Monaghan's double-double lands him NBL D1 Player of the Week award

27-year old Australian forward Vincent Monaghan (F-1999) had a very impressive game in the last round for Barnet Bulldogs and receives a Hoops Agents NBL D1 Player of the Week award for round 5.
He had a double-double of 25 points and 10 rebounds, while his team crushed, the league's bottom-ranked team Greenwich T. (#10, 0-3) with 16-point margin 93-77. Barnet is placed at 3rd position in British NBL D1. They are still close to the very top. Barnet 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 Monaghan had a remarkable 60.0% from 2-point range. He turned to be Barnet's top player in his first season with the team. Vincent Monaghan averages this season 19.2ppg and 8.6rpg.

Second best performed player last round was Samuel Toluwase (194-F/G-1985) of Birmingham City University. He is naturalized Nigerian swingman in his 2nd season at Birmingham Univ.. In the last game Toluwase recorded an impressive 34 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Bad luck as Birmingham Univ. lost that game 87-102 to the higher-ranked Gloucester CK (#4, 3-1). This loss caused Birmingham Univ. to drop to 7th position in Group A. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 2-3 record. Toluwase is well-known at Birmingham Univ. and he already established his position as one of the team's leaders. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 37.5ppg (#1). He also registered 8.8 boards per game. Former University of Guelph star Toluwase is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top international summer league in the market.

Third place about best performers goes to guard Louis Rogerson-Evans (191-G) of Liverpool Basketball Club (#12). Rogerson-Evans showcased his all-around game by recording 26 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists in the last round. Despite Rogerson-Evans' great performance the Liverpool lost 96-103 to the higher-ranked Sheffield Sh. 2 (#9, 1-3). But his team cannot count on just a single shooter as he also needs help of the other teammates. Liverpool can only dream about fighting for top spots in Group A. They have awful season losing so far all 5 games. Rogerson-Evans has a very solid season. In 4 games in United Kingdom he scored 18.0ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Oscar Baldwin (207-C-1999) of St. Helens S. - 18 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists
5. Porter Kelly (185-G) of Sheffield A. - 27 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Dan Davies (2003) of Manchester M. - 16 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Stelios Christofi) of Solent K. - 18 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Kavell Hawes (185-G-2003) of CoLA - 23 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists
9. Andre Arissol (188-G-1997) of Solent K. - 27 points and 5 rebounds
10. Lebron Roach) of Richmond K. - 25 points, 6 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)

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