The United States U23 wheelchair basketball team continue to cruise along as they’ll play Spain tomorrow (Tuesday, July 13 2009) for the 2009 IWBF Under 23 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Paris, France. To reach the finals the Americans won 7 straight including a 51-18 win over Australia (today) in the Semifinals and 85-29 over Canada (yesterday) in the Quarterfinals.
Semifinal Tip-off #8 Brian Bell (USA) and #11 Bill Latham (Australia) USA won 86-43... photo courtesy of IWBF photo library, photographer Matt Wells... http://www.iwbf.org/!!!Paris_2009/IWBF_Under_23_Paris_2009/Welcome.html
Team USA last three matches
| Saturday – July 11, 2009 — Final Group B Match
Box Score link: http://www.iwbf.org/pdfs/ParisStats/11.07.09/AUS_USA.pdf |
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| USA 67
Australia 53 |
Top USA Scores:
Brian Bell – 21 pts, 5 rebs, 3 asst, 2 steals Steve Serio – 18 pts, 5 rebs, 4 asst, 3 steals Chris Okon – 10 pts, 5 rebs, 6 asst, 2 steals Jared Arambula – 6 pts, 4 rebs, 2 asst
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| Sunday – July 12, 2009 — Quarterfinals |
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| USA 85
Canada 29 |
Top USA Scores:
Steve Serio – 20 points, 10 rebounds Nate Hinze – 17 points Brian Bell – 16 points |
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| Monday – July 13, 2009 — Semifinals |
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| USA 86
Australia 43 |
Top USA Scores:
Brian Bell – 22 points, 6 rebounds Jared Arambula – 19 points, 2 rebs Steve Serio – 11 pts, 9 rebs, 9 assts, 1 block shot, 4 steals Nate Hinze – 11 points, 8 rebounds 1 steal
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Click here for the previous team USA group B match results
Follow the Final Games LIVE tomorrow at http://www.iwbf.org/%21%21%21Paris_2009/IWBF_Under_23_Paris_2009/Welcome.html
| Tuesday– July 14, 2009 |
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| 3:00am 5:15am 10:00am 12:30pm 2:45pm |
Place 7/8 — Brazil vs Canada Place 5/6 — Japan vs Turkey Bronze Medal — Australia vs Sweden Gold Medal — USA vs Spain Closing Ceremonies |
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Times above are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)….Paris is on Central European Summer Time (CEST)
#11 Steve Serio posts up over Canada...USA won 85-29... Photo Courtesy of IWBF photo library, photographer Matt Wells.... http://www.iwbf.org/!!!Paris_2009/IWBF_Under_23_Paris_2009/Welcome.html
Full coverage with stats, HUNDREDS of pictures, and top scores on all the games go to http://www.iwbf.org/
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