Deem's double-double lands her Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- April 28, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Sam Deem

Sam Deem

24-year old American Sam Deem (185-SF-2001) put on an amazing game in the last round for ZKK Zadar and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 22.
She had a double-double of 25 points and 10 rebounds, while her team crushed Medvescak (#11, 2-20) with 21-point margin 96-75. Zadar maintains the 8th position in Croatian Premijer Liga. Zadar is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 7-15 record. In the team's last game Deem had a remarkable 72.7% from 2-point range. She turned to be Zadar's top player in her first season with the team. Regis University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Deem is in league's top in points (6th best: 17.4ppg), rebounds (3rd best: 10.3rpg) and averages solid 52.8% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Ana-Marija Begic (190-F-1994) of top-ranked ZKK Brod na Savi Slavonski Brod. She is international forward in her first season at Brod na Savi. In the last game Begic recorded an impressive 26 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists. Of course she led Brod na Savi to another comfortable win outscoring the lower-ranked Pozega (#7, 11-10) 86-56. Of course Brod na Savi still keep the league's top spot. Her team belongs to top of the standings with 21-1 record and is considered one of the main candidates for the league title. Begic is one of the most experienced players at Brod na Savi and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to Laura Zelnyte (193-C/F-1994) of ZKK Zagreb (#3). Zelnyte showcased her all-around game by recording 19 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists in the last round. She was a key player of Zagreb, leading her team to a 110-54 easy win against the lower-ranked Zadar Plus (#10, 4-17). Zagreb needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 17 victories and 5 lost games. Zelnyte has a very solid season. In 11 games in Croatia she scored 12.6ppg. She also has 7.9rpg, 1.2bpg and a FGP of 61.2%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Dragana Domuzin (174-PG-2000) of Zagreb - 20 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists
5. Lana Packovski (172-G-1994) of Zagreb - 15 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists
6. Lea Hajdin (183-F-1998) of Zagreb - 19 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists
7. Katarina Mihalj (182-C/F-2007) of Tresnjevka - 13 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists
8. Lola Stipic (170-G-2008) of Zadar - 19 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists
9. Lea Vukic (183-PF-2007) of Tresnjevka - 20 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Klara Rimarcuk (173-PG-2004) of Brod na Savi - 9 points, 6 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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