Canada name U17 team with good size, just five players back from U16 team
TORONTO (FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2018) - Canada have named a 12-man roster for the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2018 that includes good size with seven players at least 6ft 7in (2.00m) tall but with just five players back from last summer's FIBA U16 Americas Championship 2017.
Head coach Kirby Schepp named a very different team from the one that finished second at the U16 Americas tournament last summer, where Craig Beaucamp was head coach. Addison Patterson and Charles Bediako meanwhile played for Canada at the just-completed FIBA U18 Americas Championship 2018 and finished in second place and qualified for the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2019.
| Canada roster for the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2018 | |||
| Keon Ambrose-Hylton | Keeshawn Barthelemy | Charles Bediako | Josh Hemmings |
| Caleb Houston | Benjamin Krikke | Cashius McNeilly | Tre-Vaughn Minott |
| Matthew-Alexander Moncriefe | Addison Patterson | Shemar Rathan-Mayes | Luka Sakota |
Bediako stands at 6ft 11in (2.11m) while Josh Hemmings, Caleb Houston Benjamin Krikke and Tre-Vaughn Minott are all 6ft 8in (2.02m) and Keon Ambrose-Hylton and Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe are both 6ft 7in.
Canada have been drawn into Group C along with Egypt, Montenegro and New Zealand in the tournament, which runs from June 30-July 8 in Rosario and Santa Fe, Argentina.
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