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Preparations step up for U17 World C'ships 23 Aug 2013 | 06:37 am
The Under 17 men’s and Jayco women’s programs have each invited 16 athletes for the second camp of this cycle, which runs from 29 August until 1 September. Heading up the Jayco Under 17 women’s team ...
Clinical Boomers clinch FIBA Oceania C'ship 18 Aug 2013 | 01:52 pm
With both sides already qualified for next year’s FIBA basketball world cup, the Boomers will receive a higher seeding for the tournament draw after winning game 2 of the series 76-63 at the AIS Arena...
Opals into 2014 FIBA World Championships with 2-0 sweep of Oceania 18 Aug 2013 | 10:44 am
The Opals followed up their Game One victory in Auckland with an 84-66 win over the Tall Ferns in front of a boisterous crowd at the AIS Arena in Canberra this afternoon. After Lauren Jackson did all...
Jayco boosts sponsorship of women's basketball 16 Aug 2013 | 07:48 am
Under the expanded partnership, Jayco – who have sponsored the Opals since 2010 – will now also become the naming rights sponsor to the Emerging Opals, Under 19 Gems and Under 17 girls’ national teams...
Rising star Broekhoff signs with Turkish giants 15 Aug 2013 | 06:08 am
The 22-year-old will join-up with his new teammates next month, but not before suiting up for the Boomers in the 2013 FIBA Oceania Championships. Broekhoff graduated from Indiana’s Valparaiso Univers...
Inspired Boomers comeback to take FIBA Oceania G1 14 Aug 2013 | 02:48 pm
Dual-Olympian Patty Mills was at his destructive best on both ends of the floor, finishing with a game-high 20 points and four steals, as the Boomers outscored the Tall Blacks 38-20 in the second half...
Opals claim FIBA Oceania Game One in NZ 14 Aug 2013 | 01:04 pm
Opals star Lauren Jackson marked her return to the court in an emphatic fashion, dropping a game-high 22 points and nine rebounds (six offensive rebounds) in a vintage display from the four-time Olymp...
Spinners team named for IWBF U23 World C'ships 14 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Coming off a six-day selection camp alongside the Australian Rollers at the Basketball Australia National Centre of Excellence in Canberra, Spinners Head Coach Tom Kyle was left with the difficult tas...
Jackson and Screen named Opals Co-Captains for Oceania Championships 14 Aug 2013 | 05:57 am
Together, the pair bring more than 25 years of experience in the women’s national team program to the captaincy, sharing six Olympic and five World Championship campaigns between them. The captains w...
Boomer David Barlow Euroleague bound 14 Aug 2013 | 02:42 am
Currently in camp with the Boomers ahead of the 2013 FIBA Oceania Championships, Barlow said he was excited to join the reigning Polish league champions and make the step-up to Euroleague competition....
