Brazilian LBF round 12 best performance: Juliana Souza

- May 19, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Juliana Souza

Center Juliana Souza (185-C-1999) put on an amazing game in the last round for Sao Jose Basketball, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 12.
The 26-year old player had a double-double of 31 points and 14 rebounds, while her team in a lost game to Campinas (#3, 11-2) 67-71. Sao Jose maintains the 6th position in Brazilian LBF. Sao Jose is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or a little bit lower in the standings. But it was their 7th lost game this season out of 12 games. In the team's last game Souza had a remarkable 75.0% from 2-point range. She just recently signed at Sao Jose, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Juliana Souza has solid league stats. She is in league's top in points (6th best: 14.6ppg) and rebounds (2nd best: 11.3rpg).

The second best player in last round's games was young international forward Vanessa Goncalves (180-F-1994) of Cerrado Basquete Brasilia. Goncalves had a very good evening with 17 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists. Of course she led Cerrado to another comfortable win 81-62 over the lower-ranked Maringa (#8, 3-12) being unquestionably team leader. Cerrado's 4th position in the standings has not changed. Her team's 8-5 record is not bad at all. Goncalves 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 14.5ppg (#8). She also registered 8.7 boards per game.

Third on the list of top players last round was international guard Lays Da Silva (166-PG-1998, agency: Interperformances) of league's top team Sampaio Basquete. Da Silva showcased her all-around game by recording 20 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists in the last round. She was a key player of Sampaio, leading her team to a 85-57 easy win against the lower-ranked Mesquita (#7, 4-10). Sampaio have amazing season winning all 14 games without a single defeat. Da Silva 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. Da Silva has a great season in Brazil. After 14 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in assists with 4.7apg (4th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Clarissa Dos Santos (188-C-1988) of Santo Andre - 15 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists
5. Gabriela Guimaraes (180-C/F-1996) of Sampaio - 20 points and 15 rebounds
6. Tassia Carcavalli (179-G-1992) of Campinas - 21 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Aline Moura (185-F/C-1997) of SESI - 15 points and 14 rebounds
8. Beatriz Oliveira (169-G-1995) of Cerrado - 12 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists
9. Connie Clarke (178-G/F-2001) of Mesquita - 20 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists
10. Licinara Rodrigues (184-F/C-1999) of Cerrado - 22 points, 7 rebounds and 2 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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