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He is the board-crashing, big dunk making teenager ready to make sure the national title stays in the west.
Willetton Tigers young gun Josh Ibukunoluwa will return to Victoria in January, determined to steer a new-look Western Australia side to back-to-back Under-20s titles.
Every match of the Basketball Australia Under-20s National Championships will be exclusively live streamed on KommunityTV and News Corp Australia mastheads from January 30-February 4.
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The boys in yellow were unstoppable in Geelong back in February, when they blasted New South Wales off the court in a 37-point grand final drubbing.
But the Western Australia side which will look to defend that title will be without some of the tournament’s top players including Ben Henshall, Alex Kovatchev and Alex Condon.
Ibukunoluwa is one of only two players who remain from the 2023 gold medal winning squad along with Willetton Tigers teammate Blake Fido.
Several players will make the step up from the Western Australia Under-18 ranks including an exciting wing Bob Griechen from Geraldton.
The young guard has gotten valuable experience playing in the NBL1 West for the Buccaneers this season, and will only improve after averaging more than 16 points per game at the 2023 Under-18 National Championships.
Roman Lutton, who exploded onto the scouting scene at the Under-18 championships at Brisbane averaging the third-best points per game haul (21.12ppg), will also make the step up into the Under-20s squad.
While Australian representatives Ruby Vlahov and Jayda Clark have moved on from the national championships set-up, the Western Australia women’s squad will have a strong backbone of experience.
Young trio Kyana Weir, Harriet Ford and Grace Foster will all return for the Under-20s championships after playing as bottom-agers at last year’s tournament.
AUSSIE POWERHOUSE PULLING ON SKY BLUE AGAIN
New South Wales is leaving no stone unturned in its quest for back-to-back gold medals in the women’s Under-20 National Championships.
The sky blues have named a dominant line-up for the tournament in Ballarat, including a host of returning superstars headlined by Sydney Flames WNBL young gun Isla Juffermans.
Juffermans was a class above at the U20 nationals last year, guiding NSW to the gold medal and finishing as tournament MVP.
The North Coast product finished the tournament averaging 15.14 points and 10.43 rebounds per game.
Juffermans is not the only player set to return from last year’s gold medal squad with fellow Flames development player Caitlyn Martin named as well as Manly-Warringah young gun Meera Coburn.
They will be joined in the side by Basketball Australia Centre of Execellence recruit, and U17 Oceania Cup champion Opal Bird.
Check out the full NSW women’s squad below in our Under-20 National Championships squad tracker.
TERRITORIES TEAM UP TO TAKE ON NATION
The best young athletes from Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory will join forces, but the move will have to wait 12 months before coming to fruition.
The Territories joint venture has already announced an initial extended squad of Darwin athletes to train as part of the program with Canberra and Alice Springs/Central Australia squads to be picked at a later date following trials.
The Northern Territory and ACT have both struggled to compete with the top states at the national titles, with the tyranny of a smaller pool of talent to draw from a key factor.
Northern Territory also failed to register a women’s team at last year’s championships due to a lack of available athletes.
Basketball NT high performance and development manager Rod Tremlett said the move would strengthen the pathways for young Territory athletes.
“This is a great opportunity for the Northern Territory to secure consistent opportunities for our athletes on the Basketball Australia pathway, particularly in those years where our representative numbers at the U20 age group can be under pressure due to athlete unavailability that can occur in this age demographic for a number of reasons,” he said.
“For those Northern Territory athletes who are dedicated to working towards potential collegiate, NBL1 and/or WNBL and NBL opportunities, securing this arrangement ensures that regardless of the total numbers we have available, athletes will still have the opportunity to represent at the U20 Championships and access the significant interest that the Tournament attracts.
“In particular, this will provide a great opportunity for our female athletes where at times it has been difficult to produce teams meaning that our available NT talent miss out on the potential opportunity to represent.”
Already states are pulling together their squads ahead of the Summer season, with both Victoria and Tasmania naming star-studded line-ups.
Victoria’s top men’s squad will be led by Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence guard Luke Fennell and features exciting Knox duo Fraser Roxburgh and Austin Rapp as well as lights-out shooter Joel Foxwell.
There is also plenty of Centre of Excellence talent in the Victorian women’s side with Australian junior representative Sienna Harvey, Sarah Portlock, Bonnie Deas all donning the ‘Big V’ along with WNBL young guns Manuela Puoch and Paige Burrows.
The Tasmanian men’s side features plenty of exciting talent including NBA Global Academy wing Jacob Furphy and workhorse point-guard Kye Savage.
UNDER-20s SQUAD TRACKER
The squad lists will be updated when states release their teamlists ahead of the tournament.
