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USA Men's World University Games Team Routs Russian Club UNICS 94-60 In Exhibition Play


(BYU/Alpine, Utah) added 12. Tallying 11 points apiece were: Trevon Graham (VCU/ Temple Hills, Md.), who also grabbed eight boards to finish as the USA’s player of the game; Will Sheehey (Indiana/Stuart, Fla.); and Aaron White (Iowa/ Strongsville, Ohio), who shot a perfect 3-of-3 from the field and 4-of-4 from the free throw line. “I thought we played


Tyler Haws made all six of his free throws en route to posting 12 points and three rebounds in 19 minutes of action during the USA World University Games Team’s 94-60 exhibition game victory over the Russian professional club UNICS.


World University Games Team celebrated the Fourth of July holiday with a 94-60 exhibition win against Russian professional club UNICS. Leading 23-21 after the first quarter,


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the USA was tied at 34-all before it closed out the last four minutes of the first half with a 22-6 run to take control of the game and a 56-40 lead at halftime. “Out of the gate, with the fatigue


factor that we’ve had in the travel and the limited practices we’ve had, I was very pleased with our level of intensity,” said USA head coach Bob McKillop (Davidson College). “The way we’ve picked up the offense, the ball was a spotlight and it wasn’t shining on any one person, it was distributed. When the spotlight shines on everybody, we’ll be very good.” Fourteen points from Luke Hancock (Louisville/Roanoke, Va.) led six U.S. players who reached in double figures as all 12 U.S. players scored. Doug McDermott (Creighton/Ames, Iowa) finished with 13 points, and Tyler Haws


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ot more than 48 hours after arriving in Kazan, Russia, the 2013 USA Basketball Men’s


well,” Hancock said. “We were more worried about effort than anything else, and we went out there and played hard. It’s kind of weird adjusting to the time and everything, but it feels good to get out there and play well and play hard and get the first one


out of the way.” Four 3-pointers for the red, white and


blue in the game’s first five minutes, including eight points from Hancock, helped the USA compile a 16-5 advantage with a long ball from Graham at 5:07. UNICS fought back, however, and


scored off an offensive rebound that kick started a 16-7 run for the Russians to bring them within two points of the USA at the first buzzer, 23-21. The first five minutes of the second


period saw the lead change hands four times with two tied scores, and the score- board read 34-34 after a UNICS bucket at 4:43. A three-point play from Sheehey ignited the USA, which saw seven U.S. players combine for 22 points while the U.S. defense held Russia to just six points to lead 56-40 at halftime. “I thought we played well,” said


McDermott. “We sort of had a slow start, but once we got clicking and got stops, it led us on to good things on offense. I thought it was a good opening game.” UNICS got no closer than within


12 points early in the third quarter, and thanks to points from 10 players in the


stanza, including seven from White and six from Hancock, the USA led comfort- ably, 72-55, headed into the final period. The USA’s most dominate quarter


came in the fourth, with the Americans tallying 22 points while holding UNICS to just five to earn the 94-60 win.


“It was different; the competition is


definitely different than what we’re used to,” Sheehey said. “The bigs were aggres- sive inside and outside. Everyone can play, usually you can key on guys who can’t shoot or what not, but everyone can shoot the ball and everyone is very talented.”


Led by eight assists from Yogi


Ferrell (Indiana/Indianapolis, Ind.) and four by Spencer Dinwiddie (Colorado/ Woodland Hills, Calif.), the USA fin- ished with 18 assists overall, and won the rebounding battle 56-37.


USA 94, UNICS 60 July 4, 2013


USA MIN FG FT R A PF PTS


Hancock 15 5-10 2- 2 2 13 14 Dinwiddie 14 1- 6 0- 0 0 42 2 Graham 22 4- 7 1- 3 8 10 11 McDermott 22 5-11 0- 0 5 03 13 Payne Ferrell


14 2- 2 0- 2 6 14 5 18 1- 7 0- 0 3 81 2


Sheehey 18 3- 7 4- 5 4 01 11 Haws


19 3- 5 6- 6 3 03 12


Kilpatrick 19 2- 5 2- 2 4 32 7 Jefferson 14 2- 3 1- 2 4 01 5 White Kirk


Totals


15 3- 3 4- 4 4 02 11 10 0- 2 1- 2 8 03 1 200 31-68 21-28 56 18 25 94


UNICS MIN FG FT R A PF PTS Kluev


30 2-12 2- 3 6 32 6


Lasarev 21 4- 8 0- 2 3 05 8 Khabirov 10 0- 3 0- 0 0 01 0 Ilmenkov 22 0- 2 1- 2 4 35 1 Barinov 26 4-10 5- 8 7 13 13 Sergeev


8 3- 4 0- 1 1 01 8


Velishaev 3 0- 2 0- 2 3 00 0 Stulenkov 10 0- 2 0- 0 2 23 0 Antipov 30 8-18 4- 4 1 03 20 Pichkurov 15 1- 5 0- 2 1 01 2 Koncov 22 0- 3 2- 2 5 33 2 Khairutdinov 3 0- 1 0- 0 1 00 0 Totals


USA UNICS


200 22-70 14-26 37 12 27 60 23 33 16 22 -- 94


21 19 15 5 -- 60


3PT FGs-USA (11-27): McDermott 3-7, Hancock 2-4, Graham 2-4, Sheehey 1-4, Kilpatrick 1-3, Payne 1-1, White 1-1, Ferrell 0-2, Dinwiddie 0-1; UNICS (2-17): Sergeev 2-3, Antipov 0-4, Kluev 0-3, Barinov 0-2, Pichkurov 0-2, Ilmenkov 0-1, Stulenkov 0-1, Koncov 0-1; TO-USA 17, UNICS 12; BLKS-USA 2, UNICS 2; STLS-USA 6, UNICS 6.


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