Liga Sorocabana de Basquete

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Liga Sorocabana
Leagues	NBB
Founded	1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Arena	Ginásio Gualberto Moreira (capacity: 3,000)
Location	Sorocaba, Brazil
Team colors	White, Light Blue and Orange
Main sponsor	CASE Objetivo
President	Rinaldo Rodrigues
Head coach	Rinaldo Rodrigues
Website	lsbasquete.com.br
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Liga Sorocabana de Basquete, or simply LSB, as it is known, is a Brazilian basketball team from Sorocaba, São Paulo state. The team receives financial support from partners such as Case, Flextronics, Intermédica and Objetivo Sorocaba.^[1]

History

The team was founded in 1997, but the first conquest of only highlight came in 2011, when he reached the final of the Super Copa Brasil, losing to the team of the Tijuca Tênis Clube. But the team won the right to compete in the NBB 2011-2012. For the competition, LSB hired the American point guard Kenny Dawkins, who led the team throughout the championship to the eleventh place in the regular season. In the playoffs, LSB was beaten by Bauru, after a series by 3-0.

Roster

Liga Sorocabana roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age C Oliveira, Maique 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 30 – (1993-06-26)26 June 1993 G Carioca, Patrick 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 30 – (1993-10-10)10 October 1993 G Gusmão, Victor 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 30 – (1993-09-03)3 September 1993 C Nunes, Douglas 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 37 – (1987-02-09)9 February 1987 F Paranhos, Alexandre 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1992-03-02)2 March 1992 F Vieira, Rômulo 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 32 – (1992-01-27)27 January 1992 G Gilchrist, Broderick 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) F Oliveira, Gabriel [[|Batata]]	Head coach Rinaldo Rodrigues Assistant coach(es) João Henrique dos Santos Alexandre Trindade de Lima Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2016-08-25

Honors

National

• Super Copa Brasil:
  • Runner-up: 2011

References

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)