26-year old American guard
Jada Guinn (173-G-2000) had a very impressive game in the last round for
Haukar and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 5.
She recorded a triple-double of 28 points adding also 13 rebounds and 10 assists, while her team outclassed
KR Reykjavik (
3-2) with 29-point margin
96-67.
Haukar is placed at 4th position in Icelandic Subway League. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost two games earlier this season.
Haukar will need more victories to improve their
3-2 record. In the team's last game Guinn had a remarkable 83.3% from 2-point range. She turned to be
Haukar's top player in her first season with the team. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga graduate has very impressive stats this year. Guinn is in league's top in points (7th best: 20.4ppg), rebounds (5th best: 9.4rpg), assists (2nd best: 7.4apg) and averages solid 2.6spg and 66.7% FGP. Worth to mention Guinn played also at
Eurobasket Summer League, which helped her get the job in pro basketball.
Second best performed player last round was
Brittany Dinkins (170-G-1994) of league's second-best
U.M.F. Njardvik. She is American guard in her 3rd season at Njardvik. In the last game Dinkins recorded an impressive 27 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists. It was enough for Njardvik to edge
Armann (#9,
0-5) by 6 points
87-81. Njardvik's second position in the standings has not changed. Her team lost just one game this season, while they won 4 matches. Dinkins is one of the most experienced players at Njardvik and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 24.4ppg (#2). Her other stats are also decent: 5.6rpg and 6.4apg.
Third place about best performers goes to guard
Abby Beeman (163-PG-2001) of league's leader
U.M.F. Grindavik. Beeman showcased her all-around game by recording 23 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists in the last round. She was a key player of Grindavik, leading her team to a
99-70 easy win against
Fjolnir (#10,
0-5). Grindavik started extremely well this year. They recorded 5 victories without losing a single game. Beeman turns to be one of the very best players in the league while she is also a leader of the top team having her eyes on the championship title. Beeman has a great season in Iceland. After only 5 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 21.2ppg (5th best) and assists with 10.8apg (best passer).
Other top performing players last week:4.
Emma Theodorsson (186-G-2003) of Njardvik - 19 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists
5.
Thelma Agustsdottir (180-F-1998) of Keflavik - 21 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists
6.
Tinna Alexandersdottir (176-G-2003) of Haukar - 27 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists
7.
Eva Eliasdottir (172-PG-2004) of Stjarnan - 24 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists
8.
Charisse Fairley (180-F-1999) of Fjolnir - 16 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists
9.
Kolbrun Armannsdottir (176-G-2007) of Tindastoll - 17 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists
10.
Stina Almqvist (183-G-2002) of Stjarnan - 18 points, 5 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)