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DAVIS, Calif. – Sophomore guards Damion Squire, Caleb Fuller, and freshman forward Oliver Gehrke each earned invitations to compete in various FIBA championship tournaments this past summer as members of Team Canada, Team Great Britain and Team Sweden, respectively.
 
At the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup, Squire played a key role in all seven of Team Canada's games. During group play versus Senegal, the Montreal native finished with 18 points, three rebounds and a team-high four assists to help the second-ranked team in the world draw a matchup against France in the quarterfinals.
 
In Canada's final two games of the tournament, Squire finished with 10 points, two rebounds and two steals versus Puerto Rico, which led to Top Performer of the Game honors. In the team's World Cup finale against Serbia, Squire posted three rebounds and a tournament-high five assists.
 
Throughout the last four years, Gehrke competed for Sweden's National Team as a member of its U16 and U18 rosters. Before heading to Davis to take summer classes, and participate in the team's strength and conditioning workouts, Gehrke represented his country once again at FIBA's U20 European Championship.
 
The incoming freshman started championship competition with an attention-grabbing 20 points, six rebounds, three steals and three assists, and continued his stellar play throughout 10-day event.
 
By finishing with 12 points and a tournament-high nine rebounds against Estonia, Sweden's final Championship opponent, Gehrke shot 39 percent overall and 34 percent from three-point range for the tournament.
 
Before joining the Aggies last season, Fuller represented Great Britain in two FIBA championship tournaments; his last competition with the National Team ended with a U19 title, which led to another invitation to compete for Team GB earlier this summer.
 
Fuller respectfully declined this offer to spend time with his family, an opportunity that rarely presented itself last year — his first at UC Davis — due to his academic workload and athletic commitments.
 
A roster that features five freshmen, six upperclassmen and seven newcomers will open the 2019-20 season in early November, visit UCDavisAggies.com in the upcoming weeks to see which teams the Aggies face (and when) this year.
 
 
 
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ABOUT UC DAVIS
Providing a small-town community feel while providing a world-class academic experience, UC Davis is home to more than 37,000 students and centrally located between San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, and the Napa Valley.
 
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