BASKETBALL
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Illawarra basketballer Angus Glover has his eyes on another green-and-gold appearance just days after returning home from representing Australia at the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.
The Illawarra junior helped the Emus to a seventh-place finish against the world's best young players in Greece earlier this month.
He arrived back in the country last week and was already plotting his next move on the international stage.
As one of the squad's youngest members at 16, Glover has the opportunity to play in the same tournament again in 2017.
"One of my goals is definitely to be in that group again in two years time but I just don't want to finish where I did this year," he said.
"I really want to help lead that group to a medal.
"That is a goal going forward and hopefully in the future I can also put on that Boomers singlet as well."
Glover is one of three players eligible to play at the next tournament, with fellow youngsters William McDowell-White and Deng Gak also in with a shot.
They all received valuable experience in the Emus 2015 campaign which culminated in a huge 103-72 win over Spain in the seventh-place play-off.
The Emus had earlier been beaten by Turkey in the quarter-finals but not before handing Serbia a 69-56 defeat.
"We had a lot of adversity but we overcome that.
"No one really expected us to beat Serbia, who is a stellar team that played good all week," Glover said.
"We managed to beat them and played amazing.
"Credit to Turkey, they played great against us. Obviously we could have finished higher but coming seventh in the world is a great achievement."
Glover said it was a 'privilege' to play against the world's elite players and highlighted his own potential as a future cornerstone for the Emus as the tournament went on.
He averaged 3.8 points, 1.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists over the championships, which included eight points, four assists and three steals in the victory over Spain.
"I found my feet at the pre-world tournament and I knew my role in the team as well. I knew I had to come in and bring energy. I think I did a good job of that when I was on," Glover said.
"I think that is why [Australian under-19 coach] Adam Caporn gave me more minutes towards the end of the week, especially with Tom Wilson getting injured.
"It was obviously a huge loss for us but it gave me the opportunity to step up as well."
Glover left for Canberra on Friday where he will link up with the AIS program.