{"id":860252,"date":"2026-08-19T01:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T01:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/860252\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T01:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T01:30:14","slug":"squad-confirmed-for-selection-ahead-of-fiba-u18-asia-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/860252\/","title":{"rendered":"Squad confirmed for selection ahead of FIBA U18 Asia Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.australia.basketball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Basketball Australia<\/a>\u00a0has confirmed an extended roster for the Gems ahead of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-womens-asia-cup-2026-division-a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FIBA U18 Women\u2019s Asia Cup<\/a> set for Malaysia from 4 \u2013 10 October.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kristi Harrower\u00a0will lead this window for the Gems with\u00a0Renae Garlepp\u00a0unavailable with WNBL coaching commitments.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Harrower is no stranger to AUS Basketball system as a former player and assistant coach with the Australian Opals. The 4 x Olympian will be able to apply principles of the pathway as preparations firm for the tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AustralianGems_Logo_Gold_RGB.png\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Reece Anticevic<\/p>\n<p>WA<\/p>\n<p>Eliza Ashby<\/p>\n<p>VIC<\/p>\n<p>Cheyenne Bobongie<\/p>\n<p>QLD<\/p>\n<p>Aspen Crase<\/p>\n<p>SA<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Donnelly<\/p>\n<p>NSW<\/p>\n<p>Mia Harvey<\/p>\n<p>VIC<\/p>\n<p>Abbey Jones<\/p>\n<p>SA<\/p>\n<p>Addison Knight<\/p>\n<p>VIC<\/p>\n<p>Jemyma Manyok<\/p>\n<p>QLD<\/p>\n<p>Lily Mapp<\/p>\n<p>QLD<\/p>\n<p>Daisy Nousis<\/p>\n<p>VIC<\/p>\n<p>Olivia Olechnowicz<\/p>\n<p>QLD<\/p>\n<p>Kaila Proctor<\/p>\n<p>NSW<\/p>\n<p>Sophie Richardson<\/p>\n<p>VIC<\/p>\n<p>Madison Ryan<\/p>\n<p>VIC<\/p>\n<p>Eliza Shanahan<\/p>\n<p>VIC<\/p>\n<p>Jade Sherrington<\/p>\n<p>QLD<\/p>\n<p>Andie Smith<\/p>\n<p>TAS<\/p>\n<p>Isabel Smith<\/p>\n<p>QLD<\/p>\n<p>Matilda Trout<\/p>\n<p>VIC<\/p>\n<p>A selection camp will be hosted at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra from 8 \u2013 11 September. A Final 12 will be selected for Malaysia ahead of the tournament in October.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament tips off for the Gems against the Philippines on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u18-womens-asia-cup-2026-division-a\/games\/133112-AUS-PHI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday, October 4 at 2:30pm AEST<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow all the action LIVE on FIBA Youtube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Basketball Australia\u00a0has confirmed an extended roster for the Gems ahead of the\u00a0FIBA U18 Women\u2019s Asia Cup set for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":860253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85,83],"class_list":["post-860252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860252","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=860252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}