Don’t miss out on GLOBL JAM

[Toronto Raptors]

Don’t miss out on GLOBL JAM

We all know that basketball is a year-round sport these days — the NBA feeds us from October to June, the WNBA from May to October, and college hoops peak in March. Yet, other than the Toronto Raptors, and soon to be the Toronto Tempo, the city gets left out of a lot of in-person hoops action. Especially when it comes to our Canadian Basketball programs.

That’s changing this week, as GLOBL JAM returns to Toronto. A four-team men’s and women’s U23 tournament whose mission is to introduce Toronto to its next generation of basketball stars, the event is a must-see. On the men’s side, players like Xaivian Lee will be hooping in your backyard, and on the women’s side, Delaney Gibb, Avery Howell, and more will be repping the red and white. Both Canadian teams will face off against American college programs (Texas for the women, Georgetown for the men) as well as teams from Brazil, Puerto Rico (women’s), and Japan (men’s) starting Wednesday at Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto.

Unfortunately for fans of Canada’s Syla Swords, Agot Makeer, and Jasmine Bascoe, the trio has been ruled out of play at the tournament. Swords has already played in the Women’s AmeriCup and U19 World Cup tournaments, all while being in her NCAA offseason before her sophomore season at Michigan. Makeer is preparing to start her freshman season at South Carolina under Dawn Staley, having played with the U19 World Cup roster and returning from injury. Bascoe was another piece of Canada’s 4th-place U19 team and will be heading into her sophomore season at Villanova this fall. Despite not playing, Swords and Bascoe will be in attendance at GLOBL JAM as ambassadors.

On top of the hoops itself, Canada Basketball is hosting programming all week long. It started over the weekend with the 3×3 National Championships at The Bentway. Other programming includes Homecoming Night, a celebration of Canadian players having the rare chance to be in Canada, given their busy international playing schedules.

All roads lead home. Don’t miss it.

Tickets on sale now at https://t.co/WhXL37Mjhs

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— Canada Basketball (@CanBball) July 24, 2025

This is a special opportunity for both fans and players. The Canadian National teams very rarely get to play games on home soil, and many Canadian players don’t get to play professionally in Canada. The chance for fans to connect with the next generation of Canadian basketball players, who will go on to play in the NBA and WNBA as well as leagues in Europe, Australia and more, all while continuing to represent Canada at Olympic and World Championship tournaments, is here.

Each team in the tournament will participate in a round robin schedule to open GLOBL JAM, with the semi-final and finals happening on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets can be purchased at https://www.globljam.ca/

Here are the rosters for Team Canada:

Women:

Keira Daly – Hamilton, Ont.
Kyrah Daniels – Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Shy Day-Wilson – Toronto, Ont.
Yvonne Ejim – Calgary, Alta.
Izzi Fust – Winnipeg, Man.
Delaney Gibb – Raymond, Alta.
Avery Howell – Boise, Idaho
Phillipina Kyei – Calgary, Alta.
Latasha Lattimore – Toronto, Ont.
Merissah Russell – Ottawa, Ont.
Tara Wallack – Surrey, B.C.
Madalyn Weinert – St. Catharines, Ont.
Jordyn Wheeler – Niagara Falls, Ont.

Men:

Vasean Allette – Toronto, Ont.
Bubu Benjamin – Medicine Hat, Alta.
Enoch Boakye – Brampton, Ont.
KC Ibekwe – Coquitlam, B.C.
Dylan Grant – Mississauga, Ont.
Aden Holloway – Charlotte, North Carolina
TJ Hurley – Pelham, Ont.
Owen Kenney – Barrie, Ont.
Felix Kossaras – Montreal, Que.
Xaivian Lee – Toronto, Ont.
Elijah Mahi – Scarborough, Ont.
Michael Nwoko – Milton, Ont.
Elias Ralph – Okotoks, Alta.
Justin Rochelin – Encino, California
David Simon – Windsor, Ont.

Source: https://www.raptorshq.com/general/4...ball-xaivian-lee-delaney-gibb-yvonne-ejim-sga