2013 FIBA 3X3 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS USA Basketball 3x3 National
Championship Crowns Denver And FST-L.I. Men’s And Women’s Champions
3x3 National Championship concluded on Aug. 4 with Denver taking the men’s championship and FST-L.I. from Long Island, N.Y., earning the women’s title. With their respec-
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tive titles, both squads earned an automatic berth to the 2014 USA Basketball 3x3 National Championship, from which the 2014 USA Men’s and Women’s 3x3 World Championship Teams will be selected. The 2014 FIBA 3x3 World Championship will be held June 5-7 in Moscow, Russia. Denver’s Corey Campbell and FST-
L.I.’s Ieasia Walker were named the Most Valuable Player of the men’s and women’s championships, respectively. “It’s such a great honor, especially
to be here representing our country,” said men’s MVP Campbell after leading Denver to the men’s title. “This is our second year, we got third last year, so we’ve been working hard and practicing all summer to try and get back here and get what’s rightfully ours.” “It means a lot to win this tourna-
ment, we’re playing in USA Basketball, which is the highest level of competition outside of pros because you’re represent- ing your country,” said former University of South Carolina standout and women’s MVP Walker. “It’s great to compete against other great athletes from across the nation. It’s a great competition to be a part of.” The Denver team, all of whom list
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“There is great competition in this championship. As 3x3 keeps growing, so do the teams and the level of their play.”
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Denver’s Corey Campbell (left) and FST-L.I.’s Ieasia Walker (right) were named the men’s and women’s MVP of the USA Basketball 3x3 National Championship Tournament.
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Derek Griffin, Derrick Lemuel and Domonique Perez; while Walker’s FST- L.I. teammates, all of whom are from Long Island, included former collegiate athletes Ashley Bruner (South Carolina), Gabrielle Gibson (Assumption College) and Kaitlyn Oberg (Furman University). Named to the 2013 USA 3x3
National Championship All-Tournament Teams were: Campbell, Pluto’s Nick Fox (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Freestyle’s Kevin Lawrence (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Metro State’s Demetrius Miller (Denver, Colo.) for the men; while Primus’ Napheesa Collier (St. Louis, Mo.) and Sophie Cunningham (Columbia, Mo.), Colorado Springs Ballers’ Shamela Hampton (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Walker made up the women’s all-tournament team.
preliminary round, Denver defeated Vae Victus 22-12 in the men’s quarterfinals, then beat Freestyle 21-17 in the semifi- nals. Facing Pluto in the championship game, a team that handed Denver its lone loss by a 21-20 score in Group A prelim- inary play, Denver closed strong and edged Pluto 21-18 to take the 2013 title. FST-L.I. was seeded second
following the women’s preliminary round action and collected a 21-14 semifinal victory over Colorado Springs Ballers before vindicating its only loss by knocking off previously undefeated Primus 20-15 in the gold medal game. Both teams used the 2014 USA 3x3
automatic berth as an extra motivator. “That’s what we’ve really been
looking forward to, traveling,” said Campbell. “We’ve been traveling so much as a team with the FIBA 3x3 World Tour. This year we’re going to Puerto Rico and if we win that, we go to Turkey in October. We love to travel. It would be the highest honor (to represent the USA in Moscow next summer). That’s why we all do it, to be able to rep- resent our country is the ultimate goal.” “We didn’t want to go to another
qualifier,” said Walker. “To win this feels pretty good. The competition was top notch, so it feels good to win. It would be great (to win next summer); I’ve never been outside the country. It’s very exciting. We’d be representing USA Basketball if we do win next year, so that would be a great accomplishment.” The USA Basketball National
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