Saigon Heat plays big at VBA 3x3 Prime 2023, recruiting huge female foreign soldiers from Australia

To point out the most notable new point of VBA 3x3 Prime 2023 compared to 2022, it is the appearance of female competition content. This may be the first time ever, the model of basketball competition with a combination of sports and entertainment has a special category for women.

In addition to the internal army of the best players in Vietnam, the second season of VBA 3x3 will have the presence of foreign female soldiers. And the first one has an extremely impressive profile.

Possessing a height of 1m80, the Australian national striker is 29 years old this year and is at the peak of his performance. She has 6 years of professional 5x5 basketball experience, all at the Australian professional league (from 2017 to present).

Marena Whittle's highest peak came in the most recent season, where she and the Adelaide Lightning Club won the WNBL1 championship, Australia's second highest-level professional women's basketball tournament.

Particularly in the 3x3 basketball segment, Marena Whittle is the 7th player in Australia on the global FIBA ​​3x3 system. Her score of over 15,000 comes from winning 9 different tournaments, mainly those in the NBL 3x3 system in Australia.

It is known that Marena Whittle will wear for Saigon Heat Club at VBA 3x3 Prime 2023. Next to her are three teammates including Vu Thy Phuong (Hanoi), Tran Truc Thao (Quang Ninh) and Lai Thi Hong Nhung (Binh Thuan - TP. .HCM).

The VBA 3x3 Prime 2023 women's content will take place in three days from March 24-25-26, within the framework of stage 2 of the tournament. Besides the Women category, the Men Pro content (Professional Male) will be held in parallel.

The entire match of both events took place at Tue Tinh Park - Tran Phu Street, right next to the coast of Nha Trang city.

In stage 1, the champion named Thang Long Warriors Club. The second place team is Saigon Heat and the third place is Vietnam Select - the Vietnamese team.