France – Burke’s double-double lands him NM1 Player of the Week award

Dwight Burke 30-year old forward Dwight Burke (202-F-86) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for second-ranked Quimper and receives a Eurobasket.com NM1 Player of the Week award for round 8.He had a double-double of 24 points and 12 rebounds, while his team lost the game against RAC Basket (#7, 5-3) 82-88. Quimper maintains the 2nd position in French NM1. They would have been even better if they did not have these two lost games earlier in Regular Season. Quimper will need to avoid more loses keep or improve their 6-2 record. Burke turned to be Quimper’s top player in his first season with the team. Dwight Burke averages this season 13.5ppg and 5.5rpg. Worth to mention Burke played also at Eurobasket Summer League, which helped him get the job in pro basketball.Second best performed player last round was Nemanja Kovanusic (204-F/C-93) of ALS Basket. He is Bosnia and Herzegovina forward in his first season at ALS Basket. In the last game Kovanusic recorded impressive double-double of 12 points and 17 rebounds. Of course he led ALS Basket to another comfortable win outscoring CFBB (#18, 0-8) 85-55. The game was between two teams which are definitely not …

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