Mangok Mathiang's double-double lands him Player of the Week award among Australians playing currently abroad:

Here is the weekly review of the top performing Australian players, who play currently abroad.

Mangok Mathiang

   #1. This week's number one is an international center Mangok Mathiang (208-92, college: Louisville, currently plays in Turkey). He was the major contributor in Acibadem's surprising victory against the sixth-ranked Darussafaka (12-9) 91-87 in a derby game in the Turkish BSL in Saturday night's game. Mathiang had a double-double by scoring 21 points and getting 11 rebounds. He also added 3 blocks in 34 minutes on the court; quite an impressive performance considering it's only Mathiang's third season in pro basketball. Bahcesehir Koleji Istanbul (7-14) is placed 14th in the BSL. It was his team's first victory after three consecutive loses. Mathiang has relatively good stats this year: 12.7ppg, 10.6rpg, 1.7apg, 1.4bpg, 1.1spg, 2FGP: 56.1%(88-157) and FT: 67.9% in 18 games he played so far. He has a dual citizenship: Australian and South Sudanese. Mathiang is currently a member of the Australian senior national team.

Jock Landale

   #2. Second place goes to an international center Jock Landale (211-95, college: St.Mary's, CA, currently plays in Euroleague). He led his Lithuanian team Zalgiris to a victory against the closely-ranked Armani Milano (11-15) 105-97 in the Euroleague last Friday. Landale scored 14 points; not bad, considering it's only his second season in pro basketball. B.C. Zalgiris Kaunas (11-15) is placed tenth in the Euroleague. It's Landale's first year with the team. This season Landale has relatively solid stats: 10.6ppg, 4.4rpg, 2FGP: 62.6%(72-115), 3FGP: 27.9% and FT: 81.4%. He is in the roster of the Australian senior national team.

Brock Motum

   #3. The Australian player who performed third best last week abroad was former international power forward Brock Motum (208-90, college: WSU, currently plays in Spain). Motum contributed to an easy victory against the eighth-ranked Burgos (11-11) crushing them 95-66 in the Spanish Liga Endesa on Sunday night. He recorded 11 points and grabbed 4 rebounds (made all of his five free throws) in only a mere 11 minutes. Valencia Basketis placed in the Liga Endesa. It's Motum's first season with the team. This year Motum averages: 6.6ppg, 2.0rpg, 2FGP: 60.5%(26-43), 3FGP: 42.3% and FT: 77.8% in 15 games. He played for the Australian national team four years ago.

Daniel Dillon

   #4. An experienced point guard Daniel Dillon (193-86, college: Arizona, currently plays in Poland) could not help Polpharma (4-17) in their last game on Saturday. Despite Dillon's very good performance the bottom-ranked Polpharma was edged 82-80 on the road by the second-ranked Start. He was the top scorer with 27 points. Dillon also added 3 steals. It was his first game for Polpharma this season. Dillon is another player who holds two passports: Trinidad and Tobago and Australian. He used to play for the Australian national team back in 2009.

Joe Ingles

   #5. International small forward Joe Ingles (203-87, currently plays in NBA) contributed to an Utah Jazz's victory against the Washington Wizards (22-37) 129-119 in the NBA on Friday night. Ingles scored 10 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and dished 6 assists. The Utah Jazz has a solid 36-23 record this season. They ended the series of four consecutive loses. Ingles is one of the most experienced players in a team as it's his sixth year in Utah Jazz's roster. He has reliable stats this season: 9.8ppg, 4.0rpg and 5.1apg. Ingles plays currently for the Australian national team.

Matthew Dellavedova

   #6. Guard Matthew Dellavedova (193-90, college: St.Mary's, CA, currently plays in NBA) contributed to a Cleveland Cavaliers' victory against the Philadelphia 76ers (37-24) 108-94 in the NBA last Wednesday. Dellavedova scored 12 points. The Cleveland Cavaliers have rather weak 17-43 record this season. Dellavedova's overall stats this year are: 2.8ppg, 1.1rpg and 2.6apg. He is an international player who is currently on the senior Australian National Team roster.

