SINGAPORE – Earlier in March, Todd Blanchfield and William Hickey were in Melbourne playing for Australia National Basketball League outfit Illawarra Hawks in the play-off semi-finals. They suffered a heartbreaking defeat by local side Melbourne United.

But less than three weeks later, the duo, together with Joshua Davey and 18-year-old James O’Donnell, combined to help Australia reclaim the Fiba 3x3 Asia Cup men’s crown at the OCBC Square in Singapore.