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West Melbourne Announce Unchanged Squad For Ulaanbaatar Challenger
West Melbourne Stateside will take an unchanged squad into this weekend’s FIBA 3×3 Ulaanbaatar Challenger.
Stateside were represented by Lucas Walker, Peter Crawford, Cooper Wilks and Tim Keating at the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Chengdu Masters last weekend, with that quartet set to hit the court again in Ulaanbaatar this weekend. They qualified for the Ulaanbaatar Challenger by winning the Darwin NBL 3×3 Pro Hustle earlier this year,
West Melbourne will compete in the tournament’s qualifying draw on Saturday, with their first game slated for 3:40pm AEST against a yet to be determined wild card team. Their second game will be at 4:30pm AEST against Changzhou.
A mighty effort from West Melbourne Stateside wasn’t enough to defeat Riga, as our #3x3Hustle boys lose their first game of the @FIBA3x3 World Tour Chengdu Masters 21-17 #3x3WT
Next game 👉 4:40pm AEST ⏰ pic.twitter.com/41pTrfCwmM
— 3x3Hustle (@3x3Hustle) June 1, 2019
Stateside won’t be the only 3x3Hustle team at the event, with Geelong Supercats also in action.
Challenger events serve as play-in tournaments for World Tour Master events, with the Ulaanbaatar Challenger a pathway towards making the Saskatoon Masters in July.
West Melbourne Stateside’s @FIBA3x3 World Tour Chengdu Masters campaign is over, after a 21-9 loss to Gagarin #3x3WT pic.twitter.com/iJ1cBcR7rW
— 3x3Hustle (@3x3Hustle) June 1, 2019