Aron Baynes

   #7. International center Aron Baynes (208-86, college: WSU, currently plays in NBA) helped Phoenix Suns win their game against the Utah Jazz (36-23) crushing them 131-111 in the NBA on Monday night. Baynes recorded 9 points and grabbed 8 rebounds in 16 minutes. The Phoenix Suns have 24-37 record this season. Baynes averaged so far 10.5ppg, 5.5rpg and 1.6apg in 39 games. He is also Australian national team player.

Patrick Mills

   #8. Point guard Patrick Mills (183-88, college: St.Mary's, CA, currently plays in NBA) was not able to help the San Antonio Spurs in their game against the Dallas Mavericks (37-24) in the NBA. He scored 8 points in 28 minutes. The San Antonio Spurs (25-33) lost 103-109 in Dallas to the Mavericks. Mills has been at the team for eight years. Mills has individually a very good season with high stats. He averages: 11.6ppg, 1.6rpg and 1.8apg in 58 games. Mills plays currently for the Australian national team.

Josh Wilcher

   #9. Former international point guard Josh Wilcher (178-91, college: Cent.Wyoming, currently plays in United Kingdom) helped Plymouth Raiders win their game against the league outsider Manchester Giants (0-9) 96-90 in the British BBL last Sunday. Wilcher scored 20 points, made 4 passes and 3 steals. Plymouth University Raiders (3-10) is placed second from the bottom (#10) in the BBL. This season Wilcher has very high stats. He averages: 16.6ppg, 2.9rpg, 7.1apg and 1.2spg. Wilcher used to play for the Australian national team eleven years ago.

Thon Maker

   #10. Forward Thon Maker (216-97, currently plays in NBA) was not able to secure a victory for the Detroit Pistons (20-41) in their game against the Portland Trail Blazers (26-35) in the NBA. He scored only 4 points in 16 minutes. The Detroit Pistons (20-41) were edged 107-104 in Portland by the Trail Blazers. This year Maker's overall stats are: 4.6ppg and 2.8rpg in 56 games. He is a former international player as two years ago he still played for the Australian senior national team.

   #11. Former University international forward Duop Reath (211-96, college: LSU, currently plays in ABA League) couldn't help FMP in their game against KK Zadar in the ABA League. Reath scored 7 points and grabbed 5 rebounds. His team was defeated 81-76. Reath's stats this season are: 11.6ppg and 4.5rpg. He used to play for the Australian university national team three years ago.

   #12. Former international forward Cameron Bairstow (206-90, college: N.Mexico, currently plays in Lithuania) managed to help BC Rytas Vilnius to win against the closely-ranked Juventus 70-66 in the Lithuanian LKL on Saturday night. He scored only 3 points. Bairstow's total stats this season are: 6.6ppg and 3.5rpg. He used to play for the Australian national team back in 2016.

   #13. U19 international forward Keli Leaupepe (198-0, currently plays college basketball in the States), who plays in the NCAA couldn't help the Loyola Mary (4-12) in their last game. Despite Leaupepe's very good performance his team was edged 69-67 in San Francisco by the University of. He scored 16 points in 25 minutes. This year Leaupepe's total stats are: 8.5ppg and 3.7rpg in 30 games. He is also Australian U19 national team player.

   #14. Former U17 international forward Myles Cherry (203-98, currently studies in the States), who plays in the NCAA couldn't help the Lafayette (10-8) in their last game on Wednesday. Despite Cherry's good performance his team was badly defeated 79-59 at home by the The American University. He recorded a double-double by scoring 13 points and getting 10 rebounds. Cherry averaged so far 10.3ppg, 7.1rpg and 2.2apg. He used to play for the Australian U17 national team back in 2014.

   #15. University international guard Dejan Vasiljevic (190-97, is currently at the American university), who plays in the NCAA couldn't help the Miami, FL (6-12) in their last game on Sunday. Despite his good performance the Miami, FL was badly defeated 87-71 on their home court in Miami by the University of Notre Dame. Vasiljevic scored 12 points. Vasiljevic averaged so far 13.4ppg and 4.3rpg. He is also in the roster of the Australian university national team.


The list of other players, who all have Australian passport but never been selected to any of Australian national teams:

   #1. Dominic Gilbert (198-G/F-96, agency: Slash Sports, college: UBC, currently plays in Croatia) led KK Zadar to a victory against the ninth-ranked Borik Puntamika (6-14) 85-80 in a derby game in the Croatian Premijer Liga last Wednesday. Gilbert scored 12 points in 34 minutes. KK Zadar (18-2) is placed first in the Premijer Liga. It was his team's third consecutive victory in a row. There are only two games left until the end of the Regular Season. So now every game will be critical. Gilbert has reliable stats this year: 11.6ppg, 5.8rpg and 1.8apg in 19 games he played so far. He has a dual citizenship: Australian and Croatian.

