杏吧原创 Basketball Stars Playing at Commonwealth Games
A pair of 杏吧原创 basketball stars will be on the hardwood for Canada at the , which run from April 4 to 15 on Australia鈥檚 Gold Coast.
Catherine Traer, who led the Ravens women to their first national title last month with 21 points in the 69-48 championship game victory over the University of Saskatchewan, is on the national women鈥檚 squad. She has successfully balanced basketball with her studies as a Political Science master鈥檚 student and an internship with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees.
鈥淭o be able to have somewhat of a good resume that doesn鈥檛 just have basketball experience was something that was really important to me,鈥 the 23-year-old told . 鈥淏ecause I have a lot of friends working in politics, working in the government and building their careers, I didn鈥檛 want to be left behind just because I was playing basketball, so I鈥檓 really proud that I was able to do a lot of it. But obviously it was really hard. A lot of sleepless nights working on assignments and then early mornings going to work or going to school.
鈥淏ut I鈥檓 really happy I was able to do it, and I think anybody can do it. It鈥檚 not that hard. If you鈥檙e doing something you love, it makes it a lot easier. In the end, it was all worth it, for sure.鈥
On the men鈥檚 side, six-foot Ravens guard Munis Tutu is part of the Canadian team in Australia, joining a long tradition of 杏吧原创 men who have represented their country, including current members Phil and Thomas Scrubb.
Tutu is coming off his first season at 杏吧原创 after transferring from Loyola Marymount, an NCAA Division I school. He started all 23 regular season games this season and finished with averages of 8.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.7 assists and two steals per game.
Tutu has represented Canada in the past, helping his country capture a silver medal at the 2014 FIBA Americas U18 Tournament.
Basketball has only been on the Commonwealth Games program once before, in Melbourne a dozen years ago. Canada did not enter teams in the tournament, and Australia won both the men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 titles that year.
Both of Canada鈥檚 teams make their Commonwealth Games debut April 6.
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