Bluedog
07-23-2009, 10:54 AM
The men's US team defeated Israel 95-86 in OT to capture gold. Dan Grunfeld, the former Stanford player who now plays professionally in Spain, led the U.S. with 25 points. Grunfeld converted a three-point play with 20.7 seconds left to tie it. The US defeated Mexico 112–13 (!) in preliminary play; I didn't know such a score was even possible. Clearly, there are not that many Jews in Mexico. They went on defeat France 135–77 the next game. The US went on to lose to Russia to 73-71 on a buzzer beater and then defeated Argentina 97-89. They advanced to the medal round due to their better point differential than Argentina and Russia, who also finished with 3-1 records in pool play.
In the semifinals, the US defeated Canada 123-76 behind Dane DiLiegro's 20 points.
I can't find the box scores so I don't see how Scheyer did throughout the tournament. Anybody able to find that info? He's not even mentioned in any of the articles. Seems hard to believe as I expected him to be the best player on the roster. Did he pull out or something?
In women's action, Israel defeated the US 81-74 to win gold.
http://www.volunteertv.com/sports/headlines/50776472.html
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/23/1006732/us-men
http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2009/jul/22/pearl-leads-us-gold-maccabiah-games/?partner=RSS
http://www.volunteertv.com/volsbasketball/headlines/51141017.html
http://www.volunteertv.com/sports/headlines/51223422.html
http://www.volunteertv.com/sports/headlines/50870052.html
http://www.volunteertv.com/sports/headlines/51329032.html
Edit: Scheyer must have pulled out because he was playing in the NC Pro-Am at the same time, right? Didn't see it previously mentioned that he withdrew...
In the semifinals, the US defeated Canada 123-76 behind Dane DiLiegro's 20 points.
I can't find the box scores so I don't see how Scheyer did throughout the tournament. Anybody able to find that info? He's not even mentioned in any of the articles. Seems hard to believe as I expected him to be the best player on the roster. Did he pull out or something?
In women's action, Israel defeated the US 81-74 to win gold.
http://www.volunteertv.com/sports/headlines/50776472.html
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/23/1006732/us-men
http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2009/jul/22/pearl-leads-us-gold-maccabiah-games/?partner=RSS
http://www.volunteertv.com/volsbasketball/headlines/51141017.html
http://www.volunteertv.com/sports/headlines/51223422.html
http://www.volunteertv.com/sports/headlines/50870052.html
http://www.volunteertv.com/sports/headlines/51329032.html
Edit: Scheyer must have pulled out because he was playing in the NC Pro-Am at the same time, right? Didn't see it previously mentioned that he withdrew...