Wagga Blaze’s premiership-winning US import pairing of Shakera Barnes and Khiani Clark are set to make a return to The Incinerator next season.
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The gun duo made their Blaze debuts last season after being spotted carving up the college scene for St Edward's University in Austin, Texas and proved pivotal in Wagga’s championship season.
Point guard Barnes dominated the division one Waratah League scoring tally and left her best till last with a player of the match performance in the grand final while power forward Clark was unstoppable from inside the circle all year.
Blaze coach Peter O’Leary said the pair were set on making a comeback in 2019.
“Shakera and Khiani are keen to return and are negotiating the visa process at present,” O’Leary said.
“We are expecting no problems with this [and we’ll] probably see them in March.”
O’Leary is anticipating Blaze squad training to begin next month.
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