Halaifonua and Shearer named to National Teams
The Tall Ferns and Tall Blacks will face Australia in the Trans-Tasman Throwdown series next month.
With the player selections being announced gradually we can reveal that Julius Halaifonua and Emme Shearer have been named to the respective teams to date.
Emme has just completed her outstanding five year career at the University of Portland while Julius is about to finish his freshman year at Georgetown University.
Hopefully more former Harbour reps will be announced in the coming days.
Following two games played in Australia the third and final game of the series will be played in Hamilton on May 11th – it will be double-header featuring both the Tall Ferns and Tall Blacks.
Julius has a more pressing engagement to deal with as he is a member of the New Zealand U19 team embarking on a tour to China this week.
Julius is joined by Bart Jackowski and Jameer Reed as the three Harbour representatives in the 12 man squad. Good luck fellas.
In the New Zealand NBL:
In a terrific game of basketball at Eventfinda Stadium on Sunday Auckland Tuatara outlasted the Bay Hawks to win 106-67 with Rob Loe posting a double-double of 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Also on Sunday Corey Webster, the NBL’s leading scorer, scored 21 points as Manawatu Jets outscored Taranaki Airs 39-21 in the final quarter for a 111-106 come from behind win.
Kruz Perrott-Hunt tallied 5 assists and 14 points for Tauranga Whai as they recorded an 85-81 road win in Nelson against the Giants.
Overseas:
Isaac Fotu scored 17 points, on 7 from 10 shooting, as Tochigi Brex beat Kyoto 89-69. The win wrapped up the Japanese League Eastern Conference title for Brex who boast an impressive 43-9 record.
Also in Japan brother Dan Fotu scored 13 points for Gifu Swoops as they beat Shinagawa in a thriller 84-83. There are two games left in the B3 regular season with the Swoops (30-19) currently sitting 5th on the ladder – the top eight teams headed to the play-offs.
In Belgium James Moors tallied 11 points and 6 rebounds as Union Mons (17-14) won a thriller against bottom placed QSTA United 87-85.
Yanni Wetzell equalled his career high with 29 points in the German League as ALBA Berlin lost 90-86 to Heidelberg.
In just his third game for Bourg Tai Webster scored 18 points in their 97-95 French League loss against Dijon.
Sam Waardenburg had two 15-point outings for Mayaguez in the Puerto Rican League – Mayaguez won both games to improve to 6-4 this season.
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