Georgian female basketball player Elene Iluridze joins US Tyler Patriots

Head coach Rebecca Alvidrez says ‘Elene is a tenacious worker’. Photo: Elene Iluridze/Facebook

Agenda.ge, 16 Sep 2021 - 23:54, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgian basketball player Elene Iluridze, 21, has joined the United States UT Tyler Women's basketball programme after competing for her home country of Georgia in high level international competition across the world.

The UT Tyler Patriots has posted on Facebook:

Head coach Rebecca Alvidrez says ‘Elene is a tenacious worker’.

We are very excited to have someone who can stretch the floor and play multiple positions. Her length will make her a great defender and her international experience will bring confidence to the team. Her work ethic will raise the bar for our program”, Alvirez notes.

Iluridze is a 5-10 guard/forward from Tbillisi, Georgia, who makes ‘the long trek’ to Tyler with her own experience in the FIBA U18 Women's European Championship in 2017 while playing for her home country. Iluridze helped lead the team to a 20th place finish in Division B.