Stella Lunkuse gets MVP of the Week award for Ugandan NBL

- April 11, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Stella Lunkuse

Stella Lunkuse (G-1998) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for UPDF Lady Tomahawks and that's her to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 18.
The 27-year old guard had a double-double of 16 points and 15 rebounds, while her team crushed Lady Dolphins (#4, 8-3) with 17-point margin 72-55. Tomahawks is placed at 6th position in Ugandan NBL. Tomahawks is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or a little bit lower in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 5-6 record. It's Lunkuse's second year at Tomahawks and it's hard to imagine this team without her. Lunkuse has impressive league stats. She is in league's top in rebounds (4th best: 10.5rpg), assists (6th best: 3.9apg) and averages solid 2.9spg.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was Auma Joy of Nabisunsa Girls. Joy impressed basketball fans with 16 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists. Bad luck as Nabisunsa was edged by slightly lower-ranked Angels (#12, 1-9) 73-72. The game was between two teams which are definitely not main contenders for the title. Nabisunsa keeps 11th position. 8 lost games are too many comparing to just one victory Nabisunsa managed to get this year. Joy is a newcomer at Nabisunsa and it seems she did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 15.4ppg (#3). Her other stats are also decent: 10.9rpg and 3.9apg.

The third best performed player last round was Joan Namatovu (1999) of Angels BC (#12). Namatovu showcased her all-around game by recording 14 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in the last round. She was a key player of Angels, leading her team to a 73-72 win against slightly higher-ranked Nabisunsa (#11, 1-8). Angels can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have extremely bad season and 1-9 record places them at the very bottom of the standings. Namatovu has a very solid season. In 10 games in Uganda she scored 8.0ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Martha Yikiru) of Nabisunsa - 15 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists
5. Mpoza Abigail (2007) of Nabisunsa - 15 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists
6. Rebecca Namatovu) of Angels - 15 points and 9 rebounds
7. Angel Akuwei) of Angels - 15 points and 9 rebounds
8. Tamasha Nsubuga (F) of Lady Dolphins - 21 points and 6 rebounds
9. Ruth Letaru (1997) of Tomahawks - 14 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists
10. Agnes Njeri) of Lady Dolphins - 2 points and 16 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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