American Ndidi Madu (185-PF) put on an amazing game in the last round for league's second-best Al-Qazeres and that's her to receive a Eurobasket.com LF2 Player of the Week award for round 17. The -year old power forward had a double-double of 22 points and sixteen rebounds, while her team edged out Aros Leon (#4, 9-6) 63-60. Al-Qazeres is placed at 2nd position in Spanish LF2. They are still close to the very top. Al-Qazeres would have been even better if they kept winning the games like in the last round. They have a solid 12-3 record. Madu turned to be Al-Qazeres' top player in her first season with the team. University of Florida graduate has very impressive stats this year. Madu is in league's top in rebounds (7th best: 9.3rpg).
The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was 32-year old former international forward Mireia Navarrete (184-F-80) of Duran Maquinaria Ensino Lugo. Navarrete impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 31 points and 11 rebounds. It was enough for Ensino to edge the lower-ranked Real C.Vigo (#8, 6-10) by 5 points 85-80. Ensino's 5th position in Group A has not changed. Her team lost some distance to top teams. But 9-6 record is not bad and everything may still change. Navarrete is a newcomer at Ensino and despite he is not a team leader yet, every game he becomes more reliable player. Hopefully performances like the last one will happen more often. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 8.4ppg (#6).
The third best performed player last round was Russian Olga Fedorova (189-C-78) of Arxil Pontev. (#11). Fedorova scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds. She was a key player of Arxil Pontev., leading her team to a 52-47 win against the higher-ranked Ourense P. (#7, 6-10). Arxil Pontev. can only dream about fighting for top spots in Group A. They have rather bad season and 1-15 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Too bad for Fedorova she does not play for a better team. But maybe if she did, her season stats would not be that high. Fedorova has a very solid season. In 15 games in Spain she scored 15.1ppg.
Other top performing players last week: 4. Kate Mills (185-F-86) of Ferrol - 23 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists 5. Maria Bolonio (180-F/G-85) of Ourense P. - 13 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists 6. Ainara Ramasco (169-PG-89) of Orion-GDKO - 16 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists 7. Monica Garrido (185-C-82) of Real Canoe - 13 points, 17 rebounds and 2 assists 8. Noelia Oliva (175-G-88) of Real C.Vigo - 27 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists 9. Amina Njonkou (185-F-88) of ADBA - 14 points, 18 rebounds and 4 assists 10. Maria Ylenia Manzanares (175-G-83) of Cortegada - 16 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists
The Player of the week is chosen 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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Jose Ignacio Hernandez takes Rivas Ecopolis under control - May 26, 2013
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Jose Ignacio Hernandez takes Rivas Ecopolis under control. The Spanish Specialist moves from Poland after three years with Wisla.
Jose Ignacio Hernandez took Wisla in 2009 and proved his ambitions. In 2011 the team became Polish Cup Winner -12 and the Champion of Poland as well as reached Euroleague Final Eight. Last season however he was released in February as Wisla did not have a good season at all. They finished third at the Regular Season with 19-5 record [read more]
Jose Ignacio Hernandez takes Rivas Ecopolis under control. The Spanish Specialist moves from Poland after three years with Wisla. Jose Ignacio Hernandez took Wisla in 2009 and proved his ambitions. In 2011 the team became Polish Cup Winner -12 and the Champion of Poland as well as reached Euroleague Final Eight. Last season however he was released in February as Wisla did not have a good season at all. They finished third at the Regular Season with 19-5 record. Although the team reached the Finals, CCC smashed them with 4-0 record. Jose Ignacio Hernandez was also a Coach of the Polish PLKK All-Star Game -10, 12. In 2010 he reached Euroleague Semifinals -10 and became Eurobasket.com All-Polish PLKK Coach of the Year -10. He was also the Head Coach for Spanish Women National Team -10-11.
Torrens leads Spain once again over Finland - May 25, 2013
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Spain-Finland 58:38
Alba Torrens (188-F-89) leads Spain once again over Finland. The Spanish player scored 20 points in Game 2 as the hosts posted a 58:38 victory.
Spain started the game with a 13-3 lead and never looked behind in the game. Finland however looked better in the second period and managed to post a 13-8 rally to reduce to 21:16 result at the halftime. The tempo had dramatically increased in the second half as Spain posted two victories in the third and the last stanzas [read more]
Spain-Finland 58:38
Alba Torrens (188-F-89) leads Spain once again over Finland. The Spanish player scored 20 points in Game 2 as the hosts posted a 58:38 victory. Spain started the game with a 13-3 lead and never looked behind in the game. Finland however looked better in the second period and managed to post a 13-8 rally to reduce to 21:16 result at the halftime. The tempo had dramatically increased in the second half as Spain posted two victories in the third and the last stanzas. Spain won the third frame 18-10 and finished the game with 16-12 rally. Marta Xargay Casademont (181-PG-90, agency: Josep and Nicolas) scored 11 points for the winners and Lucila Pascua (195-C-83) notched 7. Rodriguez delivered 5, while Cindy Lima (196-C-81, agency: Josep and Nicolas) and Laura Gil (190-C-92, agency: Josep and Nicolas) netted 4 apiece. Dionne Pounds (174-F-84, agency: Regeneracom Sports, college: Lamar) ended up with 15 points in the losing effort. Vilma Kesanen (179-G-88) scored 6 and Taru Tuukkanen (190-C-77, agency: Regeneracom Sports, college: Xavier) added 4.
Spain-Finland 92:28
Spain demolish the Finnish side in the first friendly game. The hosts posted an overwhelming 92:28 win in Game 1. Spain dominated the whole game and won all the quarters of the game. The hosts started with 29-8 lead in the first frame and of course never looked behind after. The Spanish side added a 19-7 rally in the second frame and went to the lockers with 33 points advantage [read more]
Spain-Finland 92:28
Spain demolish the Finnish side in the first friendly game. The hosts posted an overwhelming 92:28 win in Game 1. Spain dominated the whole game and won all the quarters of the game. The hosts started with 29-8 lead in the first frame and of course never looked behind after. The Spanish side added a 19-7 rally in the second frame and went to the lockers with 33 points advantage. Spain posted also 28-5 burst in the third quarter and finished the game with 16-8 rally in the last stanza. They tried hard to post three-digit number at the very end, but were happy to leave the court with 92 points. Alba Torrens (188-F-89) top-scored for the winners with 20 points, while Marta Xargay Casademont (181-PG-90, agency: Josep and Nicolas) netted 12. Pascua collected 11 points and 11 rebounds, while Amaya Valdemoro (183-F-76, agency: Josep and Nicolas) also scored 11. Taru Tuukkanen (190-C-77, agency: Regeneracom Sports, college: Xavier) replied with 7 points and M.Sten delivered 5. Korpivaara produced 4, while Aijanen and Pounds had 3 each. The teams will meet again tomorrow.
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