Jana Cermakova claims Czech Republic 1Liga Hoops Agents weekly honour

Experienced Jana Cermakova (185-F-1984) had an amazing evening in the last round for league's leader Aritma Praha and that's her to receive a Hoops Agents 1Liga Player of the Week award for round 6.
The 42-year old forward had a double-double of 26 points and 11 rebounds, while her team crushed Sokol Nusle (#9, 2-4) with 20-point margin 72-52. It allowed Aritma to consolidate first place in the Czech Republic 1Liga. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Aritma already had a very good start winning all 6 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Cermakova had a remarkable 72.7% from 2-point range. She has many years of experience at Aritma, through which she has constantly improved. Cermakova has impressive league stats. She is league's best scorer averaging so far 22.0ppg. Cermakova is in league's top in rebounds (5th best: 8.3rpg) and averages solid 63.4% FGP.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young forward Katerina Novakova (180-F-1990) of TJ Sokol Pecky. Novakova impressed basketball fans with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists. Of course she led Sokol Pecky to another comfortable win outscoring Chomutov 2 (3-3) 90-59. This victory allowed Sokol Pecky to move up to 7th position in the standings. Her team lost some distance to top teams. But a 3-3 record is not bad and everything may still change. Novakova is one of the most experienced players at Sokol Pecky and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

The third best performed player last round was Tereza Travnikova of KP Brno B team (#5). Travnikova scored 19 points and grabbed 9 rebounds. She was a key player of Brno B, leading her team to a 82-51 easy win against Zabiny Brno B (3-3). Brno B needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 3 victories and 3 lost games. Travnikova has a very solid season. In 2 games in Czech Republic she scored 12.5ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Anna Belacova (174-PG-2008) of Sadska - 22 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists
5. Barbora Leopoldova (188-C-2005) of Sokol Pecky - 27 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists
6. Katerina Chodorova (179-F-2005) of Chomutov 2 - 20 points and 7 rebounds
7. Tereza Barnetova (187-C-1992) of Sokol Pecky - 15 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists
8. Valentyna Vesela (187-C/F-2005) of Brno B - 11 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists
9. Hana Mrkvova (1996) of Aritma - 15 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Alena Bacova (168-G-2002) of Havirov - 23 points and 8 rebounds

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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