23-year old American guard
Taina Mair (175-G-2003) had an amazing evening in the last round for
PolskaStrefaInwestycji Enea Gorzow Wielkopolski and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 6.
She had the game-high 36 points adding two rebounds and four assists for
Gorzow Wlkp. in her team's victory, helping them to beat
Lublin (#7,
3-3)
77-72.
Gorzow Wlkp. is placed at 4th position in Polish OBLK. They are still close to the very top.
Gorzow Wlkp. would have been even better if they kept winning the games like in the last round. They have a solid
4-1 record. In the team's last game Mair had a remarkable 58.3% from 2-point range and got four three-pointers out of 8 attempts. She turned to be
Gorzow Wlkp.'s top player in her first season with the team. Duke University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Mair is in league's top in assists (4th best: 5.8apg) and averages solid 47.1% from behind 3-point line.
Second best performed player last round was
Shyanne Sellers (188-G-2003) of
Polski Cukier AZS UMCS Lublin. She is American guard in her first season at Lublin. In the last game Sellers recorded an impressive 34 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists. Bad luck as Lublin lost that game
72-77 to the higher-ranked
Gorzow Wlkp. (#4,
4-1). Lublin managed to keep the same 7th spot in the standings. Her team lost some distance to top teams. But a
3-3 record is not bad and everything may still change. Sellers is a newcomer at Lublin and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 17.0ppg (#9). She also registered 4.8 boards per game.
Third place about best performers goes to swingman
Beatrix Meresz (185-G/F-1999) of
MB Zaglebie Sosnowiec (#12). Meresz scored 18 points. Despite Meresz's great performance the Sosnowiec lost
79-81 to the league's current leader
Warszawa (#1,
5-0). But her team cannot count on just a single player as she also needs help of the other teammates. Sosnowiec can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have rather bad season and 1-5 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Meresz has a very solid season. In 6 games in Poland she scored 11.0ppg. She also has 5.0rpg and a FGP of 51.2%.
Other top performing players last week:4.
Anna Jakubiuk (182-F-1994) of Poznan - 18 points and 13 rebounds
5.
Aleksandra Ziemborska (182-F-2000) of Sosnowiec - 25 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists
6.
Jack-Danielle Animam (190-C/F-1998) of Torun - 16 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists
7.
Elisa Pinzan (173-G-1999) of Torun - 19 points and 8 assists
8.
Wiktoria Haegenbarth (186-C-2007) of Poznan - 16 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists
9.
Jastina Kosalewicz (190-C-1991) of Bochnia - 13 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
10.
Natalia Rutkowska (187-C-2006) of Wroclaw - 16 points, 7 rebounds and 2 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)