USA 2011 VS. LATIN AMERICA

USA 2011: 103
LATIN AMERICA: 84

USA 2011 played some determined basketball in their semi-final matchup against a very tough Latin American team. Ryan Boatright and Quincy Miller got the US off to an early lead in the first quarter. In the second quarter it was Quinn Cook and LeBryan Nash’s turn to help the cause as they lengthened the lead to 49-36 at halftime. Latin American forward Hanner Perea would not allow his team to go down quietly having his best performance of the tournament with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks. In the end if was the the US point guard duo of Ryan Boatright and Quinn Cook’s sharing of the basketball that made the difference, dishing out 8 and 9 assists respectively. Quincy Miller led all scorers with 21 points and 9 rebounds. Latin

USA 2011 will now face USA 2012 in the 2010 adidas Nations Championships tomorrow (August 9th) live on CBS College Sports at 7:45pm CST.

This is a rematch of the USA 2012 – USA 2011 pool-game earlier in the tournament in which the 2012 won.

Latin America will now face Africa in the 3rd place game love on CBS College Sports tomorrow (August 9th) at 6:00pm CST.

EUROPE VS. AFRICA

AFRICA: 60
EUROPE: 57

The game started off close with both teams scoring 17 points in the first quarter. Africa relied on their inside presence with Dame Ndiaye making some terrific baskets. Europe ran into trouble because 7’5” big man Samuel Deguara picked up his 4th foul early on in the 2nd quarter. Europe tried to take the lead with their outside shooting, however, they went cold to end the first half. Africa led at halftime 35-30.

The second half started with solid play from Europe’s Armin Mazic and Alessandro Zanrlli who pulled their team ahead by 5 points but Africa continued to battle back with the help of Peter Jurkin and Bryan Pamba. Jurkin and Africa ended up winning 60-57 in a game that went down to the wire.

Jurkin finished with 10 points and 7 rebounds and Pamba finished with 11 points and 5 rebounds.

With this victory, Africa is guaranteed a spot in the Final 4, which will air on CBS College Sports Network on Monday, August 8th.

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Day 2 of the adidas Nations Global Experience Camp began much the same as the first. Stretches followed 25 minutes of various shooting, one-on-one, two-on-two and full-court drills. After the station work, however, came the first set of games for the day. The USA 2011 team was pitted against Africa, USA 2012 took on Europe, and China faced off against Latin America. Meanwhile, the college guys broke up into two groups as they did the day before and shot for another hour.

On the bench today as mentors were current NBA players; Anthony Randolph (USA 2011), Jrue Holiday (USA 2012), Serge Ibaka (Africa), Robin Lopez (Asia), Corey Brewer (Europe) and Toney Douglas (Latin America) all helped to guide their respective teams.

Anthony Randolph has really just been giving me advice on what to do on different plays. I’ve been getting advice from all the players, even the college players,” said Quincy Miller.

“They’ve been giving me a lot of tips,” added LeBryan Nash. “We [Nash and Randolph] talk about basketball all the time, as well as off the court. He just tip in life, just to be safe and work hard every time you step on the court.”