Australia lost to Belgium 99-80Great first half had us in the lead by 9 at half time. Mvps3 Patwal 15pts, 4 assists, 4 boards2- Kerali 10pts 9 assists, 6 boards, 4 steals1- Macmillan 14pts, 10 boardsNext up we face Germany!
Tough defeat last night, Germany defeat Australia 105-98.We went after this one and feel short. There's probably a movie of things that could have helped, but full credit to where these teams are at right now, this competition is tough, one after the other! MVPs3- Patwal 22pts, 6 boards, 3 assists, 5-9 3pters.2- Patton- 24pts, 3 boards, 3assists1- Cassidy- 17pts, 8 boards, 4 assistsHoping for a run of luck in gameshape as we have our next tough challenge, Hong Kong.
Add injury to insult, Kerali got kicked in the unmentionables during a scrimmage and it'll be two games before he's ready to play U21 again (one for the injury, one for the game shape recovery)
No such luck against a fearless Hong Kong side, we went down 110- 84.MVPs3- Cassidy 15pts, 15 boards, 4 assists, 3 blocks2- Patton 13pts, 5 boards, 2 assists1- Macmillan 14pts, 12 boards, 3 assists.Tomorrow night we face Al Jazair. Let's go Australia!
We held our ground on a fierce USA squad but fell short 108-86. The first half was really positive and I feel we aren't that far off the pace with this team. We just have not produced wins.MVPs3- Patton 25pts, 2 board, 2 assists. 2- Macmillan 14pts, 13 rebounds1- Kiranmayi 12pts, 3 assists, 3 rebs.