Italian Serie B Nazionale round 4 best performance: Yancarlos Rodriguez

Naturalized Dominican Rep. Point guard Yancarlos Rodriguez (189-PG-1994) had a great game in the last round for top-ranked Virtus GVM Roma 1960, receiving a Hoops Agents Serie B Nazionale Player of the Week award for round 4.
The 32-year old player was the main contributor (27 points and five assists) to his team's victory, helping them to beat Lucca (#17, 0-4), the league's bottom-ranked team 82-75. It allowed RO Virtus 1960 to take over top position in the Italian Serie B Nazionale. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but RO Virtus 1960 already had a very good start winning all 3 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Rodriguez had a remarkable 100.0% from 2-point range. He has many years of experience at RO Virtus 1960, through which he has constantly improved. Yancarlos Rodriguez has solid league stats. He is in league's top in points (7th best: 17.3ppg) and averages impressive 71.4% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was young Carlo Tosetti (175-PG-2005, agency: SLN) of Sangiorgese Basket Legnano. Tosetti had a very good evening with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists. It was enough for Sangiorgese to edge the higher-ranked Agrigento (#5, 2-2) 78-76. This victory allowed Sangiorgese to move up to 16th position in group A. 3 lost games are too many comparing to just one victory Sangiorgese managed to get this year. Tosetti is one of the most experienced players at Sangiorgese and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third on the list of top players last round was Lithuanian guard Karolis Babusis (190-PG-2000) of league's second-best Ristopro Fabriano. Babusis got into 30-points club by scoring 32 points in the last round. He went also for seven rebounds . He was a key player of Fabriano, leading his team to a 78-76 win against the lower-ranked Roseto (3-1). Fabriano needs these victories very badly if they think about taking over top position in group B. Their record at this point is 3 victories and 1 lost game. Babusis has a great season in Italy. After only 4 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 19.3ppg (3rd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Marko Brekic (199-F-2001) of San Vendemiano - 25 points and 3 rebounds
5. Andrea Mazzucchelli (187-PG-1994) of Treviglio - 23 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists
6. Lisandro Rasio (198-PF-1990) of Chiusi - 22 points and 10 rebounds
7. Marco Mazzoni (203-PF-2003) of Roseto - 18 points and 9 rebounds
8. Morgan Rashed (201-G/F-2002) of Desio - 24 points and 4 rebounds
9. Stefano Pierotti (185-PG-1998) of Quarrata - 16 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists
10. Miha Muratovic (204-C-2002) of Treviglio - 22 points and 7 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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