Nkosi's double-double lands her Player of the Week award

- September 4, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Mamotsoari Mofokeng

Phindile Nkosi had a great game in the last round for league's best team MBB and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 9.
She had a double-double of 31 points and 15 rebounds, while her team outclassed, the league's bottom-ranked team M.Rhinos (#5, 0-2) with 81-point margin 103-22. It allowed MBB to take over top position in the South African WBNL. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but MBB already had a very good start winning all 3 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Nkosi had a remarkable 76.5% from 2-point range. She turned to be MBB's top player in her first season with the team. Nkosi has impressive league stats. She is league's best scorer averaging so far 22.0ppg. Nkosi is in league's top in rebounds (2nd best: 16.0rpg) and averages solid 1.3bpg,7.3spg and 70.3% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Fikile Chongwe of North-West Eagles. She is a in her 3rd season at NW Eagles. In the last game Chongwe recorded an impressive double-double of 17 points and 21 rebounds. Of course she led NW Eagles to another comfortable win 54-36 over M.Rhinos (#5, 0-2) being unquestionably team leader. This victory allowed NW Eagles to move up to 4th position in Group A. Her team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 1-2 record. Chongwe is one of the most experienced players at NW Eagles and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to another MBB's star - Danisa Chauke. Chauke scored 15 points and grabbed 24 rebounds (!!!). She was another key player of MBB, helping her team with a 103-22 easy win against M.Rhinos (#5, 0-2). MBB started extremely well this year. They recorded 3 victories without losing a single game in Group A. Chauke turns to be one of the very best players in the league while she is also a leader of the top team having her eyes on the championship title. Chauke has a great season in South Africa. After only 3 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 11.3rpg (7th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Zinhle Mtabhane) of MBB - 9 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists
5. Amogelang Boitumelo) of NW Eagles - 11 points and 11 rebounds
6. Patient Malungana) of M.Rhinos - 4 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Dineo Sabatini) of NW Eagles - 7 points and 4 rebounds
8. Thando Mothiba) of MBB - 4 points and 2 rebounds
9. Siphesihle Mathe) of MBB - 2 points and 4 rebounds
10. Mamotsoari Mofokeng) of MBB - 18 points and 2 rebounds

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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