2014 season.
Last year Declercq Stortbeton Waregem announced signing of Maja Vucurovic ,The Belgian team inked a deal with young Serbian forward Maja Vucurovic .The 22-year-old player finished 2011 season with Romanian BCT Alexandria. She joined them in January registering 13.9 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 2.1 apg and 1 [read more]
Maja Vucurovic (188-F-91) stays with Waregem for another season. The Serbian player will continue in Belgium in 2013/2014 season. Last year Declercq Stortbeton Waregem announced signing of Maja Vucurovic ,The Belgian team inked a deal with young Serbian forward Maja Vucurovic .The 22-year-old player finished 2011 season with Romanian BCT Alexandria. She joined them in January registering 13.9 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 2.1 apg and 1.3 spg for 17 games. Vucurovic started the season with Spanish Celta Vigo, but did not appear in any official game with them. Maja Vucurovic won the Polish league title a year ago with TS Wisla Can-Pack Krakow. She had limited playing time, but did a good job for the minutes she was getting. Vucurovic played for Wisla also in 2009/10 and they reached Euroleague Semifinals. In the past, Vucurovic successfully played for Serbian youth National Teams. In 2012-2013 for Declercq Stortbeton Waregem she averaged 10.9 points per game.
Together with the Men's Belgian Player of the Year, newspaper Het Nieuwsblad also had a voting for Femaile player of the year and prospect of the year.Next year we will not see the player of the year in Belgium since Hind Ben Abdelkader (170-PG-95) is headed to the USA to play for the University of California.She won the PoY award with a small edge of 9 pts over Sprimont's Noemie Mayombo (170-PG-91) [read more]
Together with the Men's Belgian Player of the Year, newspaper Het Nieuwsblad also had a voting for Femaile player of the year and prospect of the year.
Next year we will not see the player of the year in Belgium since Hind Ben Abdelkader (170-PG-95) is headed to the USA to play for the University of California. She won the PoY award with a small edge of 9 pts over Sprimont's Noemie Mayombo (170-PG-91). Waregem's Julie Vanloo (172-PG-93) who is also leaving Belgium to play in France came in 3rd.
Prospect of the year is a teammate of Abdelkader namely Kyara Linskens (189-C-96) who beat out Julie Allemand of Sprimont.
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