Silva number one in Slovenia SKL for round 16 (by Hoops Agents)

- February 25, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Thayna Silva

Thayna Silva

Brazilian Forward Thayna Silva (180-F-1996) had an amazing evening in the last round for top-ranked ZKK Cinkarna Celje, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 16.
The 28-year old player was the main contributor (31 points, nine rebounds and two assists) to her team's victory, helping them to outclass Odeja KED (#6, 3-12) with 49-point margin 115-66. It allowed Celje to consolidate first place in the Slovenian SKL. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. It's already very far into the season and Celje keeps a perfect 15-0 record. In the team's last game Silva had a remarkable 76.9% from 2-point range. She turned to be Celje's top player in her first season with the team. Thayna Silva has solid league stats. She is in league's top in points (2nd best: 18.1ppg), rebounds (3rd best: 7.7rpg) and averages impressive 2.8spg and 70.7% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was young American Nylah Young (180-F-2001, agency: LBM Management) of AJM Maribor. Young had a very good evening with a double-double of 29 points and 12 rebounds. Of course she led Maribor to another comfortable win outscoring slightly lower-ranked Jezica (#5, 4-12) 78-55. Maribor's 4th position in the standings has not changed. Her team's 9-6 record is not bad at all. Young is a newcomer at Maribor, but is already one of team's top players. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 21.5ppg (#1). She also registered 9.4 boards per game. Former College of William & Mary star Young 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 international guard Sara Sambolic (172-PG-2004) of Akson Ilirija Basketball (#3). Sambolic scored 22 points and passed 8 assists. She was a key player of Ilrija, leading her team to a 74-67 win against the lower-ranked Domzale (#7, 2-13). Ilrija needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 9 victories and 5 lost games. Sambolic has a great season in Slovenia. After 13 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 12.5ppg (3rd best) and assists with 4.8apg (4th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Lea Bartelme (178-PG-2005) of Celje - 18 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists
5. Manca Vrecer (178-F-2002) of Triglav - 26 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Ziva Misjak (177-SG-2005) of Ilrija - 14 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists
7. Blaza Ceh (181-PG-2003) of Celje - 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists
8. Lena Trantura (173-G-2007) of Maribor - 19 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Yeisy Perez (172-SG-2002) of Domzale - 16 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists
10. Laura Medeot (183-F/C-2003) of Domzale - 13 points, 6 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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Tags : THAYNA SILVA, ZKK CINKARNA CELJE, SLOVENIAN BASKETBALL, , WABA