Ireland's latest teenage prospect set for first cap

6’4” 17-year-old Gandy Malou-Mamel from Limerick Celtic is getting her first senior cap on Saturday in a friendly against Austria at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght

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Any story about an Irish kid signing for US college basketball giants ‘UConn’ (University of Connecticut) was destined to go viral.

That the Huskies recently recruited a relatively unknown teenage girl from Munster proved even more intriguing and sent people scampering to Google the name Gandy Malou-Mamel.