Cotton's double-double lands him Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- November 23, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Bryce Cotton

Bryce Cotton

33-year old American guard Bryce Cotton (182-G-1992, agency: Pensack Sports) had a very impressive game in the last round for second-ranked Adelaide 36ers and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 15.
He got a double-double of 31 points and 13 assists, while his team beat Illawarra H. (#9, 4-9) 97-85. Adelaide 36ers maintains the 2nd position in Australian league. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Adelaide will need more victories to improve their 11-3 record. In the team's last game Cotton had a remarkable six three-pointers out of 10 attempts. He turned to be Adelaide 36ers's top player in his first season with the team. Providence College graduate has very impressive stats this year. Cotton is league's best scorer averaging so far 27.1ppg. Cotton is in league's top in assists (3rd best: 7.0apg) and averages solid 2.3spg and 41.9% from behind 3-point line.

Second best performed player last round was Javale McGee (213-C-1988) of Illawarra Hawks. He is American center in his first season at Illawarra H.. In the last game McGee recorded an impressive double-double of 28 points and 12 rebounds. Bad luck as Hawks was edged by the higher-ranked Melbourne Utd (#1, 13-2) 105-102. This loss caused Illawarra H. to drop to 9th position in the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 4-9 record. McGee is a newcomer at Illawarra H. and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 21.5ppg (#4). He also registered 10.5 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Kristian Doolittle (201-F-1997, agency: Pensack Sports) of Perth Wildcats (#4). Doolittle got into 30-points club by scoring exactly 30 points in the last round. He went also for six assists. He was a key player of Wildcats, leading his team to a 101-95 win against slightly lower-ranked Tasmania JJ (#6, 6-9). Perth needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 8 victories and 6 lost games. Doolittle has a great season in Australia. After 13 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 7.8rpg (7th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Josh Bannan (208-F-2001) of Tasmania JJ - 29 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Isaac Humphries (216-C-1998) of Adelaide - 22 points and 9 rebounds
6. William Hickey (194-G-1999) of Illawarra H. - 18 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists
7. Jordan Hunter (208-C-1997) of SE Melbourne - 24 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Majok Deng (205-F-1993) of Tasmania JJ - 26 points and 11 rebounds
9. Jo Lual-Acuil (213-C-1994) of Perth - 19 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Tyrell Harrison (214-C-1999) of Brisbane - 16 points, 8 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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