Pepper's 48-point game gives him NBL One Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- April 21, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Elijah Pepper

Elijah Pepper

23-year old American guard Elijah Pepper (193-G-2001) had a great game in the last round for league's best team Warwick Senators and receives a Hoops Agents NBL One Player of the Week award for round 4.
He had the game-high 48 points adding five rebounds and eight assists for Warwick S. in his team's victory, helping them to edge out Joondalup W. (#8, 2-2) 102-98. It allowed Senators to take over top position in the Australian NBL One. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Warwick S. already had a very good start winning all 3 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Pepper had a remarkable 66.7% from 2-point range and got ten three-pointers out of 21 attempts. He just recently signed at Senators, being already a very valuable addition to the team. University of California - Davis graduate has very impressive stats this year. Pepper is league's best scorer averaging so far 49.7ppg. Pepper is in league's top in assists (2nd best: 7.0apg) and averages solid 78.6% FGP and 49.1% from behind 3-point line.

Second best performed player last round was Sam Freeman (208-F/C-2001, agency: Haylett Sports) of league's second-best Mandurah Magic. He is American forward in his first season at Mandurah M.. In the last game Freeman recorded an impressive double-double of 24 points and 15 rebounds. It was enough for Magic to edge Cockburn (#14, 0-4) by 5 points 100-95. This victory allowed Mandurah to move up to second position in west. His team's 3-1 record is not bad at all. Freeman is one of the most experienced players at Mandurah and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to guard Emmett Naar (185-G-1994) of Rockingham Flames (#3). Naar scored 24 points and passed 6 assists. He was a key player of Flames, leading his team to a 104-102 win against the lower-ranked Willetton T. (#6, 2-1). Rockingham F. needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams in west. Their record at this point is 3 victories and 1 lost games. Naar has a very solid season. In 2 games in Australia he scored 25.0ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Jamal Poplar (204-F/C-1996) of SW Slammers - 33 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists
5. Isaac White (188-G-1998) of Rockingham F. - 28 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists
6. Joe Jackson (201-F/C-1996) of Woodville W. - 20 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists
7. C.J. Turnage (201-F/G-1995) of Joondalup W. - 22 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists
8. Tyreese Davis (198-G-1999) of Willetton T. - 24 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists
9. Daniel Johnson (212-C-1988) of Forestville E. - 23 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Anthony Green (208-C-1996) of Norwood F. - 18 points, 11 rebounds and 2 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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