A USA Women’s All-Star Basketball team is leaving for China to participate in an important international basketball tournament. The “Four Nations” tournament features the Chinese National “B” team, the Australia Rising Opals and the National team of Hungary in addition to the USA. The team, organized and coached by NetScouts Basketball, will play a round-robin […]
NetScouts Basketball China Men’s Tour: China Uses Free Throw Advantage to Top USA
We mentioned to the team before they left that they would get no breaks from the Chinese referees when we played China and that was certainly the case tonight. The Chinese National Team, helped by a huge free throw disparity, edged the NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars 71-66. China took a 37-31 halftime lead. The USA […]
Canada tops NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars in China on Wiltjer Free Throws
It was Groundhog Day for the NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars as they lost for the second straight day in the same exact way. This time Canada was the winner, edging the Americans 75-73 as Kyle Wiltjer (Kentucky) made two foul shots after being fouled on an offensive rebound with .5 seconds left in the game. […]
Latvia Edges NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars in China
We’ll try to get more detail on the games in the morning China time. Check back later today. Latvia edged the NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars 67-65 as they made two free throws with one second remaining in the game. The USA rallied from a ten-point deficit with 2:48 to play, tying the game with 55 […]
NetScouts Basketball Men’s China Tour: The Team Arrives
Our men’s team has arrived in China after the 12-hour flight from Los Angeles to Guangzhou. The team then flew to Chongqing City where they stayed the night. This morning there was a four-hour bus ride to Kai County where the first three games will be played starting tomorrow. One of our opponents will be […]
“All-Four Nations” NetScouts Basketball China Tour All-Tournament Teams
“All-Four Nations” Tournament Final Standings USA 7-2 AUSTRALIA 5-4 CHINA 5-4 BRAZIL 1-8 ALL-TOURNAMENT DONG XIANG EVENT MVP: Kate Thompson, 6’4 G/F, USA – Her shooting opened things up for the USA offense, had 14 points against Australia and again vs. China in the finale. Casey Samuels, 6’0 G, Australia – Outstanding shooter who led […]
NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars Win “Four Nations” Title With Victory Over China
The NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars have won both the Dong Xiang leg and the overall “Four Nations” tournament championship with an overall record of 7-2. The USA defeated China 66-61 in a great game in front of a sellout crowd of 6,500 partisan Chinese fans in Dong Xiang Arena. The Americans led early and held […]
USA Shoots past Aussies on NetScouts Basketball Women’s China Tour
We will have a separate article tomorrow on our “Useful Community Activity” which was a visit to a High School (yes, on Sunday). It was a lot of fun and we have some great pictures. Australia beat China last night 58-51. The Aussies jumped out to a 21-9 1st quarter lead and then held on […]