In the first game of the night, Australia held on to beat New Zealand 69-60. After building a solid lead against the Kiwi’s late in the second half, they had to make a big 3-point shot by Vanessa Panousis to solidify their lead and close out the win. (We’re trying to get the box score […]
Women’s Basketball: USA Tops New Zealand in Zhongxian City
The USA All-Stars applied pressure defense early against New Zealand and jumped out to an early lead and never looked back as they defeated the Kiwi’s 83-36. Full court defensive pressure and balanced offensive scoring allowed the Americans to take a 44-22 lead into the locker room at the half, Jasmin Holliday (Oregon) had 10 […]
USBA China Tour: Opening Night in Zhongxian – China Tops Aussies
Zhongxian is a small little city…small for China that is… it’s population is only about 2 million. Yep, that’s really small for China, when you consider places like Beijing have roughly 30 million. Here’s a little city scape from our hotel floor…see if you can spot the arena!!! Apparently, the next city we […]
Women’s Basketball China Tour: Off to the Zhongzou District
Today is an off day – Traveling from Fuling to Zhongzou District by bus (3 hours) Ni Hao! It’s only 11:20 am Monday morning and already it’s been an interesting day. We are in the midst of a 3 hour, 4 bus convoy to our next destination city and to say it’s been a “long […]
Women’s Basketball China Tour: All-Tournament Team From Fuling
The following is the All-Fuling Team from the first stop on our tour. Congrats to Talisa and Bek for making the team! MVP: Li Gong 6’1 F China Had 19 points, 8 rebounds vs. New Zealand and 18 points, 14 rebounds in the Chinese win over the Americans including game winning basket. Talisa […]
