Best players of Icelandic Subway League round 4 (by Hoops Agents)

American Kaleb Higgins (178-PG-2001) had a great game in the last round for UMF Sindri Hofn and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 4.
The 25-year old playmaker got a double-double of 47 points and 13 assists, while his team lost the game against the league's best team KR Reykjavik (#2, 4-0) 102-107. Sindri moved-up to the 12th position in Icelandic Subway League. They are still not able to win a single game in the league yet. 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 no victories. In the team's last game Higgins had a remarkable ten three-pointers out of 13 attempts. He turned to be Sindri's top player in his first season with the team. California State University Bakersfield graduate has very impressive stats this year. Higgins is in league's top in points (2nd best: 29.8ppg), assists (3rd best: 8.5apg) and averages solid 58.3% FGP and 40.6% from behind 3-point line.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young American guard Jamir Chaplin (193-G-2000) of Keflavik IF. Chaplin impressed basketball fans with 39 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists. Of course he led Keflavik to another comfortable win 112-99 over the lower-ranked Hottur (#7, 2-2) being unquestionably team leader. This victory allowed Keflavik to move up to 4th position in the standings. His team's 3-1 record is not bad at all. Chaplin is a newcomer at Keflavik and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 30.5ppg (#1). His other stats are also decent: 4.3rpg and 3.8apg.

The third best performed player last round was American Makye Richards (188-G-1999) of UMFN Njardvik (#11). Richards got into 30-points club by scoring 44 points in the last round. He went also for five rebounds and eight assists. Despite Richards' great performance the Njardvik lost 103-104 to the higher-ranked Grindavik (#6, 2-2). But his team cannot count on just a single shooter as he also needs help of the other teammates. Njardvik can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have awful season losing so far all 4 games. Richards has individually a great season in Iceland. After only 4 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 26.8ppg (3rd best) and assists with 7.5apg (4th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye (193-G-1996) of Valur - 32 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists
5. Thorir Thorbjarnarson (198-G-1998) of KR Reykjavik - 17 points, 6 rebounds and 16 assists
6. Hilmar Petursson (190-G-2000) of Keflavik - 26 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists
7. Nojel Eastern (198-G-1999) of Stjarnan - 26 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists
8. Martins Meiers (208-C-1991) of Sindri - 22 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Linards Jaunzems (200-PF-1995) of KR Reykjavik - 27 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists
10. Mirza Bulic (207-SF-1992) of Grindavik - 17 points, 13 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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