USA Basketball sweeps Team World at Nike Hoop Summit
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Texas commit RonaldHolland had 15 points and USA Basketball rallied in the fourthquarter to beat Team World 90-84 at the Nike Hoop Summit onSaturday night.
Bronny James — the son of LeBron James, who was in attendance —made his USA Basketball debut and scored 11 points, including apair of free throws to seal it with 5.4 seconds remaining.
Holland added nine rebounds, six steals and five assists for theAmericans, who got 11 points from Isaiah Collier. Jared McCain,DaJuan Wagner and Justin Edwards each scored 10 points for TeamUSA.
Mackenzie Mgbako scored 22 points for Team World, which got 17from Michael Nwoko, 15 from Aden Holloway and 12 from AndrejStojakovic — the son of former NBA player Peja Stojakovic.
The U.S. improved to 17-7 against the World teams at the Nikeevent that dates to 1995.
Mgbako made a fadeaway with 7:56 left to put the World team up70-69, but the Americans quickly reclaimed the lead and kept it therest of the way. James made a 3-pointer with 4:54 left to push theUSA lead out to six, and Holland had a putback score with 3:00remaining to make it 86-79.
WOMEN’S GAME
TEAM USA 100, TEAM WORLD 79
LSU commit Mikaylah Williams scored 22 points, Notre Dame commitHannah Hidalgo added 13 and Team USA topped Team World 100-79 inthe inaugural women’s game of the Nike event.
Connecticut commit Kamorea Arnold, Stanford commit Sunaja Agaraand Oklahoma commit Sahara Williams each had 10 points for theAmericans, while Hidalgo finished with eight assists and fivesteals. Texas commit Madison Booker finished with eight points,eight assists, five assists and three steals for Team USA.
Williams was 6 for 7 from 3-point range.
Shaneice Swain — who is entering the WNBA draft and expects tobe picked Monday — led Team World with 19 points, while TobyFournier had 18 points with nine rebounds and Nyadiew Puoch scored16 points.
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