LBF Round 16 (Regular Season): Leader Sampaio gets another victory

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Leader Sampaio delivered the thirteenth win on Thursday night. This time they beat 6th ranked Campinas (8-8) 60-56 in Sampaio Basquete. The former international forward Thayna Silva (180-1996) fired 20 points and 8 rebounds for the winners. The former international swingman Carina Martins (171-1992) chipped in 13 points and 4 steals. Argentinian point guard Melisa Gretter (166-1993) produced 15 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists for lost side. Sampaio maintains first position with 13-2 record. Campinas at the other side keeps the sixth place with eight games lost. Sampaio are looking forward to face Santo Andre (#9) at home in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Campinas will play against Blumenau and is hoping to prove to their fans that this time they can win.
The game in Mesquita was also worth to mention about. Second ranked SESI (12-2) played at the court of 7th ranked Mesquita (7-9). SESI did not have too big problems and got a relatively easy victory 64-47. Worth to mention a great performance of international forward Emanuely De Oliveira (178-1999, college: Florida) who helped to win the game recording 15 points and 8 rebounds. Glenda Cruz contributed with 10 points and 10 rebounds for the winners. Colombian guard Mayra Caicedo (161-2000, college: Tarleton St.) replied with 14 points and 5 rebounds for Mesquita. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. SESI have a solid three-game winning streak. They maintain second position with 12-2 record behind leader Sampaio. Mesquita at the other side keeps the seventh place with nine games lost. They share the position with Cerrado. SESI will play against Cerrado (#8) in Brasilia in the next round where they are favorite. Mesquita will play at home against Maringa and hopes to get back on the winning track.
The game with biggest result difference took place in Brasilia. Local Cerrado (7-9) outscored 9th ranked Santo Andre (4-11) 93-68 on Sunday night. Worth to mention a quality performance of Dayna Rouse who helped to win the game recording 23 points and 8 rebounds. Cerrado's coach Alan Monteiro felt very confident using entire bench and allowed the starting five to rest. At the losing side Brenda Bleidao responded with a double-double by scoring 13 points and 14 rebounds. Cerrado moved-up to seventh place, which they share with Mesquita. Santo Andre lost third consecutive game. They keep the ninth position with 11 games lost. Cerrado will meet league's second-placed SESI in the next round and they do not belong to the favorites in that game. Santo Andre will play against the league's leader Sampaio (#1) having rather not much hope for a victory.

Rest of the games of round 16 were quite predictable and ended without any surprises. Here they are:
Mesquita crushed Blumenau in a road game 67-45. Bottom-ranked Maringa was smashed by Corinthians at home 73-94. Sao Jose lost to Ourinhos on the opponent's court 62-66.
The best stats of 16th round was 23 points and 7 rebounds by Goivanna Carey of Ourinhos.

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Blumenau - Mesquita 45-67

There was no surprise when 10th ranked Blumenau (2-13) was crushed at home by seventh ranked Mesquita (7-9) 67-45 on Thursday. Mesquita held Blumenau to an opponent 25.0 percent shooting from the field compared to 40.0 percent accuracy of the winners. Worth to mention a great performance of center Brenda Barros (185-2000) who helped to win the game recording 16 points and 9 rebounds and Colombian guard Mayra Caicedo (161-2000, college: Tarleton St.) who added 16 points and 7 rebounds during the contest. At the losing side Maiara Dias responded with 6 points and 14 rebounds and guard Rayane De Freitas (173-1997) scored 10 points and 7 rebounds. Blumenau's coach Andre Soares gave up on the game allowing to play eleven players seeing no chance for a win. Mesquita maintains seventh position with 7-9 record, which they share with Cerrado. Blumenau lost third consecutive game. They keep the tenth place with 13 games lost. Mesquita will meet at home bottom-ranked Maringa (#11) in the next round. Blumenau will play against Campinas and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Mesquita: B.Barros 16+9reb+2ast, M.Caicedo 16+7reb+3ast, N.Rapalo 15+4reb+4ast, I.Oliveira 8+1reb+3ast, I.Arnoni 7+8reb+1ast, L.Prudente 3+4reb+1ast
Blumenau: R.De Freitas 10+7reb+1ast, V.Romualdo 8+5reb+2ast, E.Florentino 8+5reb+1ast, M.Dias 6+14reb+2ast, M.Pereira 4+3reb+4ast, S.Gustavo 4+2reb

