Jackson's 26 points and 7 assists give her Player of the Week award

- December 16, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Kiara Jackson

Kiara Jackson

22-year old American guard Kiara Jackson (170-G-2003) had a very impressive game in the last round for league's best team ZKK Brod na Savi Slavonski Brod and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 10.
She had the game-high 26 points adding six rebounds and seven assists for Brod na Savi in her team's victory, helping them to outclass Zadar Plus (#9, 3-7) with 57-point margin 117-60. It allowed Brod na Savi to consolidate first place in the Croatian Premijer Liga. Brod na Savi has a very good season and are considered to have a run for the championship title. They improved their record to 9-1. In the team's last game Jackson had a remarkable 75.0% from 2-point range. She turned to be Brod na Savi's top player in her first season with the team. University of Nevada - Las Vegas graduate has very impressive stats this year. Jackson is league's best scorer averaging so far 21.8ppg. Jackson is in league's top in assists (8th best: 5.1apg) and averages solid 3.1spg and 51.0% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was E'Lease Stafford (183-G/F-1999). She is American swingman in her first season at Brod na Savi. In the last game Stafford recorded an impressive 35 points and 8 rebounds. Of course together with Jackson she helped ZKK Brod na Savi Slavonski Brod with another comfortable win outscoring the lower-ranked Zadar Plus (#9, 3-7) 117-60. Of course Brod na Savi still keep the league's top spot. Her team belongs to top of the standings with 9-1 record and is considered one of the main candidates for the league title. Stafford is a newcomer at Brod na Savi and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 20.2ppg (#3). She also registered 6.7 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to center Emilija Podrug (190-C-1979) of Kosarkaska Akademija Zana Lelas Split (#10). Podrug scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Despite Podrug's great performance the KAZL Split lost 65-68 to the higher-ranked Rijeka (#7, 5-5). But her team cannot count on just a single player as she also needs help of the other teammates. KAZL Split can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have rather bad season and 1-9 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Podrug has individually a great season in Croatia. After only 8 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 11.5rpg (2nd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Brooke Flowers (195-C-2000) of Zadar Plus - 14 points, 23 rebounds and 4 assists
5. Bruna Maricic (2004) of Medvescak - 15 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists
6. Sam Deem (185-SF-2001) of Zadar - 15 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Lea Hajdin (183-F-1998) of Zagreb - 22 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Martina Kujundzic (172-PG-2001) of Zadar - 20 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists
9. Andjela Strize (177-F-1999) of Sibenik - 21 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists
10. Ivana Ujevic (176-SG-2000) of Sibenik - 20 points, 8 rebounds and 4 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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