The NetScouts Basketball USA Men’s All-Star Team completed their first leg of the China tour with a record of 3-0 as they defeated China 77-70 in a thriller. The USA used excellent defense to hold China to 12 points in the fourth quarter to win in from of a loud crowd of 4,569. The game […]
USA Men Top Germany, USA Women Most Popular in Jinzhong City
In the second game of the three-city, nine-game tour the NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars defeated Germany 68-54. The USA started fast opening up a 21-10 lead at the end of the first quarter. Germany fought back into the game in the second quarter cutting the deficit to 36-30 at the half. The third quarter saw […]
USA Men’s All-Stars Top Lithuania in First Contest
The NetScouts Basketball Men’s USA All-Star Team has completed their long journey from San Francisco to Liuzhou, China. The Men’s team consists of: Brian Addison, 6’10 (Buffalo/Portugal) Tyler Cain, 6’9 (South Dakota/Latvia) Lance Jeter, 6’3 (Nebraska/Holland) LaMarcus Reed, 6’5 (Texas-Arlington) Orion Outerbridge, 6’9 (Rhode Island) Lamonte Ulmer, 6’6 (Rhode Island/Luxembourg) Anthony Gurley, 6’3 (Massachusetts/New Zealand) […]
NetScouts Basketball China Tour 2012: We’ve Made it to Jinzhong City!
It was a long trip but the NetScouts Basketball Men’s and Women’s USA All-Star teams have finally arrived in China. We are with the women’s team. After flying everyone into San Francisco to meet and have a practice on Tuesday, we headed to Beijing on a non-stop on Wednesday afternoon. After a three hour layover […]
Basketball Times Column: Women’s All-Stars Tour China
NetScouts Basketball’s Chris Denker recently took a USA All-Star Women’s team to China to play the U17 National Teams of China, New Zealand and Australia. The teams played in a round robin tournament format with three games each in three different cities. That was the focus of our current Basketball Times Column. You can read […]
Women’s China Tour 2012 All-Tournament Team
MVP: TEAM USA Balanced squad often had 4 players in double figures. Excelled with team defense leading to fastbreak baskets and an efficient half-court offense. Went 8-1 on the tour including win over China’s National B Team (65-55) in Xiangyang. Casey Garrison, 5’11 G – USA Possibly the best all-around player in the tournament, scored, […]
Women’s Basketball China Tour: Final Game Recap vs. China National B Team
The team and coaches have returned from China. We have been able to interview the coaches and get the final game story as well as the All-Tournament Teams. We will be posting the All-Tournament Teams later today.) It was the American defense and efficient shooting that helped them overcome a free throw disparity of 29 […]
China Women’s Basketball Tour: USA Tops China National B Team
This blog is going to be short, we have to get on the bus to the airport immediately following our game so we can head home. We will be driving three hours to another airport for a 7 am flight to Beijing…for some reason the freeway doesn’t allow buses after 2am…why? Kind of strange since […]
USBA China Tour: Day 10 Recognition Day
Today was the final day of our regular competition before the exhibition match-up against the Chinese National B team tomorrow. It was a day of recognition and treats by our local hosts from Xiangyang. All of the teams started the day early as we all headed back down to the arena for a special […]
