American guard, Stefon Jackson (196-G-85), put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for top-ranked Aalstar, receiving a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 18.

The 26-year old player was the main contributor (17 points, four rebounds and three assists) to his team’s victory, helping them outclass Liege (#7, 5-10) with 27-point margin 100-73. It allowed Aalstar to take over top position in the Belgian D1 with a Aalstar solid 11-5 record.  In the team’s last game Jackson had a remarkable 71.4% from 2-point range and he was Aalstar’s top player.  The former UTEP star is in his first season with the team after leading the Belgian League last year in scoring.  Jackson is in league’s top in rebounds (2nd best: 5.6rpg), averages impressive 50.8% FGP, and he was also named the Player of the Week in Round 12.

The Player of the week is 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.  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).