Might meet Usa in the final. The semis we could face Canada, France, Russia or the Dutch if we can somehow beat Spain.

Big ask to get past Spain with that line up but hopefully Spain has a bad game and our Aussie gems are firing ( as they can at times)but they will get knocked out by USA for sure if they meet in semis their line up is way to good for ours this time

Yeah, for Spain... salvadores, Quevedo, carzorla, Flores, lopez etc etc

Usa- Dangerfield, Samuelson, collier, cox, anigwe etc etc. huge team...
Starting 5 might have 4 girls above 6'3.

Russia's another big team and has performed quite well of late.

I think gems will go small.
Wallace, tupaea, horvat/sharp, maley, froling as starting 5.

The Dutch will surprise a few teams...

We will Medal, have most positions covered I think

Wallace
Tupea
Sharp
Froling
Smith / Sherf

With a deep bench, the ability to press , trap, zone and run the ball. Inside presence with Magbegor as well, very tough match up for most teams

No way sharp starts over maley.
Pirini will be a problem. Ok at running the show but not a great defender or scorer.
Probably won't be on the floor unless she has Wallace, Seaton or tupaea by her side.

Sharp / Maley / Horvat

Can't go wrong, They are all good don't you think ? We will see who the staff starts but it will be a very good team. Let's see how they go and support them ALL

Maley is the defender, rebounder and has more hustle than the other 2.
Sharp is the shooter. Solid but not special in a particular area.
Horvat is the penetrater, get to the basket type. A mix of both sharp/maley.

Maley is NOT. A defender,

Australia lose to usa 85-82 in u19 warmup.

Wallace with 23 pts and froling with 20. Maley leading rebounder with 9.
Scherf will probably joining squad shortly.

usa"s best player Katie Lou Samuelson will not be competing in world champs.
Aja Wilson leading scorer and rebounder with 30 and 11.

It says Katie Lou will be missing at the Spain invitational due to family issue. Probably will still be at worlds.

Aussie gems lose again to Canada in warmup. 67-60.
Wallace with reduced minutes.
Everyone else 15-20 mins.

Rested Players.....

Just a reminder....
Gems play at 10:15 pm on fibas YouTube channel tonight against Serbia.

Brazil are a nice team. We are going to have a tough time against them...

Starting lineup.
Wallace, tupaea, sharp, froling, smith.

Plz next time...
Wallace, tupaea, maley, froling, scherf.

Defence has been terrible.
Pirini, sharp looked clumsy.
Magbegor foul trouble early... But dam what a talent.

55-31 halftime lead.

Belgium, Brazil and France looked better Imo.

Great start by the girls

Clumsy... What a joke

Both those kids are very good .

The score looks good.
The performance wasn't great.
Poor handles, turnovers, travels, rebounding. Everything needs improvement.

I have no doubt they will
Improve over the next few games. Staff will be all
Over it and kids will respond.

Pirini and sharp are good, I'm not saying their not.
Just in the 1st qtr, all over the place...
Wallace struggled with ball handling tonight also. Almost looked like the ball needed a pump up.

Spain v usa should be a good match.
Especially when usa are missing there best player.

Russian team looks very very good.
Particularly the post players.

Scherf should definitely start along with maley.

Rage building...

Defence non existent.
Over stepping your man.
Unnecessary fouls.
Cant dribble the ball.
Can't penetrate.
Can't move the ball.
Missing lay ups.
No post moves.
Sloppy passes.
No hustle.

Halftime...
Rage subsiding...

Hopefully a better second half...
Cmon gems!

Staff Know best

That was a joke..yeah?

Seaton injured or something?

Agree?
Wallace, tupaea, maley, froling, scherf as starting lineup.
Followed by..
Pirini, Seaton, horvat or sharp, smith, magbegor.
Dennis when required.

This 2 pf, swapped out for 2 c's is not working.
Seaton needs to be used 15 mins or more at sg. Much better, ball handler and shooter than sharp or horvat.

Well they finally started to handle Brazil's pressure near the end of the game but,

They were being out hustled and muscled by Brazil (they really went in to the game hard to unsettle Australia and it worked but they should have been called for more fouls) and there is a real lack of composure needed to execute the final play that highlights the CoE girls are not getting enough games (to learn how to handle pressure and adapt) in the development process as the talent is there in this team.

This was also evident with the mens U19. TIme for BA to review & refocus the develop process (as well as get more money) towards more games and exposure to a higher level of competition as well as a greater diversity of playing styles.

Its so very interesting now that you can see all the games at all the FIBA WC's

wallace looks real tired. So many uncharacteristic mistakes...
Very long season for her.

No doubt scherf should start. Not just her height, but her size/strength is needed.
Sharp imo has been terrible apart from a few good rebounds and her ft shooting.
Start maley at sf followed closely by horvat and insert Seaton as 2nd sg behind tupaea.

