Clare Breden claims Australian Big V weekly honour

- May 18, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Clare Breden

American Clare Breden (168-G, agency: Crossover Management) put on an amazing game in the last round for Western Port Steelers and that's her to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 7.
The guard had the game-high 19 points adding eight rebounds and four assists for Western Port in her team's victory, helping them to outclass Warrnambool (#10, 1-8) with 52-point margin 80-28. Steelers is placed at 3rd position in Australian Big V. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Western Port will need more victories to improve their 6-4 record. In the team's last game Breden had a remarkable 85.7% from 2-point range. She just recently signed at Steelers, being already a very valuable addition to the team. McKendree University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Breden is in league's top in points (9th best: 16.1ppg) and averages solid 51.4% FGP.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young American forward Courtney Strait (180-F-1994) of Bellarine Storm. Strait impressed basketball fans with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Of course Storm cruised to a 85-73 relatively comfortable win over the higher-ranked Sherbrooke S. (#1, 8-2). This victory allowed Bellarine to move up to 5th position in the standings. Her team lost some distance to top teams. But a 5-3 record is not bad and everything may still change. Strait is well-known by Bellarine fans and she already established her position as one of team's most reliable players. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 18.0ppg (#4). Her other stats are also decent: 6.4rpg and 3.6apg.

The third best performed player last round was Emma Pearce of top-ranked Sherbrooke Suns. Pearce scored 17 points and grabbed 9 rebounds. She was a key player of Suns, leading her team to a 72-64 win against the lower-ranked Hume City B. (#6, 5-5). Sherbrooke S. confirms their top position in the standings. Pearce has a great season in Australia. After 10 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 16.7ppg (6th best) and rebounds with 9.4rpg (2nd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Tazsa Garrett-Hammett (180-G/F) of Pakenham W. - 20 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Madeline Holland (180-F) of Western Port - 13 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists
6. Bridget Mullings (190-F) of Pakenham W. - 15 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Alaya Fitzgerald (180-G/F) of Warrandyte V. - 23 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Maddison Crotty) of Hume City B. - 25 points and 9 rebounds
9. Amy Wormald) of Warrnambool - 17 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Alice Humble) of Western Port - 5 points, 9 rebounds and 3 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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