WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue rising sophomore Trevion Williams is one of 34 players to be invited to USA Basketball's U19 World Cup Team Training Camp, the organization announced this morning.
The final 12 selections will make up Team USA's squad for the newly-titled FIBA U19 World Cup to be played in Greece on June 29 to July 7. Training camp will run from June 15 to 18 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Finalists for the team are expected to be announced on the morning of June 18, and the team will be named prior to its departure for the 2019 FIBA World Cup in Greece on June 24.
Williams is trying to become the third Purdue representative in the last five years to land a spot on the U19 National Team, as in 2015, incoming freshman Caleb Swanigan helped lead Team USA to the U19 title in the 2015 FIBA World Cup in Greece. Carsen Edwards led the squad to a bronze medal in the 2017 event in Egypt.
After playing sparingly in the first 10 games of the season, the 6-foot, 9-inch Williams broke out after the calendar turned to 2019. Over the last 25 games, he averaged 6.0 points, 5.1 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.6 blocks and 0.4 steals per game in just 12.4 minutes per game.
For the season, he shot 54.2 percent from the field (78 of 144), good for eighth on the Purdue freshman all-time list. He recorded double-doubles against Michigan State (13 pts, 12 rebs) and Rutgers (16 pts, 13 rebs). Williams' 13 rebounds against Rutgers tied for the fourth most by a freshman in Purdue history.
Equated to 40 minutes over the last 25 games, Williams averaged 19.4 points, 16.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.9 blocks and 1.3 steals.
Williams is one of six rising sophomores to be asked to try out for the squad, joined by Kessler Edwards (Pepperdine), Tyrese Haliburton (Iowa State), Kira Lewis Jr. (Alabama), Isaac Likekele (Oklahoma State) and Bryce Wills (Stanford).
Purdue will return two starters and eight letterwinners from the 2018-19 squad that reached the Elite Eight and won the Big Ten regular-season championship for the second time in three seasons.
The final 12 selections will make up Team USA's squad for the newly-titled FIBA U19 World Cup to be played in Greece on June 29 to July 7. Training camp will run from June 15 to 18 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Finalists for the team are expected to be announced on the morning of June 18, and the team will be named prior to its departure for the 2019 FIBA World Cup in Greece on June 24.
Williams is trying to become the third Purdue representative in the last five years to land a spot on the U19 National Team, as in 2015, incoming freshman Caleb Swanigan helped lead Team USA to the U19 title in the 2015 FIBA World Cup in Greece. Carsen Edwards led the squad to a bronze medal in the 2017 event in Egypt.
After playing sparingly in the first 10 games of the season, the 6-foot, 9-inch Williams broke out after the calendar turned to 2019. Over the last 25 games, he averaged 6.0 points, 5.1 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.6 blocks and 0.4 steals per game in just 12.4 minutes per game.
For the season, he shot 54.2 percent from the field (78 of 144), good for eighth on the Purdue freshman all-time list. He recorded double-doubles against Michigan State (13 pts, 12 rebs) and Rutgers (16 pts, 13 rebs). Williams' 13 rebounds against Rutgers tied for the fourth most by a freshman in Purdue history.
Equated to 40 minutes over the last 25 games, Williams averaged 19.4 points, 16.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.9 blocks and 1.3 steals.
Williams is one of six rising sophomores to be asked to try out for the squad, joined by Kessler Edwards (Pepperdine), Tyrese Haliburton (Iowa State), Kira Lewis Jr. (Alabama), Isaac Likekele (Oklahoma State) and Bryce Wills (Stanford).
Purdue will return two starters and eight letterwinners from the 2018-19 squad that reached the Elite Eight and won the Big Ten regular-season championship for the second time in three seasons.