Best players of North Macedonian Prva A Liga round 14

- March 1, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Amari Heard

American Amari Heard (183-SF) had a great game in the last round for ZKK MZT Skopje and that's her to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 14.
The had a double-double of 17 points and 17 rebounds, while her team beat Patriot (#7, 1-13) 74-66. MZT maintains the 6th position in North Macedonian Prva A Liga. MZT is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 5-9 record. Heard turned to be MZT's top player in her first season with the team. Savannah State University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Heard is in league's top in points (4th best: 17.6ppg), rebounds (3rd best: 10.9rpg), assists (5th best: 5.3apg) and averages solid 2.9spg.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young international forward Marija Nikolov (172-F-2005) of KK Badel 1862 Skopje. Nikolov impressed basketball fans with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. Of course she led Badel to another comfortable win 71-58 over Vardar (9-5) being unquestionably team leader. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Badel consolidated its place in top 3 of the standings. Her team's 9-5 record is not bad at all. Nikolov is well-known by Badel fans and she already established her position as one of team's most reliable players. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 16.3ppg (#8). She also recorded 5.8 assists per game.

The third best performed player last round was American Kayla Thomas (188-F-2003) of Probasket Akademija (#5). Thomas scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Despite Thomas' great performance the Probasket lost 67-69 to the higher-ranked KAM Basket (#1, 12-2). But her team cannot count on just a single player as she also needs help of the other teammates. The last thing Probasket needs is to lose another game like this one. They lose more and more distance to the top teams. Their record is 8 victories and 6 lost games. Thomas has a great season in North Macedonia. After 13 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 20.2ppg (2nd best) and rebounds with 12.9rpg (#1 in league).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Tymberlin Criswell (173-G) of Patriot - 32 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Crystal Corley (175-G) of MZT - 22 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists
6. Sara Mitanovska (2010) of Sport Tim - 20 points and 15 rebounds
7. Da'Ja Green (169-PG-1999) of Kriva Palanka - 10 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists
8. Elena Tasevska (186-SF-2002) of Vardar - 22 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Cvetanka Dimova (177-F-1998) of KAM Basket - 18 points and 8 rebounds
10. Ana Angelovska (160-G-2006) of Patriot - 12 points, 8 rebounds and 5 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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