A career-best performanc from Tall Ferns guard Emme Shearer has helped New Zealand defeat South Sudan 82-74 to secure a semi-finals berth at the FIBA Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Mexico.

The Tall Ferns have finished just short of completing a fourth quarter comeback against Brazil, falling 53-56 to South American powerhouses at the Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Guadalajara

The Tall Ferns New Zealand women's basketball team put on a final quarter scoring display to beat Argentina 57-35 in their opening game at a pre-Olympic qualifying tournament in Mexico.

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An inexperienced Tall Ferns side has been hum bled 99-50 by sixth ranked Spain in the FIBA Women's World Cup qualifying in Puerto Rico.

Head coach Nat Hurst has named an inexperienced Tall Ferns squad with three uncapped players for their FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifiers in Puerto Rico next month

Tall Ferns rewarded in the form of a 78-71 victory over the Philippines to finish fifth in the FIBA Women's Asia Cup.

Tall Ferns pick themselves up and let out all their frustrations by routing Indonesia at the FIBA Women's Asia Cup.

Former Adelaide Lightning coach Natalie Hurst has been appointed as the Tall Ferns' new head coach.