Richardson's double-double lands him Big V Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- June 24, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Kerry Richardson

Kerry Richardson

25-year old American power forward Kerry Richardson (202-F/C-1999, agency: Elevate Sports Alliance) had an amazing evening in the last round for Bellarine Storm and receives a Hoops Agents Big V Player of the Week award for round 11.
He had a double-double of 37 points and 17 rebounds, while his team crushed Blackburn (#12, 1-12) with 18-point margin 108-90. Storm is placed at 8th position in Australian Big V. Bellarine is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 5-10 record. In the team's last game Richardson had a remarkable 72.2% from 2-point range. He just recently signed at Storm, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Morehouse College graduate has very impressive stats this year. Richardson is in league's top in rebounds (2nd best: 11.7rpg) and averages solid 1.4bpg and 52.7% FGP. Worth to mention Richardson played also at Eurobasket Summer League, which helped him get the job in pro basketball.

Second best performed player last round was Sean Conway (196-G-2001, agency: Warren Sports International) of Camberwell Dragons. He is American guard in his first season at Camberwell. In the last game Conway recorded an impressive double-double of 34 points and 10 rebounds. Of course he led Camberwell to another comfortable win 97-79 over the higher-ranked Pakenham (#5, 8-6) being unquestionably team leader. This victory allowed Camberwell to move up to 10th position in the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 4-9 record. Conway is one of the most experienced players at Camberwell and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 30.5ppg (#1). His other stats are also decent: 11.8rpg and 3.8apg.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Ryan Batte (198-F-1999) of Shepparton Gators (#6). Batte got into 30-points club by scoring 33 points in the last round. He went also for twelve rebounds and six assists. He was a key player of Gators, leading his team to a 85-73 win against the lower-ranked Sunbury (#9, 4-8). Shepparton needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 8 victories and 7 lost games. Batte has a great season in Australia. After 15 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 10.5rpg (5th best). He also has 2.5spg, a FGP of 53.0% and 3PT: 47.0%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Shannon Fowler (203-F/C-1993) of McKinnon - 21 points, 16 rebounds and 5 assists
5. Malik McKinney (190-G) of Bellarine - 31 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists
6. James Legan (190-G-1987) of Blackburn - 34 points and 6 rebounds
7. Bryce Brown (203-F) of Shepparton - 18 points, 20 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Anthony Williams (178-PG-1995) of Keysborough - 24 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists
9. Shaquille Maharaj (196-F-1997) of McKinnon - 27 points and 12 rebounds
10. Zach Mckenzie (2002) of Hume City - 24 points, 10 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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