Korisliiga, round 28: Three contests tonight. Pyrinto (Tampere) defeated League Top Team Kataja, Joensuu (22-5) by one 66-65 (31-34). The winning bucket in this thriller was made by Antero Lehto (184-G-84), who made his 3-pointer at time 38:30 (66-63). Sami Lehtoranta (205-C/F-79) made his FTs at time 38:55 (66-65) and the last minute was then missed shots or turnovers. Damon Williams (201-F-73, college: Colorado St [read more]
Korisliiga, round 28: Three contests tonight. Pyrinto (Tampere) defeated League Top Team Kataja, Joensuu (22-5) by one 66-65 (31-34). The winning bucket in this thriller was made by Antero Lehto (184-G-84), who made his 3-pointer at time 38:30 (66-63). Sami Lehtoranta (205-C/F-79) made his FTs at time 38:55 (66-65) and the last minute was then missed shots or turnovers. Damon Williams (201-F-73, college: Colorado St.-Pueblo) led Pyrinto with a double-double 13pts/12rbs and giving six assists plus blocking three shots. The only minus was missing all six 3-pointers. Antti Nikkila (210-F/C-78, college: Valparaiso) added 11 pts. Jared Newson (195-G/F-84, agency: Pro One Sports, college: Tenn-Martin) (Kataja) scored game high 20 pts. B.A. Walker (188-G-84, agency: Pro One Sports, college: VCU) netted 11 and Antti Kanervo (193-G/F-89) 10 pts. Torpan Pojat (Helsinki) had crushed YMCA Lappeenranta in Helsinki 107-72 at the end of October. This time visitor YMCA LPR was much closer to victory, but the last minute was too much and ToPo won 80-72 (35-35). Timo Heinonen (198-F-81) scored his season high 30 points (1 - 4/4, 2 - 4/6, 3 - 6/8) and helped ToPo a lot. Josh Wilson (188-PG-87, agency: Hightower Law Firm, college: N.Arizona) added 17 pts and Kimmo Muurinen (202-F-81, college: UALR) nine pts. DeAndre Haynes (187-G-84, agency: Court Side, college: Kent St.) led YMCA LPR with 19 pts and nine assists. Lawrence Hamm (198-F-84, agency: Court Side, college: Towson) had a double-double 15pts/11rbs. And KTP (Kotka) beat Vilpas (Salo) 90-69 (34-39). KTP won the third quarter 36-19 and the second half 56-30. Tim Blue (205-F-84, college: Middle Tenn.St.) (KTP) again game MVP with 26pts/13rbs. Tony Crocker (201-G/F-87, college: Oklahoma) added 25 pts. Emmanuel Holloway (188-G-86, college: Illinois St.) led Vilpas with 23 pts.
Newson's double-double lands him Player of the Week award - Feb 2, 2012 (by Eurobasket News )
27-year old swingman Jared Newson (195-G/F-84, agency: Pro One Sports) put on an amazing game in the last round for league's best team Kataja and receives a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 29. He had a double-double of 17 points and 12 rebounds, while his team beat ToPo (#5, 13-13) 96-91. [read more]
27-year old swingman Jared Newson (195-G/F-84, agency: Pro One Sports) put on an amazing game in the last round for league's best team Kataja and receives a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 29. He had a double-double of 17 points and 12 rebounds, while his team beat ToPo (#5, 13-13) 96-91. It allowed Kataja to consolidate first place in the Finnish league. Kataja have a solid 22-4 record. In the team's last game Newson had a remarkable 71.4% from 2-point range. It's his second year at Kataja and it's hard to imagine this team without him. University of Tennessee at Martin graduate has very impressive stats this year. Newson is in league's top in points (3rd best: 19.0ppg), rebounds (4th best: 9.4rpg) and averages solid 53.6% FGP.
Second best performed player last round was Allen Durham (198-F-88) of Salon Vilpas. He is American forward in his first season at Salon Vilpas. In the last game Durham recorded impressive double-double of 14 points and 15 rebounds. Of course Salon Vilpas cruised to a 66-56 relatively comfortable win over slightly lower-ranked Korihait (#10, 9-17). This victory allowed Salon Vilpas to move up to 8th position in the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 11-16 record. Durham is a newcomer at Salon Vilpas and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 19.0ppg (#4). He also registered 10.9 boards per game. Former Grace Bible College star Durham is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top international summer league in the market.
Third place about best performers goes to guard Malik Moore (192-G-77, agency: Prossin Sports Management) of Namika Lahti (#11). Moore showcased his all-around game by recording 19 points, nine rebounds and six assists in the last round. Despite Moore's great performance Namika Lahti lost 83-86 to the higher-ranked Pyrinto (#4, 15-10). But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates. Namika Lahti can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have extremely bad season and 7-20 record places them at the very bottom of the standings. Too bad for Moore he does not play for a better team. But maybe if he did, his season stats would not be that high. Moore has individually a great season in Finland. After 16 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in assists with 4.6apg (2nd best).
Other top performing players last week: 4. Damon Williams (201-F-73) of Pyrinto - 24 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists 5. Sami Lehtoranta (205-C/F-79) of Kataja - 11 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists 6. Antwine Williams (192-F-75) of Pyrinto - 26 points and 3 rebounds 7. Tony Crocker (201-G/F-87) of KTP - 17 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists 8. Clifton Jones (201-F-78) of Nilan Bisons - 10 points and 12 rebounds 9. Jeb Ivey (190-G-80) of Nilan Bisons - 16 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists 10. B.A. Walker (188-G-84) of Kataja - 16 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists
The Player of the week is choosen 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)
KORISLIIGA: Tim Blue The Player of January - Feb 1, 2012 (by Rauno Hurmalainen)
American F Tim Blue (205-F-84, college: Middle Tenn.St.) (KTP Basket, Kotka) has been named The Player of January. KTP was 4-2 in six games last month and team's key player was Blue averaging 26,3 ppg - 7,2 rpg - 2,8 bpg. Blue is right now also the leading scorer in Top League (22,52 ppg). The nomination in October hit American sharpshooter Jeb Ivey (190-G-80, college: Portland St [read more]
American F Tim Blue (205-F-84, college: Middle Tenn.St.) (KTP Basket, Kotka) has been named The Player of January. KTP was 4-2 in six games last month and team's key player was Blue averaging 26,3 ppg - 7,2 rpg - 2,8 bpg. Blue is right now also the leading scorer in Top League (22,52 ppg). The nomination in October hit American sharpshooter Jeb Ivey (190-G-80, college: Portland St.) (Bisons, Loimaa), in November American F Jared Newson (195-G/F-84, agency: Pro One Sports, college: Tenn-Martin) (Kataja, Joensuu) and in December Finnish F Sami Lehtoranta (205-C/F-79) (Kataja, Joensuu).
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