Kikomba's double-double lands him Player of the Week award

- February 19, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

James Okello

Puati Kikomba had a very impressive game in the last round for Kampala Rockets and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 5.
He had a double-double of 16 points and 20 rebounds, while his team beat JKL Dolphins (#11, 1-4) 74-66. The game rather meaningless between the teams, which do not have any influence on top of the standings. Thanks to this victory Kampala R. moved-up to the 12th position in Ugandan league. Too late to salvage the team, which is currently ranked such low. They already lost 5 games and recorded just one victory. 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 rebounds (4th best: 13.2rpg) and averages solid 2.8bpg.

Second best performed player last round was Christian Ndibu of Ndejje University Angels. He is a in his first season at Ndejje Angels. In the last game Ndibu recorded an impressive double-double of 20 points and 21 rebounds. Bad luck as Ndejje Angels lost that game 75-83 to league's leader City Oilers (#1, 5-0). Ndejje Angels managed to keep the same 7th spot in the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 2-3 record. Ndibu is one of the most experienced players at Ndejje Angels and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 16.8ppg (#2). He also registered 14.8 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to Arthur Wanyoto of JKL Dolphins Kampala (#11). Wanyoto scored 20 points and grabbed 19 rebounds (!!!). Despite Wanyoto's great performance the JKL Dolphins lost 66-74 to slightly lower-ranked Kampala R. (#12, 1-5). But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates. JKL Dolphins can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have rather bad season and 1-4 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Wanyoto has individually a great season in Uganda. After only 5 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 14.0ppg (9th best) and rebounds with 10.0rpg (8th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Diopa Lukusa) of Livingstone - 16 points and 18 rebounds
5. James Okello (193-PF-1990) of City Oilers - 16 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists
6. Moses Mugisha (C/F-1984) of Our Saviour - 13 points and 7 rebounds
7. Edgar Munaba) of KIU Titans - 15 points and 12 rebounds
8. Titus Lual (201-C-1998) of City Oilers - 17 points and 6 rebounds
9. Tony Drileba (183-SG-1993) of City Oilers - 12 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists
10. Ivan Muhwezi (182-SG-1998) of City Oilers - 16 points and 9 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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PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Puati Kikomba

16 PTS

20 REB