Her lack of height is an issue in outdoor netball to pursue the goal shoot or goal attack bibs but the indoor variety - which offers two half courts with attackers, centre and defenders in a six-a-side format that is devoid of wings - gives her the licence to take aim with deadly accuracy.
However, her game time is not a done deal. She is one of three centres on the trip and failure to fire at any given time will mean the other two will be injected.
"Those who nail two pointers stay on the court, simple as that," says mother Debbie Lee, whose daughter has been playing indoor netball socially for the past four years, since taking it up in year 5 at Te Mata School.
Molly Lee, the niece of Magpies assistant coach Danny Lee, went for the under-14 team trials but she impressed selectors so much that they put her in the under-15 outfit, under coach Kalena Hura.
On finding out world juniors berths were up for grabs, Lee head-hunted fellow outdoor age-group teammate Mikaele-Tuu and helped her hone her indoor skills.
They played in the Mistimed schoolgirls' team, who competed against mixed adult sides in the social competition held at the Atomic Events Centre in Hastings.
"We beat them but some of the men are powerful," says Lee, who plays for the HNHS junior outdoor netball team but will be eligible for senior selection next year.
Her elder sister, Karlee Allanson, 25, a former HNHS pupil and Bay age-group netballer, has worked on Lee's skills. The 25-year-old Customs officer at Auckland airport, who plays indoor netball, taught Lee how to turn quickly to shoot before the taller defenders start breathing down her neck.
"I practise shooting at Atomic 4 to 5 times a week," says Lee.
The indoor format offers a chance to breed hybrid players who can multi-task as shooters, centres and defenders.
Mikaele-Tuu is in the Jamie Te Pau Konui-coached under-14 team.
Asked what qualities got her a call up, she replies: "I go hunting for the ball and get some good intercepts."
For the HGHS senior outdoor team player, the technique in catching a pass was the most challenging task compared with the outdoor code.
"You have to take it clean. You can't tap it and regather like you do in outdoor," says Mikaele-Tuu of the "knock-on" effect that offers possession to the opposition.
She joined the indoor Team Asher with 17-year-old twin brothers Marino and Antonio, who are year 13 Hastings Boys' High School pupils.
Marion represented the New Zealand Barbarians Secondary Schools rugby team last year as a No8.
HGHS netball coach Ina Jones told Mikaele-Tuu she was going to use her as a shooter but has persisted with her as a defender to date, because of a glut of year 13 sharp shooters.
Mikaele-Tuu's mother, Ina, believes her daughter started shooting at Hastings Intermediate during the annual Aims tournament, in the Bay of Plenty, because of a dearth of shooters and too many defenders one year.
The Samoan family are "naturals" in sport, taking comfortably to myriad codes.
Mikaele-Tuu also plays basketball, rugby and volleyball but this year chose to focus on netball.
Karamu High School girls' rugby coach, Tom Blake, has approached the former Central School pupil to join their high school team.
Mikaele-Tuu and Lee see immense benefits in playing indoor netball to sharpen their speed and reflexes outdoors.
Needless to say, their mothers are proud of them representing their country at a young age while juggling their schoolwork.
Lee wants to be a Silver Fern some day.
For Mikaele-Tuu, studying medicine is on the cards.
"School will come first before sport," she says.
