Guimaraes' double-double lands her Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- April 1, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Gabriela Guimaraes

Gabriela Guimaraes

28-year old Gabriela Guimaraes (180-C/F-1996) had a great game in the last round for league's best team Sampaio Basquete and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 4.
She had a double-double of 20 points and 12 rebounds, while her team crushed Sao Jose (#5, 3-2) with 22-point margin 79-57. It allowed Sampaio to consolidate first place in the Brazilian LBF. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Sampaio already had a very good start winning all 5 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Guimaraes had a remarkable 63.6% from 2-point range. She just recently signed at Sampaio, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Guimaraes has impressive league stats. She is league's best scorer averaging so far 23.3ppg. Guimaraes is in league's top in rebounds (7th best: 9.3rpg) and averages solid 2.3spg and 75.6% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Mia Hopkins (180-G/F-1994) of Cerrado Basquete Brasilia. She is naturalized American swingman in her first season at Cerrado. In the last game Hopkins recorded an impressive 19 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Bad luck as Cerrado was edged by slightly higher-ranked Mesquita (#9, 1-3) 66-62. The game was between two teams which are definitely not main contenders for the title. Cerrado keeps 10th position. 4 lost games are too many comparing to just one victory Cerrado managed to get this year. Hopkins is one of the most experienced players at Cerrado and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. She belongs to the best scorers in the league with 18.7ppg (#3). She also registered 7.3 boards per game. Former MCC Toronto Basket star Hopkins is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top international summer league in the market.

Third place about best performers goes to another Sampaio's star - forward Vanessa Goncalves (180-F-1994). Goncalves scored 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds (!!!). She was another key player of Sampaio Basquete, helping her team with a 79-57 easy win against the lower-ranked Sao Jose (#5, 3-2). Sampaio started extremely well this year. They recorded 5 victories without losing a single game. Goncalves 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. Goncalves has a great season in Brazil. After only 4 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 17.3ppg (5th best) and rebounds with 10.5rpg (3rd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Jennifer Munoz (170-G-1991) of Sao Jose - 23 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists
5. Evelyn Mariano (180-F/C-1997) of SESI - 16 points and 9 rebounds
6. Babi Honorio (180-G-1985) of Campinas - 11 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists
7. Maria Ferreira (192-C-1994) of Ourinhos - 14 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Brenda Barros (185-C-2000) of Mesquita - 18 points and 7 rebounds
9. Manuela Rios (163-G-1997) of Sao Jose - 13 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists
10. Thailane Monteiro (185-F-2000) of Maringa - 20 points and 13 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 : GABRIELA GUIMARAES, SAMPAIO BASQUETE, BRAZILIAN BASKETBALL,