Omot number one in Basketball Africa League for round 7 (by Hoops Agents)

South Sudanese-American Nuni Omot (206-SF-1994) put on an amazing game in the last round for second-ranked Al Ahly, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 7.
The 28-year old player was the main contributor (28 points, six rebounds and three assists) to his team's victory, helping them to crush Cape Town T. (#4, 1-3) with 16-point margin 91-75. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Al Ahly maintains the 2nd position in Basketball Africa League . They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Al Ahly already had a very good start winning all 3 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Omot had a remarkable 57.1% from 2-point range. He just recently signed at Al Ahly, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Former Baylor University star has very solid stats this year. Omot is in league's top in points (2nd best: 22.0ppg) and averages impressive 57.1% FGP and 50.0% from behind 3-point line.

The second best player in last round's games was young American Dane Miller (203-PF-1990) of SLAC. Miller had a very good evening with a double-double of 20 points and 10 assists. Of course he led SLAC to another comfortable win outscoring City Oilers (#6, 0-3) 96-68. SLAC's 5th position in the standings has not changed. 3 lost games are too many comparing to just one victory SLAC managed to get this year. Miller is a newcomer at SLAC, but is already one of team's top players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 16.8ppg (#1). His other stats are also decent: 9.8rpg and 3.3apg. Former Rutgers University star Miller 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 Mali Bourama Sidibe (208-SF-1997) of Fer.Beira (#3). Sidibe scored 19 points and grabbed fifteen rebounds (!!!). He was a key player of Fer.Beira, leading his team to a 82-76 win against #4 ranked Cape Town T. in a game of the week. Fer.Beira needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 2 victories and 2 lost games. Sidibe has a great season in Basketball Africa League. After only 4 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 8.0rpg (6th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Evans Ganapamo (201-F-1994) of Tigers - 26 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Michael Gbinije (201-F/G-1992) of Cape Town T. - 20 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists
6. Mike Nwabuzor (188-G-1996) of SLAC - 23 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Ibrahima Fofana (196-G-2001) of SLAC - 14 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists
8. Ismael Conde (201-SF-1992) of SLAC - 14 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Najeal Young (198-PG-1994) of Fer.Beira - 26 points and 13 rebounds
10. Ehab Amin (193-G-1995) of Al Ahly - 11 points, 5 rebounds and 8 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 : NUNI OMOT, AL AHLY CAIRO, BASKETBALL AFRICA LEAGUE BASKETBALL