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1 hour until the most important match this round. Join me in the chat? I'll be watching all game with some chips and dip.

Ugly, ugly game so far. 34-34 at half. Come look at the x's all over the court.

Whew. Narrow 79-71 (38280) win over Singapore who gave it their all and definitely had a couple over-performers on the day.

Our princeton attack was stifled for most of the game, and we had only 3 assists at half time. Cotterell injured early and Guèvremont had to play a lot of minutes. A close game until 5:30 left in the 4th where we went on a 15-6 to finish it off.

Game MVP: Hall 18 pts (8/20, but 1/7 1/6 ouch), 14 reb, 5 ast, 2 stl, 2 blk
Game LVP: Zongzhi 4 pts (2/11) despite PP100 showing 101.7. Ya, figure that one out.

Standings with 2 group games left:
team      w l +/-  remaining
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italy     3 0  43  senegal hungary
hungary   3 0  68  singapore italy
usa       1 2  69  canada singapore
canada    1 2 -19  usa senegal
singapore 1 2 -35  hungary usa
senegal   0 3 -126 italy canada

Top 4 teams qualify for next round. GO CANADA

Congrats!

Attention guard trainers:
Clifton Grove (39211848) up for sale. 40k. 19 yo HOF. 6'0. 61 TSP. Get on him.

A couple additions this week to get some players their first U21 action against Senegal:

Paul Beaulieu (SF) from Feufoleys (85421) (France)
Noel Bailey (C) from Chemnitz Supersonics (26437) (Germany)

Welcome!

Canada comfortably into the next round at worlds! With USA handling Singapore easily we were already in, but we managed to defeat Senegal 99-67 (38287) to be able to party in style tonight. Both games were TIE vs CRU.

This is the first time Canada U21 has made it to the second round of worlds. Congrats U21 trainers!!!

We had some mixed results playing push the ball today. Our PFCs went a combined 25 for 40 from the field. Our guards struggled a bit more, but that might have had more to do with the effort imbalance than the JS/OD difference between the offense and defense.

Beaulieu and Bailey got in with over a minute left to receive their first caps in their careers.

Game MVP: Girouard 25 pts (9/24, 3/8, 4/6), 11 reb, 3 ast, 2 stl, 3 blk (despite a late game 0/6 streak)
Game LVP: Cotterell 2 pts (0/8, 0/5, 2/4) !!! He did have 5 reb, 5 ast, 5 stl to go with his 5 fouls and 5 missed 3s! Strange to say the least.

Later today we'll find out the schedule for the next group. This is an 8 team round robin with results from advancing teams in the first group carrying over. Unfortunately that means we will bring an 0-3 record forward, but we'll be fighting tooth and nail to scrape out even one or two wins. The top 4 teams advance to the semis.

Congrats also go out to Brasil for dispatching China in a must win game to make the second round. Surely we will enjoy a spirited game against our yearly nemesis in the weeks to come!

GO CANADA

Last edited by U21 CAN Cletus at 7/18/2016 3:41:01 PM

Congrats, that's a huge accomplishment to make it to the second round of worlds!

We take on Spain in 15 minutes. Most likely a loss, but who knows, surprises can happen in BB once in awhile.

We likely need to go 3-0 or 2-1 in our last 3 games, which are all against top 4 teams in the group. Backs against the wall!

ps I haven't been active the last couple weeks due to increased training for Spartan Montreal, which was Sat/Sun this weekend. It went well and now back to BB! Hope everyone had a great long weekend.

Spain clobbered Serbia and Hungry with look inside, even with them guessing inside.

They have opted for base offense against us. A strange call, as often that choice does not get the best out of your team.

So, 2 wrong GDP for us, but we are using more effort in order to try and steal a win. Join in chat if you wish!