Experience & debutants in Scottish basketball teams

Kyle Jimenez and Fraser Malcolm will feature at a third Commonwealth Games after being named in Team Scotland's 3x3 basketball squad while the first Scottish wheelchair basketball teams to take part in the event have also been confirmed.

Owen McCormack and Skyler White complete the men's 3x3 squad.

Claire Paxton and Hannah Robb will appear at a second Games in a row after featuring at Birmingham 2022 and are joined by Games debutants Kirsty Brown and Ella Doherty in the Scotland women's 3x3 squad.

In the wheelchair events Kayli English, Robyn Love, Lea Smith and Paralympian Jodie Waite are in the women's team while former England player Tyler Baines and 47-year-old Commonwealth Games debutant Ross McConnell are joined by Finlay Erskine and Shayne Humphries in the men's squad.

Love will also coach her team, with Mark Stevenson leading the men's wheelchair side. Former Caledonia Gladiators head coach Gareth Murray will coach the men's 3x3 team and Gladiators women's head coach Donnie MacDonald will oversee the Scotland women's 3x3 side for a second successive Games.

will be bringing her years of experience to the court and the coaching set-up for Glasgow taking on both roles this time. will lead the men's wheelchair 3x3 team at his first Games, bringing experience as Head Coach of Lothian Phoenix and lead for the Scottish National Academy.

In the running game, Donnie MacDonald will lead the women's 3x3 team, having coached Scotland at Birmingham 2022 and currently serving as Caledonia Gladiators women's Head Coach. Gareth Murray will lead the men's 3x3 team, bringing Commonwealth Games experience from 2006 and 2018 as a player, and from Birmingham 2022 as a player and coach.

Jimenez and Malcolm narrowly missed out on a bronze medal four years ago and Jimenez said: "We are all super excited that we are going to be on home soil with our friends and family there.

"My favourite thing is putting on my Scotland jersey and hearing the anthem before the game so maybe winning a medal with friends and family there would be top level."

Paxton commented: "The competition is going to be harder. We want to represent ourselves well and enjoy the experience. The freedom of the game allows you just to go out there, be fearless and play hard. You never know what could happen."

Erskine said: "It's the highest level that we can play wheelchair basketball for Scotland so this is really the top of the top for us.

"It's a really big step in my career and it's going to be amazing."

In the running game, 12 teams will take part in both men's and women's events, with eight teams taking part in both the wheelchair men's and women's events.

And Team Scotland chef de mission Elinor Middlemiss MBE added: "It is great to see Scotland represented in both disciplines in the men's and women's competitions.

"The atmosphere in the SEC should be electric and I am sure our selected athletes are going to put on a great show and wear the jersey with pride and passion."