Calgary’s Ejim, GLOBLJAM Basketball Showcase Team Canada’s Kyei

amonpetragliaJuly 4, 2022

Gonzaga Forward’s Yvonne Ezim and West Coast Conference’s 6th Woman of the Year will represent Canada at the GLOBL JAM Showcase in Toronto starting Tuesday. Photo by Timothy D. Easley / /Associated Press

Two Calgary talents are planning to interact with Canada at the first GLOBL JAM basketball showcase in Toronto on Tuesday.

NCAA’s Gonzaga Bulldogs forward Yvonne Ezim and NCAA’s Oregon Ducks center Filipina Kiei are a team of women under the age of 23 in the country to put the international spotlight on the game’s rising star with Canadian basketball. Was nominated for.

From 2021 to 22, Ezim, a 6-foot-1 player, started her first career by taking action as a sophomore in all 34 regular season games in Zags. She averaged 10.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.3 steals, shooting 51.6% off the field.

Calgarian joined Zags after graduating from Edge School in June 2020, playing both basketball and volleyball.

“Gonzaga is a fascinating and positive environment and a great basketball program they created,” said 20-year-old Ezim, who was named Miss Basketball Alberta in the junior season, averaging 24.8 points per game with 56.4% shooting. Won. Achieve 15.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 4.3 steals per game. “I thought Gonzaga was the place to spend the best four years of my life. Scholars are a bonus, but the family atmosphere and competitiveness I felt from the college and the team was what I really wanted. . “

Filipina Kiei played 27 games in Oregon last season. Photo by Canadian Basketball / /supply

Thanks to her efforts, Ezim was named the 6th Woman of the Year at the West Coast Conference in the 2021-22 campaign. This was a year after being selected for the conference’s all-tournament team during the freshman season.

In the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, she shot 70% from the field and 92.9% from the free throw line in two Zags games.

Internationally, Ejim participates in Canada’s national program and most recently in the 2019 FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup in Thailand. The 18-year-old also competed with Canada at the 2018 FIBA U17 Women’s Basketball World Cup in Belarus, averaging 6.9 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.7 assists.

The 6-foot-8 Keiei appeared as a freshman in 27 games off the Oregon bench last season, averaging 3.7 points and 3.3 rebounds in 8.6 minutes per game. She shot 51.9% from the field and blocked 15 shots.

Kay’s family moved from Ghana to Calgary at the age of 13 and became passionate about basketball.

She left Calgary for Crestwood Prep in Toronto, where ducks took her to a school on the west coast.

Round Robin Qualifying Round format, the Canadian women’s team will face Belgium on Tuesday (4 pm MT), the United States on Wednesday (4 pm) and France on Thursday (4 pm). A U23 man from Canada will face Brazil on Tuesday (7 pm), the United States on Wednesday (7 pm) and Italy on Thursday (7 pm). The semi-finals will follow Saturday and the championship game will take place on Sunday.

GLOBL JAM will be broadcast nationwide from the Matami Athletic Center on Sportsnet.