Latvian LSBL2 round 5 best performance: Martina Bertane

Latvian Point guard Martina Bertane (173-PG-2004) had a very impressive game in the last round for BK Ventspils Spars, receiving a Hoops Agents LSBL2 Player of the Week award for round 5.
The 22-year old player had a double-double of 27 points and 21 rebounds, while her team outclassed RBS (#6, 1-3) with 27-point margin 83-56. Ventspils Spars maintains the 5th position in Latvian LSBL2. Ventspils Spars is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 2-3 record. In the team's last game Bertane had a remarkable six three-pointers out of 10 attempts. She has many years of experience at Ventspils Spars, through which she has constantly improved. Martina Bertane has solid league stats. She is in league's top in points (2nd best: 19.0ppg), assists (4th best: 4.2apg) and averages impressive 47.7% from behind 3-point line.

The second best player in last round's games was young Ieva Malkevica (175-F-1987) of league's leader Pazudusas Perles. Malkevica had a very good evening with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists. Of course she led Pazudusas to another comfortable win outscoring Jelgava (#8, 0-4) 110-23. This victory allowed Pazudusas to move up to 1st position in the standings. Her team lost just one game this season, while they won 4 matches. Malkevica is a newcomer at Pazudusas, but is already one of team's top players.

Third on the list of top players last round was another Pazudusas' star - Lithuanian forward Luize Septe (180-F-1999). Septe scored 18 points and grabbed 9 rebounds. She was another key player of Pazudusas Perles, helping her team with a 110-23 easy win against Jelgava (#8, 0-4). Septe has a great season in Latvia. After only 5 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 8.8rpg (7th best) and assists with 4.2apg (5th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Nora-Liis Veisberg (178-F-2008) of Audentes - 20 points and 4 rebounds
5. Ivanda Hudjakova (185-F-1998) of Pazudusas - 14 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists
6. Laura Grabe (178-F-1998) of Pazudusas - 12 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists
7. Anna Dreimane (196-C-1997) of Pazudusas - 9 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Kitija Stolce (185-F/C-1996) of Pazudusas - 12 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists
9. Katrina Petersone (178-F-2010) of Ventspils Spars - 19 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Paula Krastina (170-G-1996) of Pazudusas - 10 points, 5 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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