Jasmine Thomas hit a key 3-pointer in a hard fought game as the USA U19 women defeated Spain 74-66.

Krystal Thomas scored 13 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the USA U19 Women crushed South Korea 113-69 in preliminary round play in the World Championships being played in Bratislava, Slovakia.  Jasmine Thomas contributed 10 points and four rebounds.  Here is the game recap and box score.

The USA faces Spain in their next game.

The USA Pan Am Team opened the competition with a loss to Uruguay.  The USA made only 3 of 21 3-point attempts, while Uruguay was successful on 7 of 23 attempts.

Riding a huge fourth quarter scoring explosion as a team and a 27-point individual scoring effort by Matee Ajavon (Rutgers / Newark, N.J.), the USA Women’s Pan American Games Team (5-0) outscored host Brazil (4-1) 30-13 in the game’s final quarter to record a 79-66 win and capture the Pan American Games gold medal Tuesday evening in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The victory kept the U.S. team’s slate a perfect 5-0 and earned the Americans the gold medal, the United States’ first gold medal in Pan American Games competition since 1987.   ...   more

Serbia won the U19 World Championship with a 74-69 victory over the USA.  Serbia outrebounded the USA 34-32, while the USA shot just 28.5% (6-21) from behind the 3-point arc.  Serbia led by as much as 19 points and held of a furious USA comeback attempt.

Down two points at halftime, the USA Women’s U19 World Championship Team opened the third quarter with an impressive 18-2 run that carried the Americans past host Spain, 79-71, in Sunday’s final exhibition contest in Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands...continue

Deon Thompson's double-double of 18 points and 13 rebounds paced the USA to a 78-75 victory over France.  The USA will face Serbia in the Gold Medal Game.  Here is the game recap.

Patrick Beverly scored 20 points to lead Team USA over Argentina.  Team USA improved to a perfect 7-0 and advanced to the semi-finals of the U19 World Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia.  Next up is France who the USA previously defeated 87-82.  Brazil and Serbia face off in the other semi-final.

Team USA has improved to 6-0, in the U19 World Championships, being held in Serbia, with an 87-82 victory over France.  Jonny Flynn scored 18 points and Michael Beasley added 17 points going 8 of 12 from the field.  Beasley also grabbed eight rebounds.  This post will be updated with links to the game recap and box score once they become available.  Next up for the USA is Argentina in the quarterfinals on Friday.  Argentina has a 3-3 record.

Michael Beasley scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the USA U19 team to a 104-65 thrashing of Brazil.  Eight USA players scored in double digits.  USA now sits alone at the top of Group E with a perfect 5-0 record. 

Seth Davis of Sports Illustrated and Mike DeCourcy of The Sporting News weigh in with commentary on the Pan Am Games team.

David Lighty scored 19 points to lead the USA over Lithuania 90-81.  Deon Thompson added 17 points and Patrick Beverly 14.

Following three days of training camp in Washington, D.C., USA Basketball today announced the official, 12-member 2007 USA U19 World Championship Team roster, which includes Duke incoming freshmen Jasmine Thomas and Krystal Thomas. From a pool of 14 finalists, the 2007 USA U19 squad was selected by the USA Basketball Women’s Collegiate Committee, chaired by Sue Donohoe, the NCAA’s vice president of Division I women’s basketball. - continue -

Stephen Curry scored 19 points including a key 3-pointer late in the game as the USA edged host Serbia 82-78 in the U19 World Championship.  Serbia utilized a 23-7 run to tie the score at 70 but the USA prevailed down the stretch to finish preliminary play undefeated.

Michael Beasley scored 21 points and grabbed seven boards as the USA easily defeated China 103-77.  Next up is undefeated Serbia on Saturday at 1800 Belgrade time (1200 EDT).

The Pan American Games tryouts are underway and Coach Jay Wright talked to the media after the first session.

Sixteen teams will compete in Serbia for the U19 World Championship commencing on July 12th.  The USA is assigned to Group B along with Mali, China, and host Serbia.  The official website has schedules, team rosters, articles, and once play begins game recaps and box scores.

The USA's first opponent is Mali on July 12 at 1800 Belgrade time (1200 EDT).  On the 13th, we play China at 2030 (1430 EDT), and on the 14th, Serbia at 1800 (1200 EDT).

The Blue Devil Nation will track the action and post links to articles throughout the tournament.  BDN will be rooting hard for our National Team to bring home the Gold Medal!

Russia scored the first 13 points of the game, but the USA U21 Women utilized a 22-0 run in the first half to pull away and cruise to an 86-61 victory in the semi-finals of the World Championships.  Australia defeated France 88-81 in the other semi-final game setting up a rematch with the USA in the Championship game.  The United States edged Australia 90-88 in the first round of preliminary play.

 

• FIBA recap
• USA Basketball recap
• Box score

Paced by double-doubles from Michael Beasley, 16 points/10 rebounds, and DeAndre Jordan, 14 points/14 rebounds, the USA U19 Men defeated Puerto Rico 117-79.  Overall, seven USA players scored in double digits including Davidson's Stephen Curry who scored 13 points while shooting 5-5 from the free throw line.  USA Basketball has the game recap and box score.

In a separate development, Kansas' forward Darrell Arthur has been diagnosed with a stress fracture to his leg and will not travel with the team to Serbia.  Arthur is expected to make a full recovery in six to eight weeks.  More details are available from the Kansas website and the Dallas Morning News.

 

USA U21 Women defeated Belgium 104-53 to set up a showdown with host Russia in the semi-finals.  Abby Waner broke out of a mini shooting slump against Belgium and scored 15 points on 4-5 shooting from behind the 3-point arc.  Team USA dominated the glass out rebounding Belgium by a 61-21 margin.  USA’s Courtney Paris led all scorers with 18 points.  Here is the game recap and box score from FIBA.com.

 

Here is an article from USA Basketball.

Led by Michael Beasley's double-double of 15 points and 13 rebounds the USA U19 Men dominated Africa 102-51 in the 2007 Global Games.  Both Deon Thompson and DeAndre Jordan just missed double-doubles.  Thompson scored 13 points and grabbed 9 rebounds in 15 minutes of action, while Jordan scored 9 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

Next up for the USA is Puerto Rico on Friday at 6 pm (CDT).  The Global Games are being held at Moody Coliseum on the campus of Southern Methodist University.

The USA U21 Women's Team completed preliminary play undefeated with a 98 - 57 win over Japan.  For all the details, go here to the USA Basketball recap.  The official 2007 FIBA website has all the tournament information.

Tommy Amaker has hired Kenny Blakeney as an assistant coach to help him turn the program around at Harvard.

Mike DeCourcy weighs in on Josh McRoberts and Glen Davis' decisions to go to the NBA.

On the national scene, Seth Davis has an article up analyzing a couple of impact players on the USA U19 Team.