ACT
ACT Men
Dante Bruton, James Bartlett, Liam Naughton, Reuben Layton Thompson, Arjun Rao, Owen Nihill, Jesse Tait, Edward Bigg-Wither, Abraham Riley, Mason Bruce, Bior Duoot, Spencer Musgrove
ACT Women
Amy List, Jayelin Janssen, Laura Topp, Mailey Cunningham, Ava Boyes, Sophie Brennan, Ella Collins, Sophie McWatt, Ilijana Matijevic, Grace Kent
NBA GLOBAL ACADEMY
NBA Global Academy Men
Dash Daniels, Nash Walker, Mading Kuany, Sa Pilimai, Oscar Goodman, Julius Halaifonua, Hamad Mousa, Sebastien Emenalo, Aleksandar Gavalyugov, Manie Joses, Yuto Kawashima, Gabriel Pozzato
NEW SOUTH WALES
New South Wales Men
Emmett Adair (Norths Bears/CoE), Jackson McCabe (Byron Bay Beez), Bradley Ballinger (Illawarra Hawks)m Will Mortimore (Maitland Mustangs), Joshua Dent (Illawarra Hawks/CoE), Anthony Mundine III (Sydney Comets), Steven Hall (Bankstown Bruins), James O’Donnell (Norths Bears/CoE), Charlie McBeath (Bankstown Bruins), Dylan Jett Tea (Central Coast Rebels)
New South Wales Women
Dylan Alexander (Sydney Comets), Kira-May Filemu (Bankstown Bruins), Emilie Bessell (Norths Bears), Isla Juffermans (Sydney Flames), Opal Bird (Manly-Warringah/CoE), Caitlyn Martin (Sydney Flames), Meera Coburn (Manly-Warringah), Azaleeah Oloapu (Bankstown Bruins), Chloe Dix (Manly-Warringah), Alana Reddy (Manly-Warringah)
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Northern Territory Men
Darnell Pinner Clark, Duot Duot, Elgan Scrutton, Jason Ramsamy, Lachlan O’Brien, Matthew Hammer, Max Neve, Quenton Brooking, Tane Chown, Toby Davis-Lyon
QUEENSLAND
Queensland Men
Max Cain, Amarco Doyle, Mason Honeyman, Elijah Kamu, Kynan McMahon, Jaylen Pitman, Cooper Rowlings, Roman Siulepa, Liam Switzer, Ben Tweedy
Queensland Women
Ashlee Farrell, Alice Dart, Phoebe Holmes, Erin Harvey, Monique Bobongie, Claire Fraser, Charli Bliss, Teyahna Bond, Tyla Fautua, Hilary Fuller
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
South Australia Men
Lem Ajith, Jackson Bowden, Harry Bruce, Patrick D’Arcy, Alex Dodson, Spencer Gaze, Jack Haggett, Jonty Smith, Harvey White, Kurt Whitmore
South Australia Women
Rosie Akot, Elli Constantopoulos, Stephanie Formby, Hannah Gardiner, Chloe Gray, Sienna Grieger, Sasha Hardin, Maddy Hinton, Asha Marshall, Paige Padroth, Mia Parkin, Chelsea Portus, Airlie Ramsey, Laura Richmond, Emmy Roach, Georgina Salandra, Vanessa Stanfield, Shannon Thompson, Jemma Tredrea, Mia Walker-Roberts, Terran Wright
TASMANIA
Tasmania Men
Oliver Baldock – Launceston Lightning, Jacob Furphy – Burnie Tigers, Aiden Gibson – Launceston Lightning, Kye Savage – Devonport Warriors, Ronan Parker – Ulverstone Redhoppers, Lachlan Brewer – Launceston Lightning, Angus Seymour – Launceston Lightning, Jordan Straatsma – Hobart Phoenix, Josh Vimpany – Launceston Lightning, Ty Withers – Ulverstone Redhoppers
VICTORIA
Victoria Men
Archer McMenamin – Casey, Austin Rapp – Knox, Che Brogan – Knox, Corey Hastings – Frankston, Fraser Roxburgh – Knox, Jack Whitbourn – Melbourne, Kynan Phillipe – Frankston, Luke Fennell - Knox/CoE, Ned Renfree – Ballarat, Joel Foxwell – Sandringham, Riley Dunn – Ballarat, Tristan Devers – Nunawading, Ethan Bolton - Casey (Emergency)
Victoria Navy Men
Ben Waller - Casey/Traralgon, Brody Hull – Kilsyth, Cedric Rault – Casey, Eric Brkovic – Keilor, Frank Oguche - North East Bushrangers, Jesse McIntosh - Diamond Valley, Keyaan Bongso – Sandringham, Lochlin Harvey - North East Bushrangers, Oscar Humble – Sandringham, Patrick Montgomery – Casey, Truman Byrne – Casey, Wyatt Stewart – Kilsyth, Garang Dendit - Altona (Emergency), Macauley Haige - Kilsyth (Emergency), Riley Bowen - Bulleen (Emergency)
Victoria Women
Asha Nightingale - Casey / Traralgon, Bonnie Deas - Frankston / CoE, Dakota Crichton - Casey / Warrnambool, Hannah Wickstrom – Sandringham, Lavinia Cox – Bendigo, Lily Carmody – Bulleen, Kyra Webb - Casey / Sale, Manuela Pouch – Dandenong, Milly Sharp – Ballarat, Paige Burrows – Knox, Sarah Portlock - Broadmeadows / CoE, Sienna Harvey - Wodonga / CoE, Jemma Amoore - Ballarat (Emergency)
Victoria Navy Women
Ella Ongarato – Sandringham, Emily Scholtes – Traralgon, Erin Green – Keilor, Georgia Tomkins – Melbourne, Hannah Day – Kilsyth, Isla Airey – Sandringham, Jessica Freeman - Yarrawinga-Mulwala, Wodonga/North East Bushrangers, Kailey Neave – Dandenong, Keira Lindemans – Bulleen, Lija Lacey-Myers – Bulleen, Madison Smith – Mornington, Zoe Shaw – Keilor, Eleanor Trout (Emergency), Elizabeth Murphy - Wodonga (Emergency)
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Western Australia Men
Aidan Fitzgerald, Austin Crowe-St Jack, Blake Fido, Robert Griechen, Charles Dimmock, Harry Evans, Joshua Ibukunoluwa, Pharell Keats, Riley Leach, Roman Lutton, Ryan Hunt, Thomas Snelgrove. Reserves: Dylan Jorre De St Jorre, Malik Powell
Western Australia Women
Emily Stevens, Grace Foster, Harriet Ford, Jordi Perry, Katie Duncan, Kiara Waite, Kyah Nichols, Kyana Weir, Libby Hutton, Monique Williams, Sydney Mears, Ty Bolland
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