DANDENONG’S green and gold will be traded for the Australian Boomers variety in the upcoming weeks, as Venky Jois and Owen Odigie don the Australian colours against China.
Jois – 19 – in his freshman year at East Washington College – has been in phenomenal form in his first season abroad – named the Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year – and has capped it off with selection in his first senior national team.
The Melbourne Tigers NBL-listed Odigie, 20, set to return from a hand injury for the Dandneong Rangers SEABL team soon, has also been selected in the squad in the first outing for new Boomers coach Andrej Lemanis.
The 17-strong squad will be in camp from Sunday 2 June before being reduced to 12 ahead of the Sino-Australia Challenge – a four-game series against China.
The Sino-Australia Challenge tips-off at Perth Arena on Friday 7 June, the first time international basketball will be played at the state-of-art arena.
For more information about the 2013 Sino-Australia Challenge and tickets visit the Basketball Australia website at www.basketball.net.au.
