Darcee Garbin (born 24 June 1994) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Goldfields Giants of the NBL1 West.

Early life and family

Garbin is originally from Western Australia. Born in

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, she was raised in Kambalda before moving to Perth with her family. Garbin's younger sister, Sophie Garbin, is an Australia Fast5 netball international.

Playing career

WNBL

Garbin made her professional debut with the

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during the 2011–12 season. She then returned to her home state and joined the West Coast Waves, where she played three seasons. In 2015, she moved to Queensland to play for the Townsville Fire. She played five seasons for the Fire and won two

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. For the 2020–21 season, she returned to the WA franchise, now known as the Perth Lynx. She was named captain of the Lynx for the 2021–22 season.

SBL / NBL1 West and QBL

Garbin made her debut in the

State Basketball League NBL1 West, formerly the State Basketball League (SBL), is a semi-professional basketball league in Western Australia, comprising both a men's and women's competition. In 2020, Basketball Western Australia partnered with the National Basketball L ...

(SBL) for the Rockingham Flames in 2011. She played for Rockingham every year until 2016, winning

in 2014 and 2015. In 2017, she played for the Townsville Flames in the Queensland Basketball League (QBL). In 2018, she split the year with Rockingham and Townsville. In 2019, she won her third championship with Rockingham. On 26 May 2023, Garbin signed with the Goldfields Giants for the rest of the

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Germany and Hungary

In February 2019, Garbin moved to Germany to play out the 2018–19 season with Herner TC of the DBBL, where she won the DBBL Cup and the league championship. In June 2022, Garbin signed with DVTK-Hun-Therm of the Hungarian League.

National team

Youth level

Garbin made her national team debut at the 2010 FIBA Oceania Youth Tournament in

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where Australia took home Gold. She would then go on to represent the Gems at the 2012 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship, where she helped take home the Gold and secure a place at the Under-19 World Championship the following year. At the

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, Garbin was a starting five team member. The Gems would go on to take home the bronze after a win over Spain. In 2017, Garbin was picked to play for the Australian university women's team, the Emerging Opals. She posted 26 points and 10 rebounds en route to an 85–74 victory over Japan A night earlier, Garbin posted eight points and four rebounds against Team USA as Australia suffered a 63–78 loss.

Senior level

In January 2019, Garbin was named to her first

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squad, earning her a place in the first camp as preparations for this years upcoming tournaments got underway. After taking part in the Opals team camps, Garbin was named to the final roster for the 2019 FIBA Asia Cup where she would make her Opals debut.

References

External links

Darcee Garbin
WNBL
WNBL stats

SBL stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garbin, Darcee 1994 births Living people Australian Institute of Sport basketball (WNBL) players Australian women's basketball players Forwards (basketball) Basketball players from Perth, Western Australia Townsville Fire players Universiade medalists in basketball FISU World University Games gold medalists for Australia Perth Lynx players Sportswomen from Western Australia Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Kalgoorlie