SHENZEN, China – Portland Pilots Women's Basketball continues to shine internationally, with two Pilot alums – New Zealand's Emme Shearer and Australia's Alex Fowler – excelling at the 2025 FIBA Women's Asia Cup with their respective national teams.
The FIBA Women's Asia Cup is an international basketball tournament where every two years national teams from both FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania compete for a chance to qualify for the FIBA World Cup. The winner earns an automatic qualification for the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup while the next five finishers (2nd-6th) advance to the global qualifying tournaments.