After an arduous journey the NetScouts Basketball USA Women’s All-Stars have made it to our first destination in China. The trip started with domestic flights in June 13th (USA time) from the players home airports to LAX. Several flights were delayed due to weather conditions on the east coast. All of us (except for Jessica […]
USA Men’s All-Stars Top China For Second Straight Win of Tour
The NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars played by far their best game of the China tour, topping host China 88-82 in a well-played game. The USA lead the entire game running out to a ten-point lead after the first quarter and was up 63-51 after the third quarter. China cam back in the fourth quarter led […]
NetScouts Basketball USA Men’s All-Stars Top Latvia for First Win in China
We’ll fill in details to this over the next day or two. We are now headed to China with our Women’s team. The NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars won their first game on their China tour with a 70-56 victory over Latvia. Devin Sweetney led the American with 14 points. The USA received strong effort from […]
Canada Romps Over USA All-Stars in China
It’s been rough sledding for the NetScouts Basketball USA-All Stars as they suffered their fourth straight loss in China, this time to Canada 86-62. The Canadians moved to 4-0 for the event. Dwight Powell (Stanford) led five Canadians in double figures with 12 points and added seven rebounds. Devin Sweetney who had three straight 20+ […]
NetScouts Basketball USA Women’s All-Stars Head to “Four Nations” Tournament in China
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 […]
