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2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster

Danny Mattie / Illinois Athletics

14 Geovana Lopes

  • Position Forward/Center
  • Height 6-3
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Bataguassu, Brazil
  • High School Escola Estadual Paulo Mendes Silva
  • Prev School Odessa College
  • Instagram geovanafonsecalopes
  • Twitter geoflopes1

Biography

NIL Opportunities

2022-23 - GRADUATE STUDENT

  • CSC Academic All-District
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Appeared in 29 games for Illinois, averaging 7.9 minutes per game
  • Grabbed 62 rebounds – including 19 offensive boards – for an average of 2.1 rebounds per game
  • Recorded 10 steals, seven assists and five blocks across the season
  • Scored a career-high 13 points against McNeese State (11/16/22)
  • Tallied a career-best 10 rebounds at Minnesota (1/15/23)

2021-22 - SENIOR

  • Appeared in 25 games with three starts
  • Averaged 3.4 points and 3.1 rebounds per game
  • Recorded a career-most nine rebounds in the Illini's season-opening win over North Carolina Central (Nov. 9)
  • Tied for the team lead with six rebounds vs. Miami (OH) on Nov. 14. 
  • Scored a season-high 10 points, including a career-most four free-throws, and dished out a career-high three assists vs. Eastern Kentucky (Dec. 5)

2020-21 - JUNIOR

  • Appeared in 15 games with one start in first season with the Illini
  • Averaged 3.3 points and 3.1 rebounds per game
  • Missed eight games in December and January with knee injury and returned at Michigan State (2/4/21), following mid-season surgery, to play final 11 games of the season
  • Posted 12 points, six boards, two assists and a pair of steals in 15 minutes off the bench in debut vs. Indiana State (11/25/20)
  • Earned first start vs. Valparaiso (12/2/20) and recorded six points and five rebound vs. the Crusaders
  • Tied a career-high with 12 points, all in the fourth-quarter, at Purdue (2/28), while matching a personal-best with 6 rebounds vs. the Boilermakers

ODESSA COLLEGE

  • Helped Odessa (Texas) College to back-to-back NJCAA Tournament berths including an Elite Eight appearance in 2018-19 and an at-large bid in 2019-20 prior to the tournament's cancelation
  • Earned 2020 All-Western Junior College Athletic Conference honorable mention honors
  • As a sophomore in 2019-20, started 18 of 29 games for the Wranglers and averaged 7.3 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists
  • Played in 29 game with eight starts as a freshman in 2018-19, averaging 3.9 points and 3.2 rebounds
  • Recorded four career double-doubles including career highs of 16 points and 17 rebounds in a victory over Howard College (2/13/20)

HIGH SCHOOL/INTERNATIONAL

  • Played for the Brazil National Team in five FIBA/FIBA Zones events
  • Won gold medals at both the 2014 South American U15 Championship for Women and the 2015 South American U17 Championship for Women
  • Earned silver at the 2015 FIBA Americas U16 Championship for Women
  • Took home bronze at the 2016 FIBA Americas U18 Championship for Women
  • Finished 13th at the 2016 FIBA U17 World Championship
  • Pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds in Brazil's 72-63 semifinal victory over Team USA at the 2015 FIBA Americas U16 Championship, the first loss in U16 history for the U.S.

PERSONAL

  • Daughter of Luciano Dias Lopes and Adriana Cristina F. Lopes
  • Born Jan. 1, 1999
  • Has a younger brother, Felipe
  • Lists Brazilian soccer superstar Gabi Gol as her favorite athlete
  • Hobbies include cooking, traveling and fishing
  • Major is Communications with a minor in Public Relations

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2020-21Junior

    Forward/Center
    6'3"
    14
  • 14

    2021-22Senior

    Forward/Center
    6'3"
    14
  • 14

    2022-23Graduate Student

    Forward/Center
    6'3"
    14