usabasketball.com - 7/6/2009
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July 4, 2009 ⢠Belgrade, Serbia ⢠Additional Quotes ⢠Box Score ⢠Photo Gallery In a well-balanced team effort that saw all 12 players score, including seven in double digits, the 2009 USA Menâs World University Games Team (2-0) out-gunned South Korea (0-2) 113-76 on the Fourth of July ...
the5thcorner.com - 7/4/2009
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Team USA In a game that was over,
well, as soon as Team USA scored, Deon Thompson...
started the next stage of their overseas tour by destroying Finland 87 to 40. From what I have read on the official USA Basketball web site, and from the box score of the game, the final score might be closer ...
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Team USA destroys Finland
usabasketball.com - 7/6/2009
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usabasketball.com —
July 6, 2009 ⢠Belgrade, Serbia ⢠Additional
Quotes ⢠Box Score ⢠Photo Gallery Behind 17...
points from Deon Thompson (North Carolina / Torrance, Calif.), the 2009 USA Menâs World University Games Team (3-0) overran Greece (1-2) in the second ...
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the5thcorner.com - 7/9/2009
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In the last game of the first round
Team USA didn’t have the same easy path as...
it did in the first three. Coach Bo Ryan’s squad narrowly escaped with a 68-66 win against Serbia, and Deon Thompson didn’t have the same type of game as he has had up to now, scoring just six ...
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Team USA remains undefeated
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Summer of Deon! Update[7/6]
Tar Heel Fan —
... Team USA celebrated the Fourth of July by dismantling South Korea 113-76 to move to 2-0 in University Games play. Seven Americans were in double digits and it sounds as though they all had a rollicking good time. ...
USA College Dream Team USA Rolling in World University Games
Storming the Floor —
... most recently in 2005. In '07, USA Basketball was represented by the University of Northern Iowa (the organization was already fielding two other teams that summer, and didn't have the manpower to support a third). UNI finished 9th. This year, though, it's back to an all-star team of 12 top players, all from power conferences. (Here's the roster). USA started first-round pool play with an 87-40 win over Finland, and assured advance to the second round by thrashing South Korea 113-76 on Independence Day. Second-round play commenced yesterday, ...
Team USA takes down S, Korea 113-76
The 5th Corner —
... where all twelve members of the team coached by Bo Ryan scored, and while Thompson only saw 12 minutes of action he ended up with a dozen points on a 5 for 8 performance. With the victory Team USA advanced to the 2nd round of the tournament, where it faced Greece. As I said before the team left for this tournament, they need to exploit the other squad’s height and pound the ball inside. Deon Thompson agreed with me as he said this after the game (from the official web site of USA Basketball): ...
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