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Goodchild Reflects on Asian Championship Experience
11/13/2018 1:40:00 PM | Women's Basketball
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke women's basketball freshman guard Miela Goodchild recently added another honor to her resume as she helped guide Australia to a bronze medal at the FIBA Under-18 Asian Championships in India.
Goodchild was selected as a member of the 12-person team chosen to represent Australia in the U18 division. The selection process starts at the state level, with each state producing teams to compete against one another in national tournaments. Potential players then go to national camps where they can be identified by Team Australia coaches. Finally, there are two selection camps, one earlier in the year and one in August to make the last cuts and produce a roster.
“It's always an honor and privilege to play for Australia,” Goodchild said. “I love every minute of it. I love putting on the green and gold jersey. Representing Australia has always been a goal of mine and still is to this day. I want to play for Australia as many times as I possibly can. To be able to represent my home country … is beyond words.”
In the bronze medal game against Korea, the Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, native tallied a game-high 21 points to go along with nine boards.
With Australia advancing to the semifinals in the Asian Championship, the Gems qualified for the 2019 Under-19 World Cup, which will be held in Thailand from July 20-28.
Throughout her first time spent in India where she mentioned having curry for breakfast, lunch and dinner, Goodchild saw great success on the court each game. In the semifinals against Japan, Goodchild led her team with 26 points before totaling a tied for team-best 13 points, four boards, one assist and one steal in the win over New Zealand.
For the tournament, Goodchild averaged 17.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 3.0 steals. Her 17.7 points per game ranked first in the championship. Her rebounding and assist numbers ranked 11th and 12th, respectively. Her 3.0 steals were fourth-best in the competition.
“I traveled from Washington to Germany and then to India which was about 21 hours total of travel,” Goodchild said. “We had two days prep to go through all the plays and get ready for the three round games where we versed Korea, Chinese Taipei and Indonesia. I had played with about half the team prior to India and we all trained together at the selection camp so we all knew each other pretty well before the games started.”
Goodchild said the Australian and New Zealand style of play is very similar to the Americas while the Asian style is up-tempo and aggressive on defense.
“Preparation and scouting for all the games in India against vastly different teams is something I'll bring to our team here.”
While away with the Australian national team, Goodchild missed 10 Duke practices and the Nov. 4 exhibition contest with Alaska Anchorage.
“Coach P is super supportive and it's good to have the coaching staff behind me,” Goodchild said. “It was difficult to leave right as the season was about to start but I'm back!”
After starting the 2018-19 season on the road at Northwestern over the weekend, the Blue Devils will remain away from Durham to take on the Maine Black Bears Thursday, Nov. 15, before returning home to welcome Elon Sunday, Nov. 18.
“I'm so excited to play in Cameron Indoor Stadium … it's going to be awesome,” Goodchild said. “We're ready to work as a team toward our mission and hopefully get the job done.”
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