Hmmm no froling sisters...

Are they not already 19?

My squad would be:

we need alicia at PF, keely at SF and we also need fareo as back up PF.

scherf and smith the centres.

wallace and antoniadou the pg and sg (both can play either) with 1 of pirini or tupaea as the other ball handler.

seaton and sharp playing the other sg spots

maley and horvat playing the other sf spots


PG/SG Wallace 5'11/PG Tupaea 5'9
PG/SG Antoniadou 5'9/SG Seaton 5'10/SG/SF Sharp 6'1
SF Froling 6'2/SF Maley 6'1/SG/SF Horvat 6'0
PF Froling 6'3/PF/C Fareo 6'3
C Scherf 6'5/PF/C Smith 6'3

Horvat is young, didn't make u/17 worlds and you are asking her to step up to u/19 age group?

Is that the same Tupaea that was just at the u17 worlds or is there another?

yes very same. So im guessing you would take pirini?

Absolutely anyone with some court vision who passes early and creates for their team-mates, although that rules out most girls who play 1 & 2.

are you saying wallace and antoniadou dont make early passes?

Not at all, I am just scarred from watching our u17 worlds team this year, I thought maybe they'd changed the rules and we got points for dribbling.

yeah, you are right in saying that we had alot of poor early performances at the u17 tournament, but for the u19's we are really only looking at 4-5 players in the age group running the point guard position.

What 3 out of 5 would you take out of wallace, antoniadou, tupaea, pirini and rocci. (ortlepp and forcadilla are primarily sg's)

In my opinion the first 2 are locks. (wallace and antonidaou)

tupaea has played wnbl and so has pirini. rocci's speed is her main strength but lacks size and experience.

Tupaea has good size for a point guard (5'9 compared to 5'7 and 5'6) and is strong, fending off pressuring guards. She does have better ball handling than the other 2 and is a much better defender. Thats why I would take her as the 3rd point becuase seaton and sharp would not be able to run the point either.

You are right, most of wallace's turnovers are due to other players not being aware.

She had really good chemistry with alicia froling and I think scherf and froling would be a fantastic front court. (both of them have good basketball iq and sure be aware of those unique passes.)

without the sisters, the chances of making the finals are slim.

it looks like alicia has an injury to her arm. broken?

^Read the first post top to bottom.

best starting 5.
1.5. PG/SG wallace
1.5. PG/SG antoniadou
3. SF k.froling
4. PF a.froling
5. C scherf

without the sisters (because of smu commitments?)
1.5. PG/SG wallace
1.5. PG/SG antoniadou
3. SF maley
4. PF fareo
5. C scherf

without fareo (because of lsu commitments?)
1.5. PG/SG wallace
1.5. PG/SG antoniadou
3. SF maley
4. PF hellessey
5. C scherf

without wallace (because of baylor commitments)
1. PG Antoniadou
2. SG Seaton
3. SF Maley
4. PF Hellessey
5. C Scherf


smith is a lock for the other centre.
sharp is a lock for the other shooting guard.
the others positions are debateable

Hopefully all the collage players will be able to play in the u19 tournament.

Smith is a capable pf but rebounding is her strength. We need a back up centre and froling and Fareo can only really play pf.

Essex is no centre, nor is hellessey. Hoycard could play centre but I'd much prefer a front line of

Pf froling/Fareo
C scherf/smith

who would you take as the 2nd centre? she cant play the whole game. Put 2 power forwards on ?

Dont think Smith is getting enough credit here. She has been very injury prone which is why she hasnt put up huge numbers at nationals like Scherf has.
Look at her minute to point/ rebound ratio in SEABL, Nunawading don't seem to play there young players big minutes. Especially when you have the likes of Allen/Zavec etc
She should be the starting 4 over Froling. Froling's are good players but not great for team chemistry off the court from what I have heard