Mugisha number one in Uganda NBL for round 5 (by Hoops Agents)

- April 13, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Moses Mugisha

Moses Mugisha (C/F-1984) had a very impressive game in the last round for top-ranked Namuwongo Blazers, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 5.
The 40-year old player had a double-double of 23 points and 15 rebounds, while his team outclassed, the league's bottom-ranked team KIU Titans (#12, 0-3) with 56-point margin 126-70. It allowed Blazers to consolidate first place in the Ugandan NBL. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Blazers already had a very good start winning all 5 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Mugisha had a remarkable 60.0% from 2-point range. He just recently signed at Blazers, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Moses Mugisha has solid league stats. He is in league's top in assists (5th best: 3.0apg).

The second best player in last round's games was Stanley Mugerwa of league's second-best KCCA Panthers. Mugerwa had a very good evening with a double-double of 23 points and 11 rebounds. It was enough for KCCA P. to edge the lower-ranked UCU Canons (#8, 1-2) 73-69. This victory allowed KCCA P. to move up to second position in the standings. A very good start of the season for his team, which won so far all 4 games without any defeat. Mugerwa is one of the most experienced players at KCCA P. and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 12.0ppg (#9). He also registered 11.0 boards per game.

Third on the list of top players last round was another Blazers' star - Arthur Wanyoto. Wanyoto scored 20 points and grabbed 13 rebounds (!!!). He was another key player of Namuwongo Blazers, helping his team with a 126-70 easy win against KIU Titans (#12, 0-3). Blazers started extremely well this year. They recorded 5 victories without losing a single game. Wanyoto turns to be one of the very best players in the league while he is also a leader of the top team having his eyes on the championship title. Wanyoto has a very solid season. In 5 games in Uganda he scored 7.0ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Ochera Innocent (G-1997) of Blazers - 24 points and 5 rebounds
5. Emmanuel Odongkara (F-1989) of KCCA P. - 13 points and 12 rebounds
6. Peter Sifuma (C-1996) of Jaguars - 18 points and 16 rebounds
7. Acinbaai Apugi) of Rezlife S. - 12 points and 14 rebounds
8. Diopa Lukusa) of Livingstone - 14 points and 10 rebounds
9. Micheal Otieno (193-G-1993) of Rezlife S. - 12 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Daniel Odonkyero) of KIU Titans - 18 points and 3 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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