{"id":488274,"date":"2026-02-18T16:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/488274\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:49:10","slug":"holt-from-the-blue-boomers-name-three-debutants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/488274\/","title":{"rendered":"Holt from the Blue: Boomers name three debutants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A little over three months ago, Jacob Holt hadn\u2019t played an NBL game. <\/p>\n<p>On November 8, 2025, he took to the court against the Tasmania JackJumpers for 11 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>102 days on, he\u2019s a member of the Australian Boomers squad.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been quite the rise for the powerful big man, who took on a vital role in the absence of Tyrell Harrison across the past month with the Brisbane Bullets.<\/p>\n<p>At just 22 years old, he looks one of the NBL\u2019s and Australia\u2019s most exciting prospects. <\/p>\n<p>Holt is one of three debutants for the Boomers\u2019 games against Guam and the Philippines on February 26 and March 1 respectively, alongside Melbourne\u2019s Tanner Krebs and Cairns\u2019 Kody Stattmann.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a first-time call-up for John Rillie too, who will lead the Australian team into action for the latest FIBA World Cup Qualifiers as head coach.<\/p>\n<p>The Boomers have called on a strong range of youth and experience for the all-important games during the FIBA Break, with Mitch Creek (U-BT Cluj-Napoca \u2013 Romania), Jack White (Mersin MSK, Basketbol S\u00fcper Ligi) and Nick Kay (Shimane Susanoo, B. League) among the more experienced stars in the squad. <\/p>\n<p>FIBA Asia Cup winners Sam Froling (Illawarra) and David Okwera (Perth) are also on the roster, alongside fellow NBL-rostered players Tom Wilson (Melbourne), Elijah Pepper (Perth) and Isaac White (Adelaide). <\/p>\n<p>The Boomers tipped off their FIBA World Cup qualifying with back-to-back wins over New Zealand in November.<\/p>\n<p>Mitch Creek \u2013 U-BT Cluj-Napoca<br \/>Sam Froling \u2013 Illawarra Hawks<br \/>Jacob Holt \u2013 Brisbane Bullets<br \/>Nick Kay \u2013 Shimane Susanoo<br \/>Tanner Krebs \u2013 Melbourne United<br \/>David Okwera \u2013 Perth Wildcats<br \/>Elijah Pepper \u2013 Perth Wildcats<br \/>Reyne Smith \u2013 Cairns Taipans<br \/>Kody Stattmann \u2013 Cairns Taipans<br \/>Isaac White \u2013 Adelaide 36ers<br \/>Jack White \u2013 Mersin MSK<br \/>Tom Wilson \u2013 Melbourne United<\/p>\n<p>Guam v Australia<br \/>Thursday, February 26 &#8211; 8pm AEDT<br \/>University of Guam Field House<\/p>\n<p>Philippines v Australia<br \/>Sunday, March 1 &#8211; 8:30pm AEDT<br \/>Mall of Asia Arena<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/696810544c3525aaec836c13_Disney+_1920x250_V1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A little over three months ago, Jacob Holt hadn\u2019t played an NBL game. On November 8, 2025, he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-488274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}