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2010 USA Men’s U18 National Team Blows Away US Virgin Islands 131-63
SAN ANTONIO (FIBA-Americas U18 Championship for Men) - The USA Basketball Men’s U18 National Team (1-0) opened play at the 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship by blowing through the U.S. Virgin Islands (0-1) 131-63 on Saturday night in San Antonio, Texas. Quincy Miller (Quality Education Academy / Winston-Salem, N.C.) double-double of 15 points and 17 rebounds led the USA’s effort as everyone scored, including nine in double digits.  Miller’s rebounds set a new high-water mark for the USA U18 National Team for single-game rebounds at this even, surpassing the previous record of 15 by Shareef Abdur-Rahim versus Panama in 1994. ... The islanders put the first points on the board, a pair of free throws 12 seconds into the contest. read more
Argentina qualifies for FIBA U19 World Championship for Men after beating USVI

SAN ANTONIO (FIBA-Americas U18 Championship for Men) - Argentina joins Brazil and Canada as the teams that already qualified for the FIBA U19 World Championship for Men after beating US Virgin Islands 82-50 in game three of day 2 in the FIBA-Americas U18 Championship for Men played in San Antonio, Texas. A balanced offensive attack and a great defense over USVI placed the Argentineans on top from the start. Juan Jose Givano and Carlos Paredes netted 16 of the 24 points made by Argentina as they won 24-12. Aaron Brown had 5 for USVI. In the second quarter Argentina opened the game thanks to a great defensive effort to finish the first half up 39-19. Ten of the twelve players by Argentina already scored by halftime. Argentina maintained an efficient attack on offense and continued to increase the lead to win their second game of this tournament.

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VIRGIN ISLANDS UNDER 18 AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM

PLAYER # AND NAME:CURRENT TEAM            
4 Kadeem Jones - Central High School-Virgin Islands
5 Agyei Gregory - Antilles School, Virgin Islands
6 Salim Ross - Educational Complex-Virgin Islands
7 Tarik Mc Millan - Educational Complex-Virgin Islands
8 Merwin Potter, Jr. - Charlotte Amalie High School-Virgin Islands.....

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Two Jamaicans on tap to be drafted into the NBA tonight

History could be made tonight when two local basketball players - Jerome Jordan and Samardo Samuels - could be drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) as the 2010 NBA Draft takes place at Madison Square Gardens in New York City. The event begins at 7:00 p.m. EST. and will be televised live on the ESPN network. This would be the first time two Jamaican players, both of whom were discovered at the annual NIKE/KFC Star Search Basketball and Life Skills Development Camp, would be drafted into the NBA.

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Manning to step down as NBFTT president
Brian Manning, son of former prime minister Patrick Manning, will step down as president of the National Basketball Federation of Trinidad and Tobago (NBFTT) next month. Manning intends to resign his post in an ’effort to protect our national teams from individuals on the NBFTT’s board’, he stated yesterday in a news release. Manning revealed that he, along with newly-installed NBFTT CEO Albert Lee Young and ’five of the seven elected officers’ are stepping down from the board of directors ’out of disgust at the behaviour’ of another NBFTT official. ’I resigned in an effort to protect our national teams from individuals on the NBFTT’s board who were willing to dash the hopes and dreams of our young athletes in a selfish attempt to seek their own interest and attack me,’ Manning stated.
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