We'd known about this and had it on our schedule; we plan to cover this Tuesday night. Here's the official release from Cy-Fair ISD's PR office and Joel Weckerly:
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Cy-Fair girls host Australian basketball team
December 3, 2008—The Cy-Fair High School girls’ basketball team will host an Australian touring basketball team, the Craigieburn Eagles, on Tuesday, Dec. 9. Cy-Fair’s junior varsity team will face Craigieburn’s JV at 4 p.m. and Cy-Fair’s varsity will face Craigieburn’s varsity at 7 p.m.
Craigieburn’s meeting with Cy-Fair is part of a 21-day United States tour for the Australian team, which will face opponents in Dallas, Houston and Oklahoma before visiting Los Angeles to close out the visit.
Cy-Fair head coach Ann Roubique said the team contacted her in the spring about a potential matchup.
“I think it’s an honor. I’m not sure how or why they picked us, but when I got the e-mail I was honestly taken aback that we would be considered in the conversation,” Roubique said. “It’s a good opportunity for the coaches and the kids and the entire district. It should be a good chance for our players to make some friends abroad.”
Following the game, nine Cy-Fair players will host the 19 Craigieburn players at their homes on Tuesday night, and the players will visit the school on Wednesday morning.
Roubique said she wasn’t entirely familiar with their international visitors and the challenge they will present. Even the differences in the metric system and U.S. customary units have made preparing for Craigieburn a challenge.
“We got their roster the other day, and their heights are listed in centimeters, so we don’t really know what we’re going up against,” Roubique said jokingly. “So I don’t know if they have more of an advantage or not. We’re looking forward to it.”
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