Liga Unike round 3 best performance: Aleksandra Begenisic

Bosnia and Herzegovina Center Aleksandra Begenisic (194-C-1989) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Penza, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 3.
The 33-year old player had a double-double of 23 points and 10 rebounds, while her team edged out Bashkimi (#6, 0-3), the league's bottom-ranked team 77-76. Penza is placed at 4th position in Liga Unike. Penza is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 1-2 record. Begenisic turned to be Penza's top player in her first season with the team. Aleksandra Begenisic has solid league stats. She is in league's top in points (7th best: 18.5ppg), rebounds (7th best: 10.0rpg) and averages impressive 1.5bpg and 2.5spg.

The second best player in last round's games was another Penza's star - young American Antoinette Thompson (170-G-1990). Thompson had a very good evening with 29 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. It was enough for Penza to edge Bashkimi (0-3) 77-76. The season is still at the very beginning and this victory may help a lot. Let's wait for the next round. Thompson is a newcomer at Penza, but is already one of team's top players. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 24.0ppg (#1). Her other stats are also decent: 5.0rpg and 4.0apg. Former Texas Christian University star Thompson is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top international summer league in the market.

Third on the list of top players last round was American swingman Taliyah Hopkins (180-G/F-1997) of Bashkimi (#6). Hopkins got into 30-points club by scoring 33 points in the last round. She went also for eight rebounds . Despite Hopkins' great performance Bashkimi lost 76-77 to Penza (#4, 1-2). But her team cannot count on just a single shooter as she also needs help of the other teammates. Bashkimi can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have awful season losing so far all 3 games. Hopkins has individually a great season in Liga Unike. After only 3 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 20.0ppg (5th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Samra Omerbasic (191-C-1990) of Flamurtari - 19 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists
5. Enisa Qosja (170-PG-1995) of Tirana - 23 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Sarah Mgbeike (185-F) of Prishtina - 20 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Hanna Brych (187-C-1997) of Partizani - 16 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Antoinette Bannister (178-G/F-1993) of Partizani - 15 points and 5 rebounds
9. Ornela Lalaj (173-PG-1994) of Partizani - 14 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Liliane Ikete (190-C-2005) of Flamurtari - 20 points and 9 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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Tags : ALEKSANDRA BEGENISIC, PENZA PEJA, KOSOVAN BASKETBALL