Portugal – Ellisor’s 26 points give him Player of the Week award

JamesEllisor 26-year old forward James Ellisor (195-F-90) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Oliveirense and receives a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 8.He had the game-high 26 points adding five rebounds for Oliveirense in his team’s victory, helping them to beat Lusitania (#10, 2-6) 78-68. Oliveirense is placed at 4th position in Portuguese league. They would have been even better if they hadn’t lost a few games earlier this season. Oliveirense will need more victories to improve their 5-3 record. In the team’s last game Ellisor had a remarkable 60.0% from 2-point range. It’s his second year at Oliveirense and it’s hard to imagine this team without him. Bemidji State University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Ellisor is in league’s top in points (8th best: 17.8ppg) and averages solid 52.0% FGP and 54.5% from behind 3-point line.Second best performed player last round was Rashad Bishop (198-F-88, agency: Basket Management Solutions) of Illiabum. He is American forward in his first season at Illiabum. In the last game Bishop recorded impressive 25 points, 3 rebounds and 2 …

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