   #2. Robbie Heath (190-G, currently plays in NCAA2) could not help the West Chester University (11-7) in their last game. Despite his very good performance the West Chester University (#8) was badly defeated 103-87 on the road by the East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. Heath had a double-double by scoring 39 points and getting 10 rebounds. He also added 6 assists in 33 minutes. There are only three games left until the end of the NCAA2 Regular Season. So now every game is very crucial. Heath has individually a very good year with high stats. He averages: 22.6ppg, 7.3rpg, 2.6apg and 1.7spg in 24 games.

   #3. Matthew McCarthy (205-PF-96, college: USF, currently plays in Holland) contributed to an easy victory against the sixth-ranked BA Limburg (8-14) crushing them 76-53 in the Dutch Eredivisie in Thursday night's game. McCarthy scored 9 points and grabbed 7 rebounds. Donar Groningen (17-4) is placed first in the Eredivisie. It was his team's third consecutive victory in a row. McCarthy's overall stats this season are: 8.0ppg and 5.3rpg.

   #4. Grant Anticevich (203-F, currently plays college basketball in the States) contributed to California's victory against the University of Utah (6-11) 86-79 in the NCAA on Saturday night. He scored 17 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. The University of California has 7-9 conference record this season. There are only three games left until the end of the NCAA Regular Season. So now every game will be important. Anticevich's overall stats this season are: 8.7ppg, 5.4rpg and 1.2apg.

   #5. Mason Peatling (203-F-97, currently studies in the States) contributed to EWU's victory against the University of Northern Colorado (13-5) 68-64 in the NCAA in Saturday night's game. He had a double-double by scoring 20 points and getting 11 rebounds. Peatling also added 3 assists and 3 blocks in 39 minutes. The Eastern Washington University has quite an impressive 14-4 conference record this season. There are only two games left until the end of the NCAA Regular Season. So now every game will be extremely important. Peatling plays fourth season for the team. He has very impressive stats this year: 17.4ppg, 9.1rpg, 3.0apg and 1.5bpg in 29 games.

   #6. Jonathon Mines (193-G-91, college: N.Mexico Highlands, currently plays in Greece) contributed to Koroivos' surprising victory against the fifth-ranked AS Apollon Patras 80-73 in the Greek A2 (second division) last Wednesday. Mines scored 10 points in only 13 minutes. This year Mines' total stats are: 7.0ppg and 3.8rpg in 17 games.

   #7. Maris Colton (201-F, currently plays in NCAA2) contributed to a Metropolitan State University of Denver's victory against the Chadron State College 89-79 in the NCAA2 in Friday night's game. Colton had a double-double by scoring 15 points and getting 11 rebounds. He also added 4 assists in 39 minutes. This year Colton's total stats are: 9.1ppg and 5.3rpg in 24 games.

   #8. Rasmus Bach (193-G-95, college: Fort Lewis, currently plays in Denmark) helped Randers win their game against the fifth-ranked Svendborg 88-82 in the Danish BasketLigaen last Sunday. He scored 8 points. Bach averaged so far 12.2ppg, 6.0rpg, 2.4apg and 1.4spg. He is another player who holds two passports: Australian and Danish.

   #9. Michael Wearne (188-G-96, college: St.Rose, NY, currently plays in NCAA2) helped College of Saint Rose edge the American International College 75-73 in the NCAA2 last Tuesday. Wearne scored 14 points, had 5 rebounds and dished 6 assists in 33 minutes. Wearne has averaged so far 4.6ppg, 2.2rpg and 2.5apg in 24 games.

   #10. Damian Prgomet (208-F, currently plays in NCAA2) was not able to help the Southwest Baptist University (2-0) in their last game on Thursday. Despite Prgomet's very good performance his team was defeated 63-58 in Kansas City by the Rockhurst University. He scored 15 points and grabbed 5 rebounds. Prgomet averaged so far 13.0ppg, 7.3rpg and 1.6bpg.