Watts' double-double lands her Player of the Week award

26-year old guard Stephanie Watts (180-G-1997) put on an amazing game in the last round for second-ranked Tokomanawa Q. and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 2.
She had a double-double of 26 points and 14 rebounds, while her team beat N. Kahu (#3, 2-2) 84-71. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Tokomanawa Q. is placed at 2nd position in New Zealand Tauihi Basketball Aoteroa. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost that single game earlier this season. Tokomanawa Q. will need more victories to improve their 2-1 record. In the team's last game Watts had a remarkable 66.7% from 2-point range. She has many years of experience at Tokomanawa Q., through which she has constantly improved. University of North Carolina graduate has very impressive stats this year. Watts is in league's top in points (8th best: 20.0ppg), rebounds (7th best: 9.0rpg) and averages solid 56.5% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Iimar'i Thomas (178-F-2000) of N. Kahu. She is American forward in her first season at N. Kahu. In the last game Thomas recorded impressive 34 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists. Bad luck as N. Kahu lost that game 71-84 to Tokomanawa Q. (2-1). The season is still at the very beginning and this lost game may not be such crucial, of course if they start win the games. Let's wait for the next round. Thomas is one of the most experienced players at N. Kahu and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 24.0ppg (#2). She also registered 9.3 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to another Tokomanawa Q.'s star - forward Maya Dodson (191-F-1999). Dodson scored 23 points and grabbed six rebounds. She was another key player of Tokomanawa Q., helping her team with a 89-66 easy win against #4 ranked Whai in a game of the week. Tokomanawa Q. needs these victories very badly if they think about taking over top position in the standings. Their record at this point is 2 victories and 1 lost game. Dodson has a very solid season. In 3 games in New Zealand she scored 16.7ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Chrislyn Carr (165-G) of Tokomanawa Q. - 25 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Penina Davidson (190-F-1995) of N. Kahu - 14 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Tera Reed (183-G-1998) of N. Kahu - 18 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Tegan Graham (183-G-1997) of Tokomanawa Q. - 10 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Lauryn Hippolite (174-G-2000) of Mainland P. - 19 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Sarah Sagerer (189-F-1996) of Whai - 21 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Kennedy Leonard (173-G-1996) of Mainland P. - 11 points, 4 rebounds and 10 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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