Liga SudAmericana round 12 best performance: Antonio Ferreira (by Hoops Agents)

Antonio Ferreira (200-SF-1994) put on an amazing game in the last round for top-ranked UniFacisa, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 12.
The 28-year old player was the main contributor (24 points, seven rebounds) to his team's victory, helping them to outclass, the league's bottom-ranked team Tigrillos (#4, 0-3) with 35-point margin 99-64. In the team's last game Ferreira had a remarkable 88.9% from 2-point range. He turned to be UniFacisa's top player in his first season with the team. Antonio Ferreira averages just after three games 13.7ppg and 6.0rpg.

The second best player in last round's games was young Matheus Maciel (206-C-2001) of league's second-best Sao Paulo. Maciel had a very good evening with a double-double of 17 points and 12 rebounds. Of course he led Sao Paulo to another comfortable win outscoring Tigrillos (0-3) 107-65. His team's 2-1 record is not bad at all. Maciel is a newcomer at Sao Paulo, but is already one of team's top players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 17.0ppg (#9). He also registered 12.0 boards per game.

Third on the list of top players last round was Argentinian Patricio Pinero (195-SF-1995) of Tigrillos (#4). Pinero got into 30-points club by scoring exactly 30 points in the last round. He went also for nine rebounds . Despite Pinero's great performance Tigrillos lost 65-107 to Sao Paulo. Pinero has individually a great season in Liga SudAmericana. After only 3 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 25.7ppg (best scorer).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Facundo Corvalan (190-PG-1998) of UniFacisa - 18 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists
5. Betinho Duarte (195-SG-1988) of Sao Paulo - 19 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists
6. Lucas Siewert (208-F-1997) of Sao Paulo - 15 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Jimmy Oliveira (190-SG-1990) of UniFacisa - 17 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists
8. Cordero Bennett (185-G-1988) of Sao Paulo - 12 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists
9. Jeremiah Wood (200-C/F-1985) of San Jose - 17 points and 3 rebounds
10. Caue Freitas (192-G-1988) of UniFacisa - 6 points, 9 rebounds and 8 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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Tags : ANTONIO FERREIRA, UNIFACISA PARAIBA, LIGA SUDAMERICANA BASKETBALL