Kabange's 33-point game gives him Player of the Week award

Job Mashwabathi

Guard Glory Kabange (G) had a very impressive game in the last round for second-ranked NW Eagles and receives a Interperformances Player of the Week award for round 5.
He had the game-high 33 points adding six rebounds for NW Eagles in his team's victory, helping them to outclass M.Rhinos (1-3) with 29-point margin 92-63. NW Eagles maintains the 2nd position in their group in South African league. 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 Kabange had a remarkable 66.7% from 2-point range and got six three-pointers out of 10 attempts. He turned to be NW Eagles' top player in his first season with the team. Kabange has impressive league stats. He is league's best scorer averaging so far 13.0ppg. Kabange is in league's top in and averages solid 57.1% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Sylvain Ndila (G). He is a guard in his second season at NW Eagles. In the last game Ndila recorded impressive double-double of 16 points and 12 rebounds. Of course together with Kabange he helped NW Eagles with another comfortable win outscoring slightly higher-ranked M.Rhinos (1-3) 92-63. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the top position in Group 2. NW Eagles consolidated its place in top 2 of the standings. 3 lost games are too many comparing to just one victory NW Eagles managed to get this year. Ndila is well-known at NW Eagles and together with Glory Kabange he already established his position as one of the team's leaders. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 9.0ppg (#9). He also registered 5.5 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Lwazi Mapititza (PF) of league's leader EC Windbreakers. Mapititza scored 13 points and grabbed twelve rebounds (!!!). He was a key player of EC Windbreakers, leading his team to a 71-49 easy win against #2 ranked FS Warriors. EC Windbreakers confirms their top position in Group 4. Their record at this point is 3 victories and 1 lost game. Mapititza has a very solid season. In 4 games in South Africa he scored 7.3ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Nathan Kayinda) of M.Rhinos - 14 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Aubrey Makwande (PF) of NW Eagles - 13 points and 13 rebounds
6. Cecil Nkwashu (F) of L.Pride - 12 points and 13 rebounds
7. Job Mashwabathi (195-PF) of FS Warriors - 4 points, 18 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Khotso Mahloane (C) of FS Warriors - 9 points and 7 rebounds
9. Thuto Gaborone (181-G-92) of EC Windbreakers - 9 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists
10. Claasen Badianyama (F) of M.Rhinos - 14 points, 12 rebounds and 2 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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