The reigning champions of the Indonesian Basketball League, Pelita Jaya, will tour Victoria and take on four NBL1 South teams over the next two weeks.
The Waverley Falcons, Keilor Thunder, conference champion Eltham Wildcats and Melbourne Tigers will all take part in an early offseason exhibition ahead of the 2025 season start on March 29th.
Every game will be available globally live and free on NBL1.com.au or the NBL1 App.
See the tour schedule below, click on the games to see the box score and game centres.
Sunday 15th Dec - Waverley Falcons v Pelita Jaya - 7:30pm AEDT
Tuesday 17th Dec - Keilor Thunder v Pelita Jaya - 7:00pm AEDT
Thursday 19th Dec - Eltham Wildcats v Pelita Jaya - 7:00pm AEDT
Saturday 21st Dec - Melbourne Tigers v Pelita Jaya - 2:00pm AEDT
Pelita Jaya tour will be led by renowned Australian coach Rob Beveridge, who previously coached the team in the IBA and now acts as their Technical Director.
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The team will feature three former NBA players with over 200 games of experience. KJ McDaniels (148 games), Chris McCullough (59 games) and JaQuori McLaughlin (4) as well as a number of Indonesian national team members fill out the roster.
See the full roster below:
1 Harits Prasidya Widyadana
2 Abiyyu Ramadhan
3 Greans Chandra Bartes
4 Reggie William Mononimbar
5 Yesaya Alessandro Michael
6 Muhammah Reza Fahdani Guntara
7 Nickson Damara Gosal
8 Vincent Rivaldi Kosasih
9 Agassi Yashe Goantara
10 Aldy Izzatur Rachman
11 Christopher Albert McCullough
12 Kevin Ornell Chapman McDaniels
13 James Dickey
14 Anthony Beane
15 Muhamad Arighi Hadran Noor
16 Jaquori Curtis McLaughlin
17 Brandon Van Dorn Jawato
The NBL1 rosters will feature several notable names, including NBL1 South champions Sam Short and Zac Cunningham, Waverley’s Malik Meunier and Melbourne’s Jack Purchase and Mason Gaze.
See the full anoucement here.
