Rikke Fabricius claims Danish Dameligaen weekly honour

- October 30, 2023

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Rikke Fabricius

Rikke Fabricius

Experienced International Center Rikke Fabricius (186-C-1992) had an amazing evening in the last round for Amager and that's her to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 6.
The 31-year old center had the game-high 17 points adding eight rebounds and five assists for Amager in her team's victory, helping them to beat SISU (#3, 1-3) 66-59. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Amager is placed at 4th position in Danish Dameligaen. The season is still in it's early stage, so the team may have a chance to improve their current position in the standings. They lost 4 games and had just one victory. Fabricius has many years of experience at Amager, through which she has constantly improved. Central Michigan University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Fabricius is in league's top in points (2nd best: 17.8ppg), rebounds (9th best: 7.4rpg), assists (9th best: 2.6apg) and averages solid 3.2spg.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young forward Bianca Braikia (179-F-2003) of Herlev. Braikia impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 11 points and 13 rebounds. Bad luck as Herlev was edged by the higher-ranked Aabyhoj (#2, 4-1) 54-51. This loss caused Herlev to slide to the very bottom (5) position in the standings. 4 lost games are too many comparing to just one victory Herlev managed to get this year. Braikia is one of the most experienced players at Herlev and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

The third best performed player last round was another Amager's star - international guard Anna Seilund (174-G-1993). Seilund showcased her all-around game by recording 14 points, eight rebounds and four assists in the last round. She was another key player of Amager, helping her team with a 66-59 win against #3 ranked SISU in a game of the week. Amager can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have rather bad season and 1-4 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Seilund has individually a great season in Denmark. After only 3 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 13.3ppg (7th best) and assists with 4.3apg (4th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Iben Bendix (167-G-2002) of SISU - 18 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists
5. Katrine Pedersen (176-G-2000) of Aabyhoj - 16 points and 12 rebounds
6. Emilie Gudmand (177-F-2001) of Herlev - 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Josefine Haabegaard (180-PF-1999) of SISU - 14 points and 9 rebounds
8. Helene Dalsgaard (186-C-1999) of SISU - 8 points and 7 rebounds
9. Ellen Iversen (180-F-1997) of Herlev - 16 points and 10 rebounds
10. Annemie Espensen (180-F-1997) of Amager - 14 points, 7 rebounds and 2 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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