Mutungutungu's double-double lands her Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- June 11, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Lufuno Mutungutungu

Lufuno Mutungutungu

Lufuno Mutungutungu put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for league's best team Egoli Magic Johannesburg and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 3.
She had a double-double of 14 points and 13 rebounds, while her team outclassed, the league's bottom-ranked team Marlins (#4, 0-1) with 47-point margin 76-29. It allowed Magic to consolidate first place 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 Magic already had a very good start winning all 3 without losing a single one. Mutungutungu just recently signed at Magic, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Mutungutungu has impressive league stats. She is in league's top in points (5th best: 16.0ppg), rebounds (9th best: 11.0rpg), assists (7th best: 4.0apg) and averages solid 5.0spg.

Second best performed player last round was Zanele Vimbela. She is a in her first season at Magic. In the last game Vimbela recorded an impressive 8 points and 17 rebounds. Of course together with Mutungutungu she helped Egoli Magic Johannesburg with another comfortable win outscoring Marlins (0-1) 76-29. A very good start of the season for her team, which won so far all 3 games without any defeat. Vimbela is one of the most experienced players at Magic and similarly like Lufuno Mutungutungu has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to another Magic's star - Phindile Nkosi. Nkosi scored 12 points and grabbed 15 rebounds (!!!). She was another key player of Egoli Magic Johannesburg, helping her team with a 61-36 easy win against Pride (#5, 0-2). Magic started extremely well this year. They recorded 3 victories without losing a single game in Group A. Nkosi 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. Nkosi 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 13.0rpg (3rd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Thoriso Kotsane) of Magic - 9 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists
5. Lindokuhle Nkabini) of Magic - 17 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists
6. Reneilwe Motebele) of Pride - 7 points and 14 rebounds
7. Boitumelo Masenamela) of Magic - 5 points and 9 rebounds
8. Khutso Sekoadi) of Pride - 7 points and 11 rebounds
9. Nokwanda Zulu) of Marlins - 7 points and 5 rebounds
10. Liyabona Nondala) of Magic - 2 points, 3 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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