Benitez's 25 points and 8 rebounds give him Player of the Week award

- April 18, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Franco Benitez

Franco Benitez

31-year old ARG-PAR forward Franco Benitez (199-F-1994) had an amazing evening in the last round for second-ranked Deportivo San Jose Asuncion and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 1.
He had the game-high 25 points adding eight rebounds and three assists for San Jose in his team's victory, helping them to crush Felix Perez (#4, 1-1) with 17-point margin 93-76. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. San Jose is placed at 2nd position in Paraguayan league. But it's just the very beginning of the season and San Jose won both games without losing any. It's too early to say anything as the standings can be changed completely after next round. In the team's last game Benitez had a remarkable 72.7% from 2-point range. He has many years of experience at San Jose, through which he has constantly improved. Benitez has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in points (9th best: 18.0ppg) and averages solid 72.2% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Alen Juarez (201-C-2000) of Colonias Gold. He is international center in his first season at Colonias. In the last game Juarez recorded an impressive 30 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists. Of course he led Colonias to another comfortable win 83-68 over Amambay (0-2) being unquestionably team leader. The season is still at the very beginning and this victory may help a lot. Let's wait for the next round. Juarez is a newcomer at Colonias and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 24.0ppg (#3). He also registered 10.5 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to Alejandro Acosta of Basket San Alfonso (#6). Acosta scored 27 points and grabbed 7 rebounds. He was a key player of San Alfonso, leading his team to a 92-83 win against Ciudad N. (#8, 0-2). San Alfonso needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 1 victory and 1 lost game. Acosta has a great season in Paraguay. After only 2 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 23.5ppg (4th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Juan Luis Abeiro (200-C/F-1988) of Felix Perez - 23 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists
5. Michael Kamary) of Ciudad N. - 24 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists
6. Pablo Espinoza) of Olimpia K. - 10 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists
7. Diego Silva) of Colonias - 18 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists
8. Jeferson Arguello (198-F-2000) of Campo Alto - 15 points and 11 rebounds
9. Ramon Sanchez (194-F-1991) of San Jose - 16 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists
10. Sebastian Galarza (185-PF-2001) of Ciudad N. - 12 points, 8 rebounds 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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Tags : FRANCO BENITEZ, DEPORTIVO SAN JOSE ASUNCION, PARAGUAYAN BASKETBALL, , LIGA SUDAMERICANA