Ferreira's 18 points and 6 rebounds give him Player of the Week award

- January 12, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Wesley Ferreira

Wesley Ferreira

29-year old power forward Wesley Ferreira (201-PF-1995) had a very impressive game in the last round for league's best team Sesi/Franca Sao Paulo and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 5.
He had the game-high 18 points adding six rebounds and two assists for Sesi/Franca in his team's victory, helping them to beat Instituto (#2, 2-2) 91-83. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. It allowed Vivo/Franca to consolidate first place in the Basketball Champions League Americas. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Sesi/Franca already had a very good start winning all 4 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Ferreira had a remarkable 88.9% from 2-point range. He turned to be Vivo/Franca's top player in his first season with the team. Wesley Ferreira averages just after two games 13.0ppg.

Second best performed player last round was Roquez Johnson (201-C-1992, agency: BIG) of Colegio Los Leones de Quilpue. He is American center in his first season at Los Leones. In the last game Johnson recorded an impressive 15 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists. Bad luck as Los Leones was edged by slightly higher-ranked Instituto (#2, 2-2) 81-77. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Los Leones still maintains its place in the top 3 of the standings, even despite this loss. 4 lost games are too many considering they did not win any game. Johnson is a newcomer at Los Leones and despite he is not a team leader yet, every game he becomes more reliable player. Hopefully performances like the last one will happen more often. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 8.8ppg (#7). He also registered 5.8 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Nathan Mariano (206-F/C-2003) of league's leader Sesi/Franca Sao Paulo. Mariano scored 14 points. He was a key player of Vivo/Franca, leading his team to a 91-83 win against #2 ranked Instituto. Sesi/Franca started extremely well this year. They recorded 4 victories without losing a single game. Mariano turns to be one of the very best players in the league while he is also a leader of the top team having his eyes on the championship title. Mariano has a very solid season. In 4 games in Basketball Champions League Americas he scored 10.0ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Nicola Pomoli (195-G/F-1999) of Instituto - 17 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists
5. Georginho de Paula (197-PG-1996) of Sesi/Franca - 11 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists
6. Bautista Lugarini (203-F-2001) of Instituto - 15 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Didi Louzada (195-G-1999) of Sesi/Franca - 17 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Joshua Webster (190-G-1997) of Los Leones - 13 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists
9. Jerry Evans (203-F-1990) of Los Leones - 16 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Javier Saiz (206-PF-1994) of Instituto - 12 points and 6 rebounds

The Player of the week is selected 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. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy.
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)

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Tags : WESLEY FERREIRA, SESI/FRANCA SAO PAULO, BRAZILIAN BASKETBALL, , BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AMERICAS