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Iowa State’s Soares to represent Brazil at 2022 FIBA South America Women’s Championship

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State’s Stephanie Soares will once again get the opportunity to represent her native Brazil, as the forward was selected for the Brazil Women’s Basketball National Team, the Brazil Basketball Confederation announced on Saturday. Soares and Brazil will be playing in the 2022 FIBA South American Women’s Championship Aug. 1-6 in Argentina.

This will be the fourth time Soares has gotten the call to the Senior National Team, as she was a member of the team that took part in FIBA World Cup Qualifying in February. She has also made appearances for Brazil in 2019 at the Olympic Pre-Qualifying Americas Tournament and the 2018 South American Women’s Championship.

Soares came to Iowa State after three seasons competing for The Master’s University at the NAIA Level. During her time with the Mustangs she was a three-time First Team All-American and was twice the NAIA Player of the Year. In 2021-22, she averaged 20.5 points, 12.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, helping her squad to a 32-4 record and a trip to the NAIA Championship quarterfinals.

An eight-team tournament, Soares and Brazil will play five games across the six days of competition, beginning with the group stage on Monday against Colombia at 4:30 p.m. Central. They will follow that up on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. against Uruguay and Chile on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. The top two teams in each group will advance to the championship bracket and earn tickets to the 2023 FIBA Women’s AmeriCup, while the remaining four teams will battle it out for fifth and seventh in a consolation bracket.

All games for the 2022 FIBA South American Women’s Championship will be broadcast for free on FIBA’s YouTube channel. Direct links to Soares’ games will be posted each day on Iowa State women’s basketball’s social media channels.

 

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