Meskonyte number one in WBBL for round 18 (by Hoops Agents)

- January 12, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Gabija Meskonyte

Lithuanian Forward Gabija Meskonyte (181-F-1998) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for second-ranked TTT Riga, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 18.
The 25-year old player was the main contributor (33 points, three rebounds) to her team's victory, helping them to outclass, the league's bottom-ranked team TTT Juniores (#13, 0-9) with 86-point margin 121-35. TTT Riga maintains the 2nd position in WBBL . They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. It's already very far into the season and TTT Riga keeps a perfect 9-0 record. In the team's last game Meskonyte had a remarkable 86.7% from 2-point range. She turned to be TTT Riga's top player in her first season with the team. Gabija Meskonyte has solid league stats. She is in league's top in points (7th best: 16.6ppg) and averages impressive 2.1spg and 60.0% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was young American Cassidy Mihalko (180-G-1995) of Siauliu Siauliai. Mihalko had a very good evening with 28 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. Of course she led Siauliai to another comfortable win outscoring the lower-ranked Aistes-LSMU (#7, 7-5) 84-58. This victory allowed Siauliai to move up to 3rd position in the standings. Her team's 8-3 record is not bad at all. Mihalko is a newcomer at Siauliai, but is already one of team's top players. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 22.5ppg (#1). Her other stats are also decent: 7.3rpg and 3.2apg.

Third on the list of top players last round was Karolina Kazociunaite (180-SF-1999) of Aistes-LSMU Kaunas (#7). Kazociunaite scored 23 points and grabbed 9 rebounds. She was a key player of Aistes-LSMU, leading her team to a 66-47 easy win against the lower-ranked Jurmala (#11, 1-10). Aistes-LSMU needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 7 victories and 5 lost games. Kazociunaite has a very solid season. In 11 games in WBBL she scored 12.7ppg. She also has 5.7rpg and a FGP of 52.4%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Gerda Raulusaityte (189-C-2004) of LCC Klaipeda - 19 points and 7 rebounds
5. Viktoriia Balaban (176-F/G-1997) of Neptunas - 31 points and 4 rebounds
6. Nikola Ozola (170-G-2000) of Jurmala - 21 points and 3 rebounds
7. Mercy Wanyama (185-C-1992) of Siauliai - 13 points and 12 rebounds
8. Evelina Otto (187-C-2006) of TTT Riga - 16 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Gabriele Sulske (177-PG-1990) of Kibirkstis-MRU - 20 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Brigita Sinickaite (175-SG-2001) of Neptunas - 18 points, 8 rebounds and 7 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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