Silvia Veloso | |
Position: | Guard |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 7 |
Number: | 5 |
Birth Date: | Oct 18, 1998 |
Birth Place: | Beira, Mozambique |
Nationality: | American-Mozambique |
College: | University of the Cumberlands |
Silvia Veloso (born October 18, 1998) is a Mozambican basketball player. She plays for the University of the Cumberlands Patriot[1] and also the Mozambique women's national basketball team.[2]
Veloso played under Lionel Manhique in Mozambique. She averaged 16 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists per game.[3]
Veloso previously schooled at Seward County Community College. Played in 35 games with 32 starts averaging 22.7 minutes per game in her freshman year.[3]
She moved to The University of Cumberlands and in her junior year. She played in 28 games while starting 25 and averaged 13.1 points, 87 assists.[4] As a senior she played in 20 games while starting 19. And also recorded 250 points, 131 rebounds, 71 steals and 67 assists.[4]
Veloso has been part of Mozambique women basketball national team since a very young age where she played in the U-16 category during Africa U16 Championship for Women in 2013. She averaged 9.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists.[5] She also participated in Afrobasket U18 Women in 2016, where she averaged 16.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists.Also in 2021 FIBA Women's AfroBasket, she averaged 2.4 points, O rebounds and O.4 assists.[5]