Preston Le Gassick claims Australian U20 League weekly honour

Sejr Deans

Preston Le Gassick put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for league's second-best Queensland and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents U20 League Player of the Week award for round 3.
The had the game-high 28 points adding four rebounds and seven assists for Queensland in his team's victory, helping them to crush NSW Blue (#5, 2-2) with 21-point margin 107-86. Queensland maintains the 2nd position in Australian U20 League. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Queensland already had a very good start winning all 3 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Le Gassick had a remarkable six three-pointers out of 8 attempts. He just recently signed at Queensland and just after two games he already turned to be a very valuable addition to the team. Le Gassick has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in assists (2nd best: 5.5apg).

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was Sejr Deans of Tasmania. Deans impressed basketball fans with 17 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. Of course Tasmania cruised to a 76-66 relatively comfortable win over WA Black (0-4). The season is still at the very beginning and this victory may help a lot. Let's wait for the next round. Deans is one of the most experienced players at Tasmania and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

The third best performed player last round was Nigerian Joshua Ojianwuna (210-C) of top-ranked NBA Global. Ojianwuna scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds. He was a key player of NBA Global, leading his team to a 104-47 easy win against SA Blue (#10, 1-3). NBA Global started extremely well this year. They recorded 3 victories without losing a single game. Ojianwuna 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. Ojianwuna has a very solid season. In 2 games in Australia he scored 7.5ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Alexander Toohey (201-F-04) of NBA Global - 8 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists
5. Boston Mazlin) of Queensland - 17 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists
6. Harry Flint) of Tasmania - 12 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Blake Jones (206-PF-02) of Queensland - 15 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Reyne Smith (186-G-02) of Tasmania - 19 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Fletcher Macdonald) of NSW White - 14 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Yaak Yaak) of NBA Global - 12 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists

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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