Albury Wodonga Bandits

The Albury Wodonga Bandits are a basketball team that competes in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL). Formerly known as the Wodonga Border Bulldogs, Albury Wodonga have both a men's team (established in 1984) and a women's team (established in 2006). In 2001, the men's team tasted success for the first time with a win over the Frankston Blues in the ABA East Conference grand final.^[1] Their next lot of success came in 2012 with a win over the Knox Raiders in the SEABL South Conference grand final, and later defeated the Dandenong Rangers in the overall SEABL championship game.^[2]

The Lady Bandits entered the SEABL women's competition in 2006 with Opals captain, WNBA MVP and Albury native Lauren Jackson playing in the team's first game. Jackson scored 45 points against the Nunawading Spectres and led the team to a thrilling one-point win. Since then, they have been largely uncompetitive until the 2009 season, with New Zealand Tall Ferns assistant coach Kennedy Kereama taking the reins, and with the addition of New Zealand international players Lisa Wallbutton and Toni Edmondson, made the SEABL playoffs for the first time in their four-year history.^[3]

Current roster

Albury Wodonga Bandits men's roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. 1.5 !G 7000300000000000000♠3 AUS ! George, Deba 7000183000000000000♠1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 1.5 !G 7000400000000000000♠4 AUS ! Duck, Jack 7000183000000000000♠1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 1.5 !G 7000900000000000000♠9 AUS ! Kearins, Ben 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 1.5 !G 7001100000000000000♠10 AUS ! Morgan, Josh 7000187000000000000♠1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 1.5 !G 7001110000000000000♠11 AUS ! Dearborn, Sawyer 7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 3.5 !F 7001130000000000000♠13 USA ! Mays, Greg (I) 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 3.5 !F 7001150000000000000♠15 USA ! Nicholas, Donte (I) 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 3.5 !F 7001200000000000000♠20 AUS ! Harding, Darcy 7000200000000000000♠2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 3.5 !F 7001250000000000000♠25 AUS ! Chol, Madol 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 5.0 !C 7001440000000000000♠44 AUS ! McMath, Claybrin 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 1.5 !G AUS ! Locke, Darcy 7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 1.5 !G AUS ! Sharp, Jon 7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 1.5 !G AUS ! Wilson, Jessy 7000183000000000000♠1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Head coach Brad Chalmers Assistant coach(es) Luke Chalmers Glen Collins Team manager Mark Brown Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 1 April 2016

Past Bandits players of note

• Jazzmar Ferguson
• Allen McCowan
• Shane McDonald

Past Lady Bandits players of note

• Jessica Bibby
• Jessica Foley
• Natalie Hurst
• Lauren Jackson

References

External links

• Bandits website
• SEABL website