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June 10, 2005
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The USA U19 women’s basketball team stands a perfect 2-0 after an 82-74 win over Australia on the second day of round-robin play at the 2005 International Sports Invitational, held at San Diego State University, late Thursday.
The squad, coached by Duke’s Gail Goestenkors, now finishes round-robin action with China on Friday, June 10 at 6 p.m. PDT. The tourney concludes on Saturday, June 11 with the Bronze Medal game at 2 p.m. PDT, and the Gold Medal game at 6 p.m. PDT.
For second consecutive game, Virginia sophomore Sharneé Zoll (Marlboro, N.J.) came off the bench for two rebounds, an assist, and a steal in 14 minutes of action, doubling her playing time since the first game.
Following the International Sports Invitational, the USA roster will be reduced to the official 12-woman roster for the USA Women’s U19 World Championship team. The U.S. team will then train on June 28-July 2 in Colorado Springs, Colo., and on July 3-6 in Washington, D.C., before playing two exhibition games in Hungary, The FIBA U19 World Championship is slated for July 15-24 in Tunis, Tunisia.
2005 International Sports Invitational
StandingsUSA 2-0Australia 1-1Russia 1-1China 0-2
Wednesday, June 8:Australia 83, China 70USA 89, Russia 69
Thursday, June 9:Russia 81, China 64USA 82, Australia 74
Friday, June 10:Australia vs. Russia, 4 p.m.China vs. USA, 6 p.m.
Saturday, June 11:Bronze Medal game, 2 p.m.Gold Medal game, 6 p.m.
All games are being played on the campus of San Diego State University.
All times are PDT.
For further information contact Craig Miller, Caroline Williams, Kate Lakin, or Danny Mattie at USA Basketball (719) 590-4800; or visit the USA Basketball website at: USABasketball.com