USA Basketball’s U19 team, under the direction of Billy
Donovan, earned a 6-0 record during the group stages at the FIBA World
Championships in Prague, Czech Republic. The American team next enters the
knockout rounds, facing Canada in the quarterfinals on Friday at 2:15 p.m.
Eastern.
Florida guard Michael Frazier II (Tampa, Fla.)
averaged 6.5 points coming off the bench for the USA in all six games.
The USA preserved its undefeated record with a hard-fought
71-62 win over previously unbeaten Serbia and has Thursday off before Friday’s
showdown vs. Canada.
"I think tomorrow we'll just try and regroup a little
bit. This was a real physical battle and game," Donovan said. "So
we'll have to try and regroup and prepare to play Canada. They dealt with some
injuries early on when the tournament started and they appear to be playing
pretty well right now. They're a talented team and we'll need to come back and
get rejuvenated."
The winner of the USA-Canada meeting will face either
Lithuania or China in the semifinals on Saturday. The final 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
|
