Liga SudAmericana round 12 best performance: CJ Penha

- October 31, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

CJ Penha

CJ Penha

American Forward CJ Penha (202-F-2000) put on an amazing game in the last round for Esporte Clube Pinheiros Sao Paolo, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 12.
The 25-year old player was the main contributor (31 points, six rebounds) to his team's victory, helping them to outclass Los Leones (1-2) with 41-point margin 96-55. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Pinheiros maintains the 4th position in Liga SudAmericana . Pinheiros is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 1-2 record. In the team's last game Penha had a remarkable 85.7% from 2-point range and got six three-pointers out of 13 attempts. He turned to be Pinheiros' top player in his first season with the team. Former Boston College star has very solid stats this year. Penha is in league's top in points (4th best: 19.3ppg) and averages impressive 81.3% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was another Pinheiros' star - young Agapy Samoel (205-C-2003). Samoel had a very good evening with a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds. Of course together with Penha he helped Esporte Clube Pinheiros Sao Paolo with another comfortable win outscoring slightly higher-ranked Los Leones (1-2) 96-55. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Pinheiros consolidated its place in top 4 of the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 1-2 record. Samoel is a newcomer at Pinheiros, but is already one of team's top players.

Third on the list of top players last round was American forward Raven Barber (206-F/C-1991) of league's top team Deportivo San Jose Asuncion. Barber scored 19 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. He was a key player of San Jose, leading his team to a 81-77 win against #2 ranked Regatas. San Jose confirms their top position in the standings. Their record at this point is 2 victories and 1 lost game. Barber has a very solid season. In 3 games in Liga SudAmericana he scored 11.7ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Luis Santos (203-C-1994) of Regatas - 15 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Pablo Gramajo (193-SG-1996) of Regatas - 19 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists
6. Andres Jaime (184-PG-2000) of Regatas - 11 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists
7. Ramon Sanchez (194-F-1991) of San Jose - 18 points
8. Caua De Souza (184-PG-2005) of Pinheiros - 11 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists
9. Pedro Pastre (197-G-2007) of Pinheiros - 15 points and 2 assists
10. Sebastian Lugo (195-SG-1998) of Regatas - 12 points and 3 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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