Denmark – Danish Ligaen round 10 best performance: Devaughn Akoon-Purcell

DevaughnAkoon-Purcell American-Trinidad and Tobago Guard Devaughn Akoon-Purcell (196-G-93) had a very impressive game in the last round for second-ranked Bakken, receiving a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 10.The 23-year old player was the main contributor (23 points, three rebounds) to his team’s victory, helping them to crush, the league’s bottom-ranked team Stevnsgade (#8, 0-9) with 21-point margin 108-87. Bakken maintains the 2nd position in Danish Ligaen. They are still close to the very top. Bakken would have been even better if they kept winning the games like in the last round. They have a solid 6-1 record. In the team’s last game Akoon-Purcell had a remarkable 75.0% from 2-point range. He turned to be Bakken’s top player in his first season with the team. Devaughn Akoon-Purcell averages this season 22.8ppg. The second best player in last round’s games was 26-year old American Davie Champagnie (206-F/C-90) of Stevnsgade. Champagnie had a very good evening with 25 points and 7 rebounds. Bad luck as Stevnsgade lost that game 87-108 to the higher-ranked Bakken …

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