England U18s Cut to Twenty Following Manchester Camp

By Sam Neter on April 5, 2016

Following their camp last week at the National Basketball Performance Centre in Manchester, the England Under-18 squad has been cut to 20.

England took on Myerscough Select on the Wednesday as part of their three-day Easter camp (which ended up tied at 85 following six ten minute quarters and an incredible game tying buzzer beater from Josh Kanini), before making releases on Thursday.

“We had to lose quite a few talented players from the programme this time around but overall, we were pleased with the standard, attendance, desire, focus and effort of all the players on camp,” Bucknall said.

“The evening game against Myerscough offered us the opportunity to see everyone play in a competitive environment were they could have the opportunity to apply what we had been working on in the previous practice sessions. Each of the six quarters of play were pretty close and Myerscough offered us a reasonable standard of competition.

“We have now trimmed the squad numbers and my staff and I now look forward to developing the team for the Division B European Championships.”

The remaining players left in the squad are as follows:

England Under-18 Squad

Luke Mitchell, Nottingham Hoods
Nelson Boachie-Yiadom, Loomis Chaffee (USA)
Carl Wheatle, Angelico Biella (Italy)
Daniel Akin, Kent Crusaders
Sam Japhet-Mathias, Kent Crusaders
RJ Eytle-Rock, Kent Crusaders
Charlie Prager, Campbell Hall High School (USA)
Zion Tordoff, Lancashire Spinners
Ashley Briggs, Solent Kestrels
Henri Langton, Charnwood Riders
Cameron Bett, McCallie School (USA)
Josh Edwards, Lewisham Thunder
Brian Amabilino, Derby Trailblazers
Joshua Apple, Ipswich
Romario Spence, Charnwood Riders
Jacob Iwowo, Brooks School (USA)
Emmanuel Odunsi, Kent Crusaders
Joshua Kanini, Eastside Eagles
Kayne Henry, London Greenhouse Pioneers
Micah Savery-Richards, Leeds Force

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