India Women’s Squad for 2011 William Jones Basketball Tournament in Chinese Taipei

The roster of 12 women who will represent India at The 33rd William Jones International Basketball Tournament, which will be held in Chinese Taipei, has been released by Women’s coach Pete Gaudet and the Basketball Federation of India (BFI). The Women’s tournament, in which India is participating, will be held at the Taipei Gymnasium from July 31 – August 4.

Gaudet, who has been in training with the women’s probables at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi for the past month will get a chance to see his team play their first competitive games under him at this international competition.

Indian team for William Jones Basketball Tournament

Prashanti Singh

Geethu Anna Jose

P. Anitha

Akanksha Singh

Raspreet Sidhu

M. Pushpa

Shireen Limaye

S. Kokila

Harjeet Kaur

Bharti Netam

Smruthi RK

Kruthika Lakshman

Head Coach: Pete Gaudet

Sonika Ohlyan and Asha Hegde have been selected as stand-by.

The William Jones Cup is an international basketball tournament held annually in Taipei, Taiwan. It was named after Renato William Jones, a basketball promoter and one of the founders of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).

India will play in the round-robin tournament with the four other women’s teams who have confirmed participation in this year’s tournament: Japan, China, Korea, and Taiwan World University Games (WUG) team.

Schedule

July 31
16:00 Taiwan WUG-India
18:00 Opening ceremony
18:30 China-Japan

Aug. 1
17:00 Korea-Taiwan WUG
19:00 India-China

Aug. 2
17:00 Taiwan WUG-Japan
19:00 Korea-India

Aug. 3
17:00 Japan-Korea
19:00 China-Taiwan WUG

Aug. 4
17:00 India-Japan
19:00 Korea-China
21:00 Closing ceremony