I don't think Dennis was required and would have had another guard/shooter who can defend like antoniadou or woods or at least another strong big like milisic or fareo, hellessey maybe.

Was skinner injured?

Horvat 3mins...
Magbegor 4 mins...
Seaton 0 mins...

= stupid.


Wallace 25 / Pirini 15
Tupaea 25 / Seaton 10 / sharp 5
Maley 20 / horvat 10 / sharp 5
Froling 20 / smith 20 / magbegor/Dennis if required.
Scherf 20 / magbegor 10 / smith/froling 10

Sharp - 13 pts 9 Rebs in 14.30 mins yesterday .... Well that is poor

Defends ... Doesn't lay off and take a breather ...

haha parents...

The Brazilians applied loads of pressure on Wallace bringing the ball up the court on all occasions. The Aussies could have another small guards on court and moved Wallace into the two spot to switch things up.

Wallace became frustrated as the game progressed and her decsion making suffered, she is very good whe she is on but did not play well yesterday.

I thought Tupea and Maley were the saviours against Brazil. Tupea controlled the floor and took the right shots at the right times. Maley's rebounding has successfully transferred to the world stage, hopefully her offense follows...

Smith was clutch down the stretch.

I think the referring was appalling.

Loving watching online.

Although smith has been the better pf.

Froling works better with scherf. Scherf can seal/box out players and froling can get it to her through high/low.

If smith gets it. She almost always heads to the basket. Magbegor is a great follow up with great rebounding and shot blocking ability. Moves her feet real well too. Needs to be used a lot more.

We are getting a little extra from maley than we are sharp. horvat, I would like to See more of along with Seaton.

Tupaea is doing quite well.

Against Brazil, Wallace aprt from a few good moments, Passing and shooting. She has been pretty poor. Ball handling has been loose, decision making not great, not her normal self on defence either. Looks frustrated.

funny how we all see different things, I didn't think Tupaea made good shot choices at all, or controlled the game well, but then don't think any of them did, so maybe she was the better out of those guards. Wallace has not been running as PG or even SG at Baylor, they have used her mainly for defensive pressure but with plenty around her to help, which she's not getting here, and to sit on the wing and wait for a pass (which isn't usually forth coming)in the few games I watched. She has way more to her game than that. She looks very flat, probably overloaded, and playing against tougher opposition she needs help which is just not there in this group.
Hopefully the girls can rest up a bit and get the wins for the next two games, but then it is just going to get harder and tougher the further they advance.

I would have added antoniadou and skinner and taken out Dennis and 1 of sharp/horvat.

Seaton needs to play a whole bunch more. Is she injured?

maley would be great at netball to I reckon.
Goal defence maybe.

Surprised netball Australia hasn't tried to pinch her.
She has that type of game.

Needs to improve her dribbling, her defense and her poise around the basket.
Misses a lot of simple put back layups after she rebounds the ball on the offensive end.

Wallace has regressed. Thats sometimes the risk of playing in a very strong NCAA team.

What will you lot say if they drop a game?

It's looking like we will face Mali and then Spain if we beat Korea.

They get a rest day today which might help.
Wallace certainly isn't playing her usual game
Agree Antoniadou and skinner would have been better additions but they have to now work with what they have.
Hopefully they can at least finish in the medals or close to

Wow. Belgium looking good. I see them making the 1/4s.

Wouldnt mind tupaea taking the ball over the half court and then giving to Wallace to create. Lighten the load....

Few too many individuals in this group unfortunately and they need shelf starting not coming off the bench

Yeah. Starting 5...

Wallace, tupaea, maley, froling, scherf.

Seaton, horvat and magbegor more minutes plz...

Tupea appears to still be a "pass only if no other choice" player, with poor D - just like u17s sadly. In fact she would rather travel, or take a a very bad shot attempt than make a good assist.

Wallace looks like a player who has a few moments where you say "see she can play, the selectors are right". The rest of the games you have your head in your hands.

Wouldn't be taking smith out of starting 5 , I'd rather see froling coming off the bench , smith is way more mobile and consistent her only issue is she's not much into passing lol
Agree tupaea looks the same as she did in un17s unfortunately.

Painful to watch...

Korea don't look great, so Aussies should get the job done and finish top.

Why does Maley feel the need to bedazzle her uniform all of the time?

Nice work Ezi!

A lot of bedazzling...

Scherf showing she should start and that Ezi and horvat should get more minutes.

Finally some nice ball movement and good decision making!

Nice finish!

Horvat a lot of good energy.
Seaton deserves more minutes.

Road to victory?
Mali-China-Russia-usa...

Most likely a bronze or 4th placing.

If you can stop wang (the pg).. .That'll really slow China down.
Good shooting side by the looks of it.

We defiantly need to improve. 3rd and 4th qtr we did much better against Korea.

Russia and usa look 2 be far ahead of anyone else.

this was no competition to beat a team by that much at a world champs, wait till they get a real challenge