American Center Henry Sims (208-C-1990) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for CS Maristes, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 23.
The 34-year old player had a double-double of 23 points and 29 rebounds, while his team crushed Homentmen (#5, 10-10) with 16-point margin 112-96. Maristes is placed at 8th position in Lebanese LBL. Maristes is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 8-12 record. In the team's last game Sims had a remarkable 64.3% from 2-point range. He just recently signed at Maristes, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Former Georgetown University star has very solid stats this year. Sims is in league's top in rebounds (2nd best: 13.4rpg) and averages impressive 56.4% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was young American Dikembe Dixson (201-F-1996) of

Hoops Club. Dixson had a very good evening with a double-double of 34 points and 20 rebounds. Of course he led Hoops to another comfortable win outscoring the lower-ranked Mayrouba (#11, 6-14) 96-74. This victory allowed Hoops to move up to 6th position in the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 9-12 record. Dixson is one of the most experienced players at Hoops and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 30.3ppg (#1). He also registered 8.5 boards per game.

Third on the list of top players last round was Australian center Thon Maker (216-C-1997) of league's top team

Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut. Maker scored 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds (!!!). He was a key player of Al Riyadi, leading his team to a 110-72 easy win against #2 ranked Beirut Club in a game of the week. Many experts and fans count Al Riyadi as a contender for championship title. Another victory and another confirmation that they may be right. Just look at their record: 19 victories and only one lost game. They are currently at the very top of the standings. Maker has a very solid season. In 9 games in Lebanon he scored 14.0ppg. He also has 8.8rpg, 1.4bpg and a FGP of 80.0%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Daniel Hamilton (201-SG-1995) of NSA - 31 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists
5. Cameron Young (195-G-1996) of Al Markaziyyah - 32 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists
6. Michael Watkins (206-F-1995) of Antonine - 22 points, 18 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Kenny Wooten Jr. (204-F-1998) of Al Markaziyyah - 17 points, 17 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Tim Dalger (201-F) of Mayrouba - 22 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists
9. Quatarrius Wilson (203-C/F-1996) of Tadamon - 18 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists
10. Jordan Stevens (182-PG-1994) of Homentmen - 27 points, 3 rebounds and 11 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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