July 12, 2006

Los Angeles, CA (July 12) - Three Loyola Marymount University men's basketball players earned playing time with their respective national teams this summer. Junior Damian Martin and senior Matthew Knight are on the 40-man roster for the Australian National Team while incoming freshman Max Craig played with the Canadian Under-18 Junior National Team in the spring and early summer.

Martin and Knight have been members of the Australian program since 2003 when they helped the Australian Junior National Team win gold medal in the Junior World Championships. Both players were named to the 40-man development roster for the national team, which will compete in the World Championships this August. Martin and Knight did not make the final 12-man roster.

Knight is coming off a first-team All-WCC season for the Lions in 2005-06, leading the league with 10 rebounds per game while ranking fourth with better than 15 points a contest. His 17 double-doubles a year ago led the league. Martin did not play in 2005-05 after serving a medical redshirt. He started more than 30 games in his first two seasons at LMU.

As for Craig, he played in the Global Games in Dallas this June and in the Albert Schweitzer Tournament in Germany this April. Canada went 3-3 in Germany as Craig scored the team's only double-double with 10 point and 10 rebounds in the win over China.