Becca Wann-Taylor gets MVP of the Week award for Portuguese Liga Feminina

Experienced American Becca Wann-Taylor (180-G-1992) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Basquete de Barcelos and that's her to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 3.
The 34-year old guard had a double-double of 38 points and 11 rebounds, while her team lost the game against Esgueira (#4, 2-1) 76-89. Barcelos moved-up to the 6th position in Portuguese Liga Feminina. Barcelos is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. But it was their 2nd lost game this season out of 3 games. In the team's last game Wann-Taylor had a remarkable 71.4% from 2-point range and got three three-pointers out of 7 attempts. She has many years of experience at Barcelos, through which she has constantly improved. University of Richmond graduate has very impressive stats this year. Wann-Taylor is in league's top in points (3rd best: 23.0ppg), assists (4th best: 5.0apg) and averages solid 58.8% FGP. Worth to mention Wann-Taylor played also at Eurobasket Summer League, which helped her get the job in pro basketball.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young point guard Gabriela Raimundo (167-PG-1993) of Esgueira Aveiro. Raimundo impressed basketball fans with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists. Of course she led Esgueira to another comfortable win 89-76 over Barcelos (1-2) being unquestionably team leader. The season is still at the very beginning and this victory may help a lot. Let's wait for the next round. Raimundo is one of the most experienced players at Esgueira and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 17.3ppg (#9). She also recorded 3.3 assists per game.

The third best performed player last round was Serbian Milica Ivanovic (178-F/G-1988) of top-ranked CAB Madeira. Ivanovic scored 27 points and grabbed 5 rebounds. She was a key player of CAB Madeira, leading her team to a 83-73 win against #3 ranked Benfica in a game of the week. CAB Madeira started extremely well this year. They recorded 3 victories without losing a single game. Ivanovic turns to be one of the very best players in the league while she is also a leader of the top team having her eyes on the championship title. Ivanovic has a great season in Portugal. After only 3 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 22.3ppg (4th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Caterrion Thompson (175-G-1998) of Sportiva - 24 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists
5. Joseana Vaz (183-F-2000) of Q.Lombos - 20 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Mary Schleusner (185-F/C-2004) of Q.Lombos - 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Carolina Goncalves (175-G-1997) of GDESSA - 24 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists
8. Schaquilla Nunn (190-C-1994) of Benfica - 18 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists
9. Rafaela Henriques (170-G-2002) of CAB Madeira - 23 points and 6 rebounds
10. De'Myla Brown (170-G ) of Esgueira - 23 points, 5 rebounds and 3 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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