25-year old guard Jaleesa Butler (185-G-87) had a great game in the last round for Valur and receives a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 24. She had a double-double of 31 points and 17 rebounds, while her team beat Fjolnir (#8, 3-21) 80-74. Valur maintains the 4th position in Icelandic Express L.. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Valur will need more victories to improve their 14-10 record. Butler just recently signed at Valur, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Jaleesa Butler averages this season 19.4ppg and 15.1rpg.
Second best performed player last round was Lele Hardy (182-SF-88, agency: Merit Sports) of Njardvik. She is American in her second season at Njardvik. In the last game Hardy recorded impressive double-double of 26 points and 25 rebounds. It was enough for Njardvik to edge slightly lower-ranked Grindavik (#7, 6-18) by 2 points 71-69. Njardvik's 6th position in the standings has not changed. Her team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 8-16 record. Hardy is well-known at Njardvik and she already established her position as one of the team's leaders. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 29.5ppg (#2). Her other stats are also decent: 19.3rpg and 4.8apg.
Third place about best performers goes to guard Crystal Smith (168-G-84) of Grindavik (#7). Smith got into 30-points club by scoring 38 points in the last round. She went also for thirteen rebounds . Despite Smith's great performance Grindavik lost 69-71 to slightly higher-ranked Njardvik (#6, 8-16). But her team cannot count on just a single shooter as she also needs help of the other teammates. Grindavik can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have rather bad season and 6-18 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Too bad for Smith she does not play for a better team. But maybe if she did, her season stats would not be that high. Smith has individually a great season in Iceland. After 20 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 26.3ppg (3rd best) and assists with 4.6apg (5th best).
Other top performing players last week: 4. Britney Jones (172-G-87) of Fjolnir - 38 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists 5. Siarre Evans (178-G/F-88) of Haukar - 26 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists 6. Salbjorg Saevarsdottir (182-C-91) of Njardvik - 10 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists 7. Kieraah Marlow (178-F-85) of Snaefell - 14 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists 8. Heidrun Harpa Rikhardsdottir (173-F-92) of Fjolnir - 7 points and 15 rebounds 9. Kristrun Sigurjonsdottir (176-F-85) of Valur - 17 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists 10. Alda Jonsdottir (179-G-79) of Snaefell - 13 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
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)
Helena Sverrisdottir wins the title with Good Angels - Apr 30, 2013
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Helena Sverrisdottir (185-F/G-88, college: TCU) wins the title with Good Angels. The latter defended their Extraliga title. They outlasted MBK Ruzomberok in a thrilling championship series. The Kosice team gained the crucial win tonight to claim 3-2 win in the series. Allie Quigley stepped up with 24 points to pace the winners.
Good Angels jumped to a 19:15 lead after ten minutes of action. The second frame belonged to the hosts. Good Angels reeled off to a 44:23 halftime advantage [read more]
Helena Sverrisdottir (185-F/G-88, college: TCU) wins the title with Good Angels. The latter defended their Extraliga title. They outlasted MBK Ruzomberok in a thrilling championship series. The Kosice team gained the crucial win tonight to claim 3-2 win in the series. Allie Quigley stepped up with 24 points to pace the winners. Good Angels jumped to a 19:15 lead after ten minutes of action. The second frame belonged to the hosts. Good Angels reeled off to a 44:23 halftime advantage. MBK Ruzomberok stopped the rot in the third term. The visitors revived the intrigue cutting the deficit at 15-point mark with ten minutes remaining. But Good Angles fired 20 points in the final stanza and sealed the winning outcome at the end. Miljana Bojovic delivered 22 points, while Lucia Kupcikova netted 10 points for the winners. Nadia Parker responded with 19 points for MBK Ruzomberok. Eva Kmetova had 10 points in the loss. In 2012-2013 Helena Sverrisdottir averaged 5.2ppg, 2.8rpg, FGP: 44.8%, 3PT: 36.5%, FT: 83.3% in EuroLeague.
Eurobasket.com All-Icelandic League Awards 2013 - Apr 30, 2013
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Finals MVP: Jessica Jenkins (172-G-90) of Keflavik; Player of the Year: Lele Hardy (182-F-88) of Njardvik; Guard of the Year: Jessica Jenkins (172-G-90) of Keflavik; Forward of the Year: Lele Hardy (182-F-88) of Njardvik; Center of the Year: Sigrun Amundadottir (181-C/F-88) of KR; Import Player of the Year: Lele Hardy (182-F-88) of Njardvik; Domestic Player of the Year: Palina Gunnlaugsdottir (168-PG-87) of Keflavik; Defensive Player of the Year: Jaleesa Butler (185-G-87) of Valur; Coach of the [read more]
KR - Keflavik 70:82
Keflavik celebrated the Dominos League title. They upset KR on the road tonight to win the title series 3-1. Palina Gunnlaugsdottir (168-PG-87) stepped up with 30 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists to lead the visitors to the crucial win.
KR had their backs against the wall heading into the game. They started strong building a 20:16 lead after ten minutes. The teams traded baskets throughout the second quarter [read more]
KR - Keflavik 70:82
Keflavik celebrated the Dominos League title. They upset KR on the road tonight to win the title series 3-1. Palina Gunnlaugsdottir (168-PG-87) stepped up with 30 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists to lead the visitors to the crucial win. KR had their backs against the wall heading into the game. They started strong building a 20:16 lead after ten minutes. The teams traded baskets throughout the second quarter. KR maintained the lead arriving at the interval up by four points 38:34. Keflavik however turned things around in the third term. The visitors went on a 22:15 rally to pull ahead by 3 points 56:53. Keflavik came up with a champions performance in the fourth period firing 27 points and securing a comfortable win at the end. Jessica Jenkins (172-G-90, college: St.Bonaventure) had 22 points, while Bryndis Gudmundsdottir (178-F-88) added 13 points for the winners. Shannon McCallum (177-G-87, college: Charlotte) answered with 33 points and 11 rebounds for KR. Gudrun Thorsteinsdottir (178-G-89) had 11 points in the loss.
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