USA Basketball’s U19 team has advanced to the semifinals of
the FIBA World Championships in Prague, Czech Republic, with a 109-67 win over
Canada in the quarterfinals on Friday.
Florida guard Michael Frazier II (Tampa, Fla.) started
the quarterfinal showdown and scored 12 points on four 3-pointers. It marked
Frazier’s first start of the event after coming off the bench in the first six
games.
Billy Donovan has now coached the team to seven
straight wins in the competition, with five of those wins coming by a margin of
more than 40 points.
The USA plays Lithuania at 2:15 p.m. Eastern on Saturday in
the second semifinal matchup, and ESPN3
will stream the game. Australia and Serbia play in the other semifinal at
noon Eastern. The winners of the semifinals will play for the gold medal, while
the semifinal losers will play for the bronze. Both of those games will be on
Sunday.
Preliminary Round Results
|
Date
|
Opponent
|
Result
|
Score
|
Frazier
Points
|
|
June 27
|
Ivory Coast
|
W
|
88-29
|
2
|
|
June 28
|
China
|
W
|
113-57
|
15
|
|
June 29
|
Russia
|
W
|
115-47
|
12
|
Eighth Final Round Results
|
Date
|
Opponent
|
Result
|
Score
|
Frazier
Points
|
|
July 1
|
Brazil
|
W
|
91-66
|
5
|
|
July 2
|
Australia
|
W
|
94-51
|
5
|
|
July 3
|
Serbia
|
W
|
71-62
|
0
|
Knockout Rounds
|
Date
|
Round
|
Opponent
|
Score
|
Frazier
Points
|
|
July 5
|
Quarterfinals
|
Canada
|
109-67
|
12
|
