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U18 Men finish fourth at Future Stars and make cuts

Wednesday, 04-Jul-2012

The England U18 Men team finished 2-2 at the Future Stars tournament to finish in fourth spot.
 
After an opening day when they defeated Sweden (62-55) and eventual winner Ukraine (84-76), then then lost on consecutive days to Netherlands (53-46) and Denmark (73-59).
 
Coach Steve Bucknall commented: "We were pleased to finish up 2-2 at the Future Stars tournament considering the stage we are in preparation and the excellent competition which it provided us.
 
"Playing four international games helped us to gauge were we are as a team and individuals and will help us to improve in the future!
 
The evaluation period is nearly complete and we can now reduce the squad numbers to 16 vying for a place on the plane for the Euros."
 
The final 16 squad members are -
 
Name Club Region
Elvisi Dusha London United London
Rowell Graham Lewisham Thunder London
Joshua Guddemi Derby Trailblazers East Midlands
Tyrell Isaacs Westminster Warriors London
Ben Mead Ipswich East
Luke Nelson Reading Rockets South East
Kingsley Okoroh Findlay Prep, USA East Midlands
Tamas Okros Manchester North West
Dwayne Orija Barking Abbey London
Legend Robertin Barking Abbey London
Sam Round Northants East Midlands
David Sainsbury-Garcia Asefa Estudiantes, Spain N/A
Elliott Sentance Leicester Warriors East Midlands
Morayo Soluade Unicaja Malaga, Spain South
Lucas Stivrins USA N/A
Conner Stuart Bucks Hornets South

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