Mwanawabene number one in Rwanda RBL for round 4

- February 18, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Fortunate Mwanawabene

Center Fortunate Mwanawabene (C-1998) had a great game in the last round for Espoir BBC Kigali, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 4.
The 26-year old player had a double-double of 30 points and 11 rebounds, while his team beat Azomco (#9, 0-4), the league's bottom-ranked team 85-74. Espoir is placed at 8th position in Rwandan RBL. Too late to salvage the team, which is currently ranked such low. They already lost 3 games and recorded just one victory. In the team's last game Mwanawabene had a remarkable three three-pointers out of 7 attempts. He turned to be Espoir's top player in his first season with the team. Fortunate Mwanawabene has solid league stats. He is in league's top in points (4th best: 21.5ppg).

The second best player in last round's games was young American Damaria Franklin (190-G-1999) of Azomco. Franklin had a very good evening with a double-double of 35 points and 10 rebounds. Bad luck as Azomco lost that game 74-85 to slightly higher-ranked Espoir (#8, 1-3). This loss caused Azomco to slide to the very bottom (9) position in the standings. 4 lost games are too many considering they did not win any game. Franklin is one of the most experienced players at Azomco and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 18.0ppg (#8). He also registered 4.5 boards per game.

Third on the list of top players last round was another Espoir's star - guard Fabrice Muhoza (SG). Muhoza scored 13 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. He was another key player of Espoir BBC Kigali, helping his team with a 85-74 win against Azomco (#9, 0-4). Espoir can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have rather bad season and 1-3 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Muhoza has a very solid season. In 4 games in Rwanda he scored 6.0ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Patrick Rugamba (F ) of Azomco - 9 points and 13 rebounds
5. Eric Muhayumukiza (SF-1995) of Espoir - 14 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists
6. Tresor Muteba (C) of Espoir - 7 points and 4 rebounds
7. Didier Shema (SG) of Espoir - 9 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Jean de Dieu Niyungeho (SG-1996) of Espoir - 6 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists
9. Christian Ruterana (F) of Espoir - 4 points and 4 rebounds
10. Mosley Prentise) of Azomco - 10 points, 5 rebounds and 5 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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