Opals head to United States to prepare for World title defence - Sep 7, 2010 (by Eurobasket News)
The Jayco Australian Opals have departed Australia headed for the United States where they will resume preparations for their World title defence later this month.
After a successful Melbourne camp two weeks ago, the squad of Opals and staff flew out from Sydney this morning headed for Los Angeles. From there theyll connect to New York and then Hartford where they will begin preparations for the first group of practise matches against the US and Spain in the next week [read more]
The Jayco Australian Opals have departed Australia headed for the United States where they will resume preparations for their World title defence later this month.
After a successful Melbourne camp two weeks ago, the squad of Opals and staff flew out from Sydney this morning headed for Los Angeles. From there theyll connect to New York and then Hartford where they will begin preparations for the first group of practise matches against the US and Spain in the next week.
'It's somewhat of a new look team and I think that is exciting for some the emerging talent', said Opals coach Carrie Graf. 'Getting the group together in America for camp and then to play against the US and Spain, thatll be great preparation for us.'
Meeting up with the team in the US is WNBA players Tully Bevilaqua (164-G-72) and Penelope Taylor (185-F-81) whose teams were recently eliminated from the WNBA finals.
Its balanced in terms of being in an environment where we can pick up our WNBA athletes and get the opportunity to play some wonderful teams the USA are the bench-mark in womens world basketball and Spain are a rising nation and they are a great team and weve got some great hit-outs in the lead-up to the World Championships.
After a successful Melbourne camp which saw the squad trimmed down to the current list of 13, the girls then spent the last two weeks working individually in their own states in preparation.
Two of those players were Elizabeth Cambage (203-C-91) and Marianna Tolo (196-C-89) who spent some time working one-on-one in Canberra with coach Graf.
Theyre two great, young talents, said Graf. Lizs natural size is obviously a great plus and Tolos maturity as a young player sets her apart. Shes a legitimate centre player who can bang and bump around down low and shes an efficient finisher and shes one that has certainly earned her place, particularly with Suzi Batkovic not being available.
Theyve been at the AIS working out one-on-one together and watching them develop and progress, its great for the now and great for the future.
The Opals play the United States on Friday night, (Saturday, 5:30am AEST) before clashing with Spain the following night.
Jessica Bibby named as Captain of the Canberra Caps - Sep 7, 2010 (by Eurobasket News)
Basketball ACT CEO Mark Cartwright today announced that Jessica Bibby (169-G-79) will be the new Captain of the Canberra TransACT Capitals for the 2010/2011 WNBL Season.
Mark Cartwright said, With the retirement of Kellie Abrams at the end of last season the Canberra TransACT Capitals are pleased to announce Jessica Bibby as the new Captain for 2010/2011 [read more]
Basketball ACT CEO Mark Cartwright today announced that Jessica Bibby (169-G-79) will be the new Captain of the Canberra TransACT Capitals for the 2010/2011 WNBL Season.
Mark Cartwright said, With the retirement of Kellie Abrams at the end of last season the Canberra TransACT Capitals are pleased to announce Jessica Bibby as the new Captain for 2010/2011.
Jessica is in her 5th season with Capitals and is taking over from some celebrated Captains in Kellie Abrams, Jenny Cheesman and Lucille Bailie who have been such stalwarts for the club.
Jessica has played 92 games with Canberra TransACT Capitals and a total of 256 games in the WNBL and averages 12 points per game.
Australian trio advance to WNBA Finals - Sep 6, 2010 (by Eurobasket News)
Seattle Storm managed to beat Phoenix Mercury on the road 91-88 winning the WNBA Eastern Conference with perfect 2-0. It means that now the Storm waits the winner of Atlanta Dream - NY Liberty series. It also means that Australia will have three players in the WNBA Finals this year: Lauren Jackson (196-F/C-81), Abby Bishop (189-C-88) and Alison Lacey (183-G-87, college: Iowa St.). Jackson was one of the leading players in Game Two with 20 points and 8 rebounds [read more]
Seattle Storm managed to beat Phoenix Mercury on the road 91-88 winning the WNBA Eastern Conference with perfect 2-0. It means that now the Storm waits the winner of Atlanta Dream - NY Liberty series. It also means that Australia will have three players in the WNBA Finals this year: Lauren Jackson (196-F/C-81), Abby Bishop (189-C-88) and Alison Lacey (183-G-87, college: Iowa St.). Jackson was one of the leading players in Game Two with 20 points and 8 rebounds. In Game One she had double-double of 23 points and 17 rebounds. Jackson is already named WNBA MVP for this season. Bishop and Lacey didnt get a chance in this series. Lauren Jackson appeared 36 times for the Storm this season (so far) averaging 20.6 points and 8.5 rebounds. Her season-high currently is 33 points against the Mercury in July. Jackson joined the Storm back in 2001. Before that, she spent one year with the Houston Comets. She won two WNBA titles (2000 with the Comets and 2004 with the Storm). This year she will have a chance to grab another one. Abby Bishop played 15 games for the Storm this season registering 2.9 ppg and 1.3 rpg. Alison Lacey had 1 ppg and 1 rpg in 16 games.
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