Finland – Rion Brown claims Finnish Korisliiga weekly honour

Rion Brown American Rion Brown (198-SG-91) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for league’s second-best Kataja Basket and that’s him to receive a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 13.The 25-year old shooting guard had a double-double of 25 points and eleven rebounds, while his team crushed KTP Basket (#10, 3-9) with 19-point margin 93-74. Kataja Basket maintains the 2nd position in Finnish Korisliiga. They would have been even better if they hadn’t lost a few games earlier this season. Kataja Basket will need more victories to improve their 9-3 record. In the team’s last game Brown had a remarkable four three-pointers out of 7 attempts. He turned to be Kataja Basket’s top player in his first season with the team. University of Miami, Florida graduate has very impressive stats this year. Brown is in league’s top in points (2nd best: 21.3ppg) and averages solid 60.0% from behind 3-point line.The second most remarkable performance in last round’s games was 23-year old American guard Jamal Jones (203-G-93, agency: Stealth Sport) of Lapua. Jones impressed basketball fans with 33 points and 5 rebounds. Bad luck as Lapua lost that game 92-98 to slightly higher-ranked Kouvot (#6, 5-7). This loss caused Lapua to drop to 7th …

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