PETALING JAYA: The men’s and women’s national basketball teams will compete against some of the best professional and university teams in China, Taiwan, Japan and Australia to prepare for the SEA Games in the Philippines in November.

The women’s team, who will be defending their SEA Games gold, will have a particularly tough time taking on China Fujian and Fo Guang University at the Malaysian International Basketball Invita­tional from Oct 22-27 at the Maba Stadium.