Lindsey Harding and Belarus headed to Budapest, Hungary for the rest of the tournament to keep their Olympic hopes alive. Results in the last game gave them the most favorable draw for this game, but possibly the most difficult draw with an eye towards next summer if they lost. They opened up a big halftime lead on Lithuania, and then had to hold on for dear life late in the second half to survive 68-66. Lindsey had 12 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists in 37 minutes. In the loss, ex-Drexel player Kamile Nacickaite had 21 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.eurobasketwomen2015.com/e...19-60-A-1.html
Earlier in the day, Serbia beat Turkey 75-63 after seizing control in the second half. In the win, incoming WNBA player Ana Dabovic had 31 points and ex-WNBA player Jelena Milovanovic had 15 points. In the loss, LaToya Pringle had 25 points and 10 rebounds from the naturalized player spot and ex-WNBA player Nevriye Yilmaz had 11 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.eurobasketwomen2015.com/e...19-59-A-1.html
In addition to the last two quarterfinals, Thursday play will include Turkey and Lithuania facing off to stay in the Olympic qualification hunt.
The USA U19 Men's Team had another exhibition game to prepare for the weekend and beat Argentina 86-75. Harry Giles had 14 points and 8 rebounds, Terrance Ferguson and Justin Bibbs had 12 points each, and Jayson Tatum had 10 points and 6 rebounds.
Article:
http://www.usab.com/news-events/news...xhibition.aspx
The USA U16 Girl's Team started their quest for the championship in the Americas and qualification to the 2016 U17 World Championship. They started the tournament in Mexico with an 80-48 win over Argentina.
Boxscore:
http://www.fibaamericas.com/en/box.a...1&t=BWOQQYFERA
The hosts are also in Group A and opened their tournament with a 74-45 win over Honduras.
Boxscore:
http://www.fibaamericas.com/en/box.a...1&t=BWOQQYFERA
In the other group, Canada started the day with an 85-43 win over Cuba. Brazil then beat Venezuela 84-40.
Boxscores:
http://www.fibaamericas.com/en/box.a...1&t=BWOQQYFERA
http://www.fibaamericas.com/en/box.a...1&t=BWOQQYFERA
Thursday's game will be in the earliest timeslot at 3:00pm EDT. It should be on YouTube again, but links are not up yet.