From USA Basketball Communications
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Change is in the air.
Erin Boley of Elizabethtown (Ky.), the MVP of the recent USA Basketball 3×3 U18 National Tournament and a Notre Dame recruit, has been added to the 2015 USA Basketball Women’s 3×3 U18 World Championship Team after a muscle injury forced Asia Durr (St. Pius X Catholic H.S./Atlanta) to withdraw it was announced on May 21.
Boley, whose Southern Starz team finished second in the USA 3×3 U18 National Tournament, will join previously announced USA 3×3 U18 World Championship Team members Kristine Anigwe (Desert Vista H.S./Phoenix, Ariz.), Natalie Chou (Plano West Senior H.S./Plano, Texas) and Arike Ogunbowale (Divine Savior Holy Angels H.S./Milwaukee), at the FIBA 3×3 U18 World Championships, which will be played June 4-7 in Debrecen, Hungary.
“It was really unexpected, but it was also really exciting,” said Boley about her selection. “I hate it for Asia (Durr) that she isn’t able to play, but I’m excited to be able to represent the USA and be able to play overseas with those girls. I’m really excited. I think we can be really good.
“I started playing 3×3 this spring and I really took a liking to it. I’m really excited to play. I like the style a lot. I played really well when I came out for the (USA Basketball 3×3 U18 National Tournament) and I think I’m going to really like playing in the 3×3 tournament in Hungary.”
The USA Women’s 3×3 U18 World Championship Team will train May 29-June 1 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, prior to departing for Hungary. Anigwe, Durr, Chou and Ogunbowale’s Defend team captured the 2015 USA Basketball 3×3 U18 National Tournament title to earn the right to represent the U.S. at the FIBA 3×3 U18 Worlds.
Last season, Boley helped Elizabethtown to a 31-3 record and a second-straight appearance at the Kentucky state tournament. As a junior, she was a 2015 Naismith High School All-America honorable mention is a three-time district champion and was named the 2014 and 2015 Gatorade Kentucky Girls Basketball Player of the Year and the 2015 Kentucky 5th Region Player of the Year. Boley also participated in the 2013 USA U16 National Team and 2014 USA U17 World Championship Team Trials.
