It has been a while between actual competitive basketball games for Burnaby’s Jacey Bailey.
But that’s all about to change as the Northern Arizona University athlete heads to the Gold Coast in Australia as a member of the Canadian women’s Commonwealth Games team.
Bailey, 19, was among the 12 players chosen for Team Canada, and one of just three from the NCAA.
The Burnaby Mountain Secondary alumna is in her second year of university but red-shirted this past season after transferring to the Flagstaff, Ariz. campus from Florida Atlantic following her freshman year.
With Florida Atlantic, the six-foot guard averaged 4.3 points per game and 32.9 per cent over an average of 17.8 minutes per game. Starting 15 of 28 games, Bailey posted a personal-best 12 points and on two occasions corralled six rebounds.
As a NCAA transfer, Bailey had to redshirt her first season at her new school and is slated to make her debut with the Lumberjacks this coming fall.
Bailey and the Canadian team will open the Commonwealth Games against England on April 6. Their schedule also pits them against pool opponents Australia, April 8, and Mozambique, on April 9.
It will be her first taste of international action, after the Burnaby native tried out in 2016 for a spot on Canada’s under-18 team to compete at the U18 FIBA Americas tournament.