Sampaio - Campinas 60-56

Leader Sampaio delivered the thirteenth win on Thursday night. This time they beat 6th ranked Campinas (8-8) 60-56 in Sampaio Basquete. The former international forward Thayna Silva (180-1996) fired 20 points and 8 rebounds for the winners. The former international swingman Carina Martins (171-1992) chipped in 13 points and 4 steals. Argentinian point guard Melisa Gretter (166-1993) produced 15 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists and the former international Izabella Sangalli (182-1995) added 13 points and 11 rebounds respectively for lost side. Sampaio maintains first position with 13-2 record. Campinas at the other side keeps the sixth place with eight games lost. Sampaio are looking forward to face Santo Andre (#9) at home in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Campinas will play against Blumenau and is hoping to prove to their fans that this time they can win.
Top scorers:
Sampaio: T.Silva 20+8reb+1ast, C.Martins 13+4reb+3ast, L.Silva 10+2reb+3ast, L.Josefino 6+9reb+1ast, T.Da Paixao 6+1reb+1ast, M.Delgado 3+2reb+1ast
Campinas: M.Gretter 15+7reb+5ast, I.Sangalli 13+11reb+2ast, F.Sena 12+3reb+2ast, M.Dias 9+5reb+1ast, A.Marin 3+1reb+1ast, B.Honorio 2+9reb+2ast

Maringa - Corinthians 73-94

No shocking result in a game when third ranked Corinthians (11-3) smashed on the road bottom-ranked Maringa (1-16) 94-73 on Friday. Corinthians outrebounded Maringa 35-18 including 27 on the defensive glass. Corinthians shot the lights out from three sinking 15 long-distance shots on high 62.5 percentage. Worth to mention a great performance of the former international guard Tassia Carcavalli (179-1992) who helped to win the game recording 24 points and 5 rebounds (on 9-of-11 shooting from the field) and the former international guard Beatriz Oliveira (169-1995) who added 11 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists during the contest. At the losing side center Lorena Silva (189-1998) responded with 16 points and 5 rebounds and guard Geovana Neves (170-2002) scored 18 points. Five Corinthians and four Maringa players scored in double figures. Maringa's coach Rafael Oliveira gave up on the game allowing to play ten players seeing no chance for a win. Corinthians maintains third position with 11-3 record having just three points less than leader Sampaio. Maringa lost sixteenth consecutive game. They stay at the bottom place with 16 games lost. Corinthians will meet Sao Jose (#5) on the road in the next round. Maringa will play against Mesquita (#7) and hope to win that game.
Top scorers:
Corinthians: T.Carcavalli 24+5reb+2ast, Y.Goncalves 18+2reb+4ast, M.Queiroz 15+1ast, N.Vargas-Hardy 14+11reb+2ast, B.Oliveira 11+9reb+9ast, J.Mandilha 6+1reb
Maringa: G.Neves 18+3ast, L.Silva 16+5reb+2ast, T.Monteiro 13+6reb, J.Reis 11+3reb+3ast, J.Moura 8+1reb+1ast, M.Andrade 4+2reb+2ast

