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THE Opals have taken the choccies from Belgium 81-54 to add their scalp to Italy's in Pomezia.

Liz Cambage led the assault with 26 points as Australia brought its European tour record to 3-1.

In Spain, the Opals beat Argentina 90-48 and lost to Spain 55-58 before heading to Italy.

There they beat Italy 54-47 before smacking the Belgians.

Cameroon should prove no issue tomorrow before the team concludes its tour in France with matches against China, Canada and France.

THE Pac-12 Conference All Stars to face the Boomers in pre-Rio matches at Hisense Arena in Melbourne on July 12 and 14 include Washington State centre Josh Hawkinson, one of 10 finalists this year for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award.

The award recognises the top centre in men's college basketball.

Mike Montgomery's team also includes 201cm guard Stephen Domingo, a transfer from Georgetown to Cal, and 194cm guard Lorenzo Bonam from Andrew Bogut's University of Utah.

PAC-12 ALL STARS: Coach Mike Montgomery is a Hall of Famer

The Pac-12 Conference enjoys a US tradition as the "Conference of Champions", leading the nation in NCAA Championships in 50 of the past 55 years.

It comprises 12 leading universities: University of Arizona, Arizona State University, University of California-Berkeley, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), University of Colorado, University of Oregon, Oregon State University, Stanford University, University of Southern California, University of Utah, University of Washington and Washington State University.

The All Stars are:
Name -Position-Height-College Status-University
Tra Holder-Guard-185cm-Sophomore -ASU
Jordan McLaughlin-Guard-185cm-Sophomore-USC
Kadeem Allen-Guard-191cm-Junior-Arizona
Stevie Thompson-Guard-193cm-Freshman-OSU
Lorenzo Bonam-Guard-193cm- Junior-Utah
Dorian Pickens-Guard/Forward-196cm-Sophomore-Stanford
Matisse Thybulle-Forward-196cm-Freshman-UW
Stephen Domingo-Forward-201cm-Junior-CAL
Wesley Gordon-Forward-206cm-Freshman-COLO
Drew Eubanks-Forward-208cm-Freshman-OSU
Josh Hawkinson-Centre-208cm-Junior-WSU
Chance Comanche-Centre-211cm-Freshman-ARIZ

HERE'S a quick lesson in how to destroy your credibility in just 11 letters, two words or one name.

Writing what was an entertaining article about Abby Bishop for "hercanberra", author Laura Peppas showed again the value of research when she wrote:

Oh well. What's being a triple-Olympian, dual-WNBL MVP, multiple championship-winner, ABC-TV presenter and even the name on the medal presented to the annual Grand Final MVP matter?

Rachael Sporn probably never even saw it.