Denitsa Manolova claims Bulgarian NBL weekly honour

Talented International Guard Denitsa Manolova (181-G-2006) had a great game in the last round for Rilski Sportist Samokov and that's her to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 4.
The 20-year old guard had the game-high 18 points adding five rebounds and five assists for Rilski Sportist in her team's victory, helping them to crush Slavia (#5, 1-2) with 18-point margin 83-65. Rilski maintains the 3rd position in Bulgarian NBL. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost that single game earlier this season. Rilski will need more victories to improve their 3-1 record. In the team's last game Manolova had a remarkable 66.7% from 2-point range. She has many years of experience at Rilski, through which she has constantly improved. Denitsa Manolova averages this season 10.5ppg.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was American guard Danyel Middleton (178-G, agency: Olsta) of Slavia Sofia. Middleton impressed basketball fans with 29 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists. Bad luck as Slavia lost that game 65-83 to slightly higher-ranked Rilski Sportist (#3, 3-1). This loss caused Slavia to drop to 5th position in the standings. Her team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 1-2 record. Middleton is a newcomer at Slavia and it seems she did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 31.7ppg (#1). She also registered 10.7 boards per game. University of Illinois at Chicago alumni Middleton played also at Eurobasket Summer League, which is considered top summer league for players who want to play basketball overseas.

The third best performed player last round was another Rilski Sportist's star - Cameroonian Marie Kenembeni (190-F-2004). Kenembeni scored 13 points and grabbed 16 rebounds (!!!). She was another key player of Rilski Sportist Samokov, helping her team with a 83-65 easy win against slightly lower-ranked Slavia (#5, 1-2). Rilski needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 3 victories and 1 lost game. Kenembeni has a great season in Bulgaria. After only 4 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 10.5rpg (2nd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Kaia Harrison (172-G-2001) of Beroe - 17 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Brittany Autry (185-C-1998) of Beroe - 11 points and 8 rebounds
6. Mariya Delcheva (175-G/F-2000) of Septemvri 97 - 17 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists
7. Darina Kocheva (178-G-2001) of Slavia - 11 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Violeta Grigorova (183-F-2002) of Beroe - 7 points and 10 rebounds
9. Ivana Boneva (175-G/F-2005) of Rilski Sportist - 15 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists
10. Daniela Dermendzhieva (179-F-1989) of Septemvri 97 - 14 points, 6 rebounds and 3 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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