Puati Kikomba gets MVP of the Week award for Ugandan NBL

- February 13, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Samad Imran

Puati Kikomba had a great game in the last round for Kampala Rockets and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 4.
The had a double-double of 25 points and 16 rebounds, while his team was edged out by Ndejje Angels (#7, 2-2) 86-84. Kampala R. maintains the 13th position in Ugandan NBL. They are still not able to win a single game in the league yet. The season is still in it's early stage, so the team may have a chance to improve their current position in the standings. They lost 4 games and had no victories. Kikomba just recently signed at Kampala R., being already a very valuable addition to the team. Kikomba has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in points (8th best: 13.8ppg), rebounds (3rd best: 13.0rpg) and averages solid 1.8bpg and 2.3spg.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was Benon Wobusobozi of Ndejje University Angels. Wobusobozi impressed basketball fans with 18 points and 5 rebounds. It was enough for Ndejje Angels to edge Kampala R. (#13, 0-4) by 2 points 86-84. This victory allowed Ndejje Angels to move up to 7th position in the standings. His team lost some distance to top teams. But a 2-2 record is not bad and everything may still change. Wobusobozi is one of the most experienced players at Ndejje Angels and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

The third best performed player last round was Samad Imran (F-1993) of Betway Power BC (#8). Imran scored 22 points and grabbed 14 rebounds (!!!). He was a key player of Power, leading his team to a 72-64 win against slightly lower-ranked JKL Dolphins (#9, 1-3). The chances of Power not to end season at such low position in the league, however are less than slim as they have already lost 2 games, recording just one victories. With bigger assistance of his teammates, Imran could try to bring Power's a little bit higher in the standings. Imran has individually a great season in Uganda. After only 3 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 18.0ppg (best scorer) and rebounds with 14.0rpg (2nd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Kayiira Joel (2001) of UCU Canons - 13 points, 16 rebounds and 3 assists
5. Christian Ndibu) of Ndejje Angels - 20 points and 10 rebounds
6. Ian Lubwama) of Jaguars - 17 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Jimmy Otim (1999) of UCU Canons - 20 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Phillip Ameny (C-1989) of Power - 11 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists
9. Isaac Afidra (F/C-1985) of Power - 7 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists
10. Cikom Monybai (C/F) of Ndejje Angels - 13 points, 8 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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