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

25-year old American forward Olivia Cochran (190-F-2001, agency: LBM Management) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for second-ranked Hapoel Jerusalem and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 3.
She had a double-double of 25 points and 16 rebounds, while her team crushed Bnei Yehuda (#5, 1-2) with 17-point margin 77-60. H.Jerusalem maintains the 2nd position in Israeli D1. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but H.Jerusalem already had a very good start winning all 3 without losing a single one. Cochran turned to be H.Jerusalem's top player in her first season with the team. University of Louisville graduate has very impressive stats this year. Cochran leads league in rebounds with 13.0rpg. Cochran is in league's top in and averages solid 61.3% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Azana Baines (185-G/F-2001) of Maccabi Karmiel. She is American swingman in her first season at M.Karmiel. In the last game Baines recorded an impressive double-double of 26 points and 14 rebounds. Bad luck as M.Karmiel lost that game 59-81 to E.Ramla (3-0). The season is still at the very beginning and this lost game may not be such crucial, of course if they start win the games. Let's wait for the next round. Baines is a newcomer at M.Karmiel and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 23.7ppg (#1). She also registered 10.3 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to center Desi-Rae Young (185-C-2002) of Hapoel Rishon Le-Zion (#3). Young showcased her all-around game by recording 21 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists in the last round. She was a key player of H.Rishon LZ, leading her team to a 77-76 win against H.Petah Tikva (#8, 0-3). H.Rishon LZ started extremely well this year. They recorded 3 victories without losing a single game. Young 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. Young has a very solid season. In 3 games in Israel she scored 17.3ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Iimar'I Thomas (178-G/F-2000) of E.Ramla - 24 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Abby Meyers (183-G-1999) of M.Ashdod - 20 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists
6. Lauryn Taylor (180-F-2002) of H.Petah Tikva - 25 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Stasha Carey (188-F-1995) of E.Holon - 22 points and 10 rebounds
8. Dariauna Lewis (185-F-2000) of M.Karmiel - 18 points and 14 rebounds
9. Ariel Hearn (171-PG-1994) of M.Haifa - 29 points and 4 rebounds
10. Domonique Davis (168-G-2000) of H.Jerusalem - 23 points, 2 rebounds and 3 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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