Brazilian LBF round 21 best performance: Lays Silva

- June 17, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Lays Da Silva

Lays Silva

International Point guard Lays Silva (166-PG-1998, agency: Interperformances) had an amazing evening in the last round for top-ranked Sampaio Basquete, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 21.
The 26-year old player was the main contributor (23 points, five rebounds and eight assists) to her team's victory, helping them to edge out SESI (#2, 15-5) 74-70. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. It allowed Sampaio to consolidate first place in the Brazilian LBF. Sampaio has a very good season and are considered to have a run for the championship title. They improved their record to 18-2. In the team's last game Silva had a remarkable four three-pointers out of 8 attempts. She just recently signed at Sampaio, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Lays Silva has solid league stats. She is in league's top in assists (4th best: 5.8apg).

The second best player in last round's games was young Maisa Marcal (178-G-2000) of Ourinhos Basquete. Marcal had a very good evening with a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds. Of course Ourinhos cruised to a 69-57 relatively comfortable win over the lower-ranked Blumenau (#10, 2-18). Ourinhos' 4th position in the standings has not changed. Her team's 12-8 record is not bad at all. Marcal is one of the most experienced players at Ourinhos and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third on the list of top players last round was guard Jennifer Munoz (170-G-1991) of Sao Jose Basketball (#5). Munoz scored 27 points and grabbed 12 rebounds (!!!). She was a key player of Sao Jose, leading her team to a 79-73 win against the lower-ranked Cerrado (#8, 9-11). Sao Jose needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 11 victories and 9 lost games. Munoz has a great season in Brazil. After 20 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 15.4ppg (4th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Melissa Oliveira (180-F/C-2001) of Blumenau - 16 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Mayra Caicedo (161-G-2000) of Mesquita - 13 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists
6. Vitoria Domingos (181-PF-1996) of SESI - 15 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Gabriela Guimaraes (180-C/F-1996) of Sampaio - 14 points and 8 rebounds
8. Barbara Bazilio (185-C-1991) of Sao Jose - 13 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists
9. Aline Moura (185-F/C-1997) of SESI - 19 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists
10. Manuela Rios (163-G-1997) of Sao Jose - 20 points and 3 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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