USA U19 team falls to Lithuania U19 108-75
June 29, 2011 10:12 AM
Meyers Leonard 0 points, 0 rebounds and 5 fouls in 8 minutes of play. Up next, Group play vs Egypt Thursday morning.
Playing it second and final exhibition game before play begins Thursday at the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship for Men, the USA U19 National Team fell 108-75 to the Lithuania U19 National Team in an exhibition game Tuesday in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Doug McDermott (Creighton/Ames, Iowa) paced the USA effort with 15 points and seven rebounds, Jeremy Lamb (Connecticut/ Norcross, Ga.) added 13 points, and Joe Jackson (Memphis/Memphis, Tenn.) scored 12. Tony Mitchell (North Texas/Dallas, Texas) headed the USA's rebounding effort with eight.
"At the end of the first quarter we had turnovers that led to three straight 3s and that got them going, got the crowd going and they played very well from there," said USA head coach Paul Hewitt (George Mason). "We've got to do a better job of taking care of the basketball; we've got to do a better job on the boards. We didn't rebound as consistently as I would have liked tonight and turnovers led to too many extra chances for them. They're a very good basketball team."
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Playing it second and final exhibition game before play begins Thursday at the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship for Men, the USA U19 National Team fell 108-75 to the Lithuania U19 National Team in an exhibition game Tuesday in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Doug McDermott (Creighton/Ames, Iowa) paced the USA effort with 15 points and seven rebounds, Jeremy Lamb (Connecticut/ Norcross, Ga.) added 13 points, and Joe Jackson (Memphis/Memphis, Tenn.) scored 12. Tony Mitchell (North Texas/Dallas, Texas) headed the USA's rebounding effort with eight.
"At the end of the first quarter we had turnovers that led to three straight 3s and that got them going, got the crowd going and they played very well from there," said USA head coach Paul Hewitt (George Mason). "We've got to do a better job of taking care of the basketball; we've got to do a better job on the boards. We didn't rebound as consistently as I would have liked tonight and turnovers led to too many extra chances for them. They're a very good basketball team."
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