GAYLE BLOWS INTO GB SQUAD
Rising prospect Georgia Gayle has been included in Great Britain’s squad of 13 for Saturday’s pivotal EuroBasket Women qualifier against Italy in Lucca.
With GB almost certainly needing victory to reach next summer’s finals, coach Chema Buceta has retained seven players from the London 2012 Olympic team with Temi Fagbenle, who has returned from the USA, a probable inclusion in the team.
Britain, who will visit Albania in their final qualifier next week, currently sit second in their group behind the Italians but level on points with Montenegro.
Mollie Campbell,Kyla Nelson and Gabby Nikitinaite were left out following a mini-camp in Manchester before the team flew out from Liverpool on Thursday morning.
“We are taking a squad which we believe can deliver two wins out of two and covers all possibilities,” Buceta said. “I believe in these players.”
Great Britain squad to face Italy: Collins, Leedham, Fagbenle, Handy, Jones, Gayle, Stewart, Simpson, Wilkinson, Thompson, Allen, Vanderwal, Clark
Do you like our work?
We have a tiny favour to ask. In 2018 we set out to make Hoopsfix sustainable by building our relationship directly with our readers. Up until now, Hoopsfix has been creating editorials, videos and podcasts to provide sorely missing coverage of the British game and its distinct culture and community.
We have funded Hoopsfix with our freelance work creating basketball media, but sadly that means not only does it fall behind our client’s priorities, but some of those clients are the same organisations we need to report objectively on putting us in a conflicted position.
We want to devote more time to our mission of helping British basketball reach its potential, and produce even more content for the basketball community by making Hoopsfix a sustainable 100% independent business funded directly by our readers through Patreon.
If everyone who enjoys our content chose to support us, our future would be much more secure. For as little as $3 per month, you can support Hoopsfix – and it only takes a minute.
We are tremendously honoured and humbled to have a community of people who value what we do, and we look forward to being at the forefront of the British game as it continues to evolve.
0 comments