Australian basketball superstar Sara Blicavs will make her return to the NBL1 with the Melbourne Tigers for the 2024 NBL1 season.
The Olympian and two-time WNBL champion will return to the competition after last playing in 2022 for the Geelong United Supercats. Across her two seasons with Geelong, she averaged 22.6 points, 11 rebounds and 2.6 assists.
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The former Tigers junior said she cannot wait to return to the club and kick start a new era for the women’s program.
“I am super excited to be back at Melbourne Tigers after a long 15-year break away from the club,” she said via the Tigers.
“The reputation this club upholds and carries makes me proud to be back playing with them.”
“I know I’m in good hands working with Kaleb (Sclater) and being coached by him, especially with an Olympic year coming up. I know the team he is putting together will be full of energy and grit and one that I’m very keen to be a part of.”
The Tigers’ new head coach Kaleb Sclater said he’s excited to bring in someone of Blicavs’ calibre.
“Sara coming on board for next season is massive for our club not just on the court but off it too,” he said.
“I’ve known Sara for a few years now and she is one the best humans that I know, and the Tigers fans will see that by the way she carries herself. Everyone will love her, and she will give our young juniors someone to really look up to.
“Sara is one of the best players in the country and she will help us all around, her scoring, her leadership, experience will be huge. I think what the Tigers fans and her teammates will see is how hard she works and how she is an exceptional defender which I think gets overlooked by her ability to score.”
Blicavs joins Tylah Hooper, Sam Simons, Ella Ogier, Abbey Sutherland on the Tigers roster for 2024 so far.
Stay up-to-date with all the latest NBL1 signings via the 2024 Roster Tracker here.
