GB U20 Women kept their hopes of promotion to Division A alive with a strong 89-67 win over Croatia, aided by a dominate scoring performance from Loren Christie who finished with 26 points. The game started evenly with both teams trading baskets. This continued throughout the first ten minutes as neither team could ignite a …
GB U20 Men finished in 8th position at the FIBA European Championships, following a spirited loss to Croatia by 82-63 in a play-off game to determine the final team positions of the tournament. Croatia started strongly and looked every inch the favourites as they took a quick 7-0 advantage, helped by GB committing two early fouls. A quick GB time-out helped get them organised and Niall Harris soon got GB’s first points to make it 7-2. A fast-break opportunity …
GB’s hopes of a possible medal in this FIBA tournament were dashed 56-81 by a strong German performance in Tel Aviv this afternoon. The strength of the German inside play, with Philip Herkenhoff and Nils Hassfurther to the fore, produced enough easy scores at the offensive end and stops at the defensive end to keep …
The first half was a closely contested battle but it was GB who got the better of the Serbians by the halftime buzzer. GB came out with a strong start taking the first quarter against the Serbians 17-15, using their speed and athleticism to get out in transition for quick buckets. Romario Spence and Nathan …
The GB U20 Men suffered a close loss to Montenegro 72-68 in their final game of the European Championship group stage. The result leaves Karl Brown’s team bottom of Group A with an 0-3 record. GB came out aggressively to start the game, attacking the hoop and hitting some knock down three pointers to take …
GB U20 Men fell 60-74 to France in their second group game of the European Championships. The result leaves Karl Brown’s team bottom of Group A, with Montenegro to play in the final group game tomorrow. Kareem Queeley (16 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists) got the first basket of the game, followed by Romario Spence …
GB U20 men started their Euro campaign against Turkey, who finished in 5th place in last year’s competition. In a game that never really flowed, GB remained in touch throughout but fell short at the end to lost 56-69. It wasn’t the start the Coach Karl Brown was hoping for but there were plenty of …
Ahead of Great Britain Men’s Under-20 European Championships, Coach Karl Brown took his initial squad to a friendly tournament in Italy where they finished with a 1-2 record. The Men started their Championship preparations on June 27th, with training camps spread out over two weeks at the National Basketball Performance Centre in Manchester. After the …
Great Britain’s Under-20 Men continue their Division A Fiba European Championship preparations this week, as they head to Italy for a practice tournament. The five-day event comes after a brief training camp at the National Basketball Performance Centre in Manchester, where coach Karl Brown put the squad through their paces. With the tournament complete, the …
The Great Britain Men’s and Women’s schedules for the FIBA U20 European Championships 2019 have been confirmed. The tournaments will take place in July with the Men taking part in the Division A competition in Tel Aviv, Israel, and the Women in the Division B Championships in Kosovo. With a busy summer of preparations ahead, …
FIBA youth European Championships draw ceremony taking place in Belgrade Great Britain’s youth sides will have their time to shine next summer as the draw for the respective tournaments according to age group was made earlier today in Belgrade. The GB U20 Men will head to Tel Aviv for the European Championships, where they will …
