Brazilian Paulista round 7 best performance: Milena Rodrigues (by Hoops Agents)

- September 22, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Milena Rodrigues

Forward Milena Rodrigues (174-F-1998) put on an amazing game in the last round for Corinthians, receiving a Hoops Agents Paulista Player of the Week award for round 7.
The 26-year old player had a double-double of 25 points and 20 rebounds, while her team crushed Catanduva (#8, 1-5) with 21-point margin 96-75. Corinthians maintains the 5th position in Brazilian Paulista. Corinthians is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or a little bit lower in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 3-3 record. Rodrigues turned to be Corinthians' top player in her first season with the team. Milena Rodrigues has solid league stats. She leads league in rebounds with 14.7rpg. Rodrigues is in league's top in assists (3rd best: 2.0apg) and averages impressive 3.0spg.

The second best player in last round's games was young Juliana Souza (185-C-1999) of Sao Jose Basketball. Souza had a very good evening with a double-double of 25 points and 18 rebounds. Bad luck as Sao Jose lost that game 63-82 to league's leader Campinas (#1, 7-0). Sao Jose managed to keep the same 6th spot in the standings. Her team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 2-4 record. Souza is a newcomer at Sao Jose, but is already one of team's top players.

Third on the list of top players last round was forward Luana Batista (178-F-1991) of league's top team Unimed Campinas Basquete. Batista got into 30-points club by scoring 33 points in the last round. She went also for five assists. She was a key player of Campinas, leading her team to a 82-63 easy win against the lower-ranked Sao Jose (#6, 2-4). Campinas have amazing season winning all 7 games without a single defeat. Batista turns to be one of the very best players in the league while she is also a leader of the top team having her eyes on the championship title. Batista has a great season in Brazil. After only 7 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 19.6ppg (best scorer). She also has a FGP of 57.5% and 3PT: 47.4%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Kawanni Firmino (186-PF-1995) of Ourinhos - 27 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Evelyn Mariano (180-F/C-1997) of Santo Andre - 29 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists
6. Taina Da Paixao (175-G-1991) of Ituano - 16 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists
7. Ana De Oliveira (163-SG-2007) of Corinthians - 19 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists
8. Izabella Sangalli (182-SF-1995) of Campinas - 15 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists
9. Lays Silva (167-PG-1998) of Santo Andre - 13 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists
10. Carina Martins (175-G/F-1992) of Ourinhos - 17 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists

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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