Crawford's 31-point game gives him Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- May 11, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Chris Crawford

Chris Crawford

31-year old American guard Chris Crawford (193-G-1992) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for U.S. Monastir and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 8.
He had the game-high 31 points adding five rebounds and five assists for US Monastir in his team's victory, helping them to beat APR (#2, 2-2) 83-70. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. US Monastir maintains the 4th position in Basketball Africa League . Too late to improve their position as they are currently ranked such low. They already lost 3 games and recorded just one victory. In the team's last game Crawford had a remarkable six three-pointers out of 9 attempts. He just recently signed at US Monastir, being already a very valuable addition to the team. University of Memphis graduate has very impressive stats this year. Crawford is in league's top in points (6th best: 19.0ppg) and averages solid 1.3bpg.

Second best performed player last round was Peter Olisemeka (207-C-1991) of top-ranked Rivers Royal Hoopers. He is Italian-Nigerian center in his first season at Rivers Hoopers. In the last game Olisemeka recorded an impressive double-double of 16 points and 18 rebounds. Bad luck as Rivers Hoopers was edged by slightly lower-ranked Douanes (#3, 2-2) 56-54. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Rivers Hoopers still maintains its place as the top team in the standings, even despite this loss. His team has currently 3-1 record. Olisemeka is one of the most experienced players at Rivers Hoopers and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to another Rivers Hoopers' star - forward William Perry (183-F-1994). Perry scored 19 points and passed 9 assists. He was another key player of Rivers Royal Hoopers, helping his team with a 84-63 easy win against #4 ranked US Monastir. Rivers Hoopers confirms their top position in the standings. Their record at this point is 3 victories and 1 lost games. Perry has a great season in Basketball Africa League. After only 4 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 20.5ppg (4th best) and assists with 5.0apg (7th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Kelvin Amayo (193-G-1992) of Rivers Hoopers - 30 points and 9 assists
5. Obadiah Noel (193-G-1999) of APR - 24 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Devine Eke (203-PF-1996) of Rivers Hoopers - 13 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Sadio Doucoure (200-SF-1992) of US Monastir - 21 points and 5 rebounds
8. Jean-Jacques Boissy (183-PG-2000) of Douanes - 14 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists
9. Firas Lahiani (201-F-1991) of US Monastir - 12 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists
10. Dario Hunt (204-F/C-1989) of APR - 17 points, 7 rebounds and 3 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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