Pac-12 attends the FIBA ​​U19 Women’s Basketball World Championships in Hungary

SAN FRANCISCO Six Pac-12 women’s basketball players represent their countries FIBA U19 Women’s World Championships, will be played from 7 to 15 August in Debrecen, Hungary.

Students Te-Hina Paopao OREGON and Lauren Ware Arizona are on the U.S. list, led by UCLA head coachCori Close. UTAH sophomore Kelsey Rees and a freshman from WASHINGTON Olivia Pollerd playing in Australia and the second-year WASHINGTON STATE duo Jessica Clarke and freshman Tara Wallack to speak on behalf of Canada.

The 14th edition of the Women’s FIBA ​​U19 Basketball World Cup has 16 teams divided into four groups. The United States and Australia belong to Group A along with Italy and Egypt, while Canada was included in Group D with the Czech Republic, Japan and Mali.

Introduced in 1985, the United States has won the trophy eight times in previous 13 tournaments, including Thailand in 2019 after winning 74-70 in Australia. There were several current Pac-12 players in STANFORDs in this game Cameron Brink and Francesca Belibi To the United States and UCLA Izzy Anstey and STANFORDS Agnes Emma-Nnopu For Australia.

Canada’s best ranking is the bronze it earned in Italy in 2017. Australia won the lone U19 World Championship in Seoul in 1993.

One of only two freshmen voted for the 15-member All-Pac-12 team in 2021. He started the first 19 games of the year but did not miss the last five due to injury.

Ware was also an honorable mention by Pac-12 All-Freshman during his debut season in Arizona averaging 3.9 points and 3.8 rebounds in 16.2 minutes. The Wildcats ’third consecutive 20-win campaign included the programs’ first trip to the Final Four.

After helping the United States with U19MM gold as an assistant coach in 2019, UCLAs Cori Close will serve as the team’s head coach in 2021, fourth in the U.S. basketball coaching position and third in the international event.

Rees played Utes freshman in 20 matches for an average of 10.7 minutes, 3.1 points and 2.4 rebounds per match. In 2019, she took the Australian Gold Medal FIBA ​​U17 to the Women’s Oceania Championship. Rees earned an average of 13.2 points, 9.0 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game in the All-Star Five.

Pollerd also played for Australia in the 2019 FIBA ​​U17 Oceania gold, averaging 23.4 minutes and 13.2 points per match. Last February, he attended Basketball Without Borders as part of the NBA All-Star 2020 event.

Clarke played 15 games as a freshman in the state of Washington in 2020-21 and scored his career-high score in 15 second college games No. 8 against Oregon 21. December. He finished 5th in his class as a Canadian player after the Crown Scout Girls.

Like Pollerd, Wallack will be a freshman at the conference in 2021-22. He performed in five Canadian matches at the 2019 U16 FIBA ​​Americas Championship and collected an average of 6.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.0 stocks in 15.0 minutes to help his country get silver.