Cerrado - Santo Andre 93-68

The game with biggest result difference took place in Brasilia. Local Cerrado (7-9) outscored 9th ranked Santo Andre (4-11) 93-68 on Sunday night. Cerrado had a 37-25 advantage in offensive rebounds. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 32 assists. Worth to mention a quality performance of American forward Dayna Rouse (185-1998, college: Longwood) who helped to win the game recording 23 points and 8 rebounds and the former international forward Izabela De Andrade (182-1986) who added 16 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists during the contest. Cerrado's coach Alan Monteiro felt very confident using entire bench and allowed the starting five to rest. At the losing side Brenda Bleidao (177-2003) responded with a double-double by scoring 13 points and 14 rebounds and the former international power forward Leticia Rodrigues (187-1995) scored 19 points and 7 rebounds. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Cerrado moved-up to seventh place, which they share with Mesquita. Santo Andre lost third consecutive game. They keep the ninth position with 11 games lost. Cerrado will meet league's second-placed SESI in the next round and they do not belong to the favorites in that game. Santo Andre will play against the league's leader Sampaio (#1) having rather not much hope for a victory.
Top scorers:
Cerrado: D.Rouse 23+8reb+1ast, I.De Andrade 16+6reb+8ast, T.Pacheco 12+4reb+4ast, L.Lisboa 12+5reb+1ast, M.Hopkins 11+7reb+2ast, N.Lima 5+1ast
Santo Andre: L.Rodrigues 19+7reb+1ast, B.Bleidao 13+14reb+2ast, I.Casanova 12+1reb+6ast, M.Prande 12+7reb+3ast, I.Souza 7+5reb+7ast, N.Aguiar 3+3reb+1ast

Mesquita - SESI 47-64

The game in Mesquita was also worth to mention about. Second ranked SESI (12-2) played at the court of 7th ranked Mesquita (7-9). SESI did not have too big problems and got a relatively easy victory 64-47. SESI forced 22 Mesquita turnovers and outrebounded them 45-34 including 37 on the defensive glass. SESI players were unselfish on offense dishing 22 assists. Worth to mention a great performance of international forward Emanuely De Oliveira (178-1999, college: Florida) who helped to win the game recording 15 points and 8 rebounds. Power forward Glenda Cruz (182-1994) contributed with a double-double by scoring 10 points and 10 rebounds for the winners. Colombian guard Mayra Caicedo (161-2000, college: Tarleton St.) replied with 14 points and 5 rebounds and Honduran guard Nelly Rapalo (173-1999) added 7 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in the effort for Mesquita. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. SESI have a solid three-game winning streak. They maintain second position with 12-2 record behind leader Sampaio. Mesquita at the other side keeps the seventh place with nine games lost. They share the position with Cerrado. SESI will play against Cerrado (#8) in Brasilia in the next round where they are favorite. Mesquita will play at home against Maringa and hopes to get back on the winning track.
Top scorers:
SESI: E.De Oliveira 15+8reb+2ast, E.Mariano 11+7reb+2ast, G.Cruz 10+10reb+1ast, A.Moura 9+5reb+2ast, V.Domingos 8+7reb+4ast, J.Silvestre 3+2reb
Mesquita: M.Caicedo 14+5reb+2ast, I.Oliveira 8+4reb+1ast, N.Rapalo 7+5reb+4ast, I.Arnoni 5+8reb+1ast, L.Xavier 5+7reb, M.Almeida 3+2reb+1ast

Ourinhos - Sao Jose 66-62

The game between closely ranked teams ended with 5th ranked Sao Jose's (9-7) road loss to fourth ranked Ourinhos (11-5) 62-66 on Sunday. Worth to mention a great performance of forward Goivanna Carey (175-1997) who helped to win the game recording 23 points and 7 rebounds and power forward Juliana Ribeiro (189-1994) who added 13 points and 10 rebounds during the contest. Ourinhos' coach Marcio Pereira used a ten-player rotation in such tough game. At the losing side Colombian guard Manuela Rios (163-1997) responded with 14 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists and center Laurah Dos Santos (181-2001) scored 18 points. Four Sao Jose players scored in double figures. Ourinhos have a solid three-game winning streak. They maintain fourth position with 11-5 record. Loser Sao Jose keeps the fifth place with seven games lost. Ourinhos will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. Sao Jose will play against Corinthians (#3) and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Ourinhos: G.Carey 23+7reb, J.Ribeiro 13+10reb+2ast, J.Morais 9+4reb+2ast, M.Albiero 7+1reb+4ast, M.Marcal 6+10reb+8ast, D.Santos 4+6reb
Sao Jose: L.Dos Santos 18+4reb+1ast, M.Rios 14+7reb+8ast, J.Munoz 11+7reb+1ast, M.Horford 10+10reb, M.Marins 6+10reb+1ast, B.Bazilio 3+2reb+3ast