Raulusaityte's double-double lands her Player of the Week award

- November 6, 2023

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Gerda Raulusaityte

Gerda Raulusaityte

19-year old center Gerda Raulusaityte (189-C-2004) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for league's best team LCC Klaipeda and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 8.
She had a double-double of 21 points and 10 rebounds, while her team outclassed Daugavpils (#10, 1-4) with 31-point margin 81-50. It allowed LCC Klaipeda to consolidate first place in the WBBL. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but LCC Klaipeda already had a very good start winning all 5 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Raulusaityte had a remarkable 80.0% from 2-point range. She turned to be LCC Klaipeda's top player in her first season with the team. Raulusaityte has impressive league stats. She is in league's top in points (3rd best: 21.5ppg), rebounds (4th best: 9.5rpg) and averages solid 82.1% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Mercy Wanyama (185-C-1992) of Siauliai. She is Kenyan center in her first season at Siauliai. In the last game Wanyama recorded impressive double-double of 16 points and 14 rebounds. Of course she led Siauliai to another comfortable win 82-69 over the lower-ranked Panevezys (#9, 1-2) being unquestionably team leader. This victory allowed Siauliai to move up to 6th position in the standings. Her team lost some distance to top teams. But 2-1 record is not bad and everything may still change. Wanyama is a newcomer at Siauliai and quickly became one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to Gintare Paulauskaite (185-SF-1995) of Aistes-LSMU (#7). Paulauskaite scored 15 points and grabbed eleven rebounds (!!!). She was a key player of Aistes-LSMU, leading her team to a 77-57 easy win against Jurmala (#12, 0-3). Aistes-LSMU needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 2 victories and 1 lost game. Paulauskaite has a very solid season. In 3 games in WBBL she scored 12.0ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Taisia Udodenko (190-C-1989) of Kibirkstis-MRU - 16 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Livija Sakeviciute (188-C-1999) of Kibirkstis-MRU - 12 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Zozefine Sipolina (173-G-2005) of Jurmala - 26 points and 7 rebounds
7. Gedvile Savostaite (180-PG-2002) of Aistes-LSMU - 12 points and 11 rebounds
8. Kateryna Dike (190-F-2004) of LCC Klaipeda - 16 points and 7 rebounds
9. Cassidy Mihalko (180-G-1995) of Siauliai - 22 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Kriste Timofejeva (180-G-1992) of Panevezys - 13 points, 11 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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