Diarra's double-double lands him Player of the Week award

- May 27, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Aliou Diarra

Aliou Diarra

23-year old Mali forward Aliou Diarra (200-F-2001) put on an amazing game in the last round for second-ranked APR Basketball Club Kigali and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 7.
He had a double-double of 22 points and 17 rebounds, while his team edged out Thunder (#4, 1-5) 77-74. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. APR maintains the 2nd position in Basketball Africa League . APR is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or a little bit lower in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 3-3 record. In the team's last game Diarra had a remarkable 69.2% from 2-point range. He turned to be APR's top player in his first season with the team. Diarra has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in points (3rd best: 18.8ppg) and averages solid 5.3bpg and 65.1% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Teafale Lenard Jr. (203-F-2002) of MBB Blue Soldiers. He is American forward in his first season at MBB. In the last game Lenard Jr. recorded an impressive 39 points and 8 rebounds. Bad luck as Blue Soldiers lost that game 76-85 to slightly lower-ranked Thunder (#4, 1-5). It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. MBB still maintains its place in the top 3 of the standings, even despite this loss. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 2-4 record. Lenard Jr. is one of the most experienced players at MBB and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 22.7ppg (#2). He also registered 7.2 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to another MBB's star - guard Jovan Mooring (188-G-1994). Mooring showcased his all-around game by recording 29 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists in the last round. He was another key player of MBB Blue Soldiers, helping his team with a 94-88 win against #2 ranked APR. The chances of Blue Soldiers not to end season at such low position in the league, however are less than slim as they have already lost 4 games, recording just two victories. With bigger assistance of his teammates, Mooring could try to bring MBB' a little bit higher in the standings. Mooring has individually a great season in Basketball Africa League. After only 6 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 17.8ppg (5th best). Mooring attended one of camps at Eurobasket Summer League on his way to pro basketball.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Jaylen Adams (188-PG-1996) of Al Ahly Tripoli - 26 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists
5. Mohamed Sadi (192-PG-1995) of Al Ahly Tripoli - 23 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists
6. Obadiah Noel (193-G-1999) of APR - 30 points
7. Caleb Agada (196-PG-1994) of Al Ahly Tripoli - 16 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists
8. Youssou Ndoye (213-C-1991) of APR - 18 points and 8 rebounds
9. Chasson Randle (188-G-1993) of APR - 25 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Assem Marei (206-C-1992) of Al Ahly Tripoli - 18 points, 10 rebounds and 4 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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