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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue sophomore Trevion Williams and his USA Basketball teammates will open play Saturday at the 2019 FIBA U19 World Cup held in Heraklion, Greece.
Team USA will take on New Zealand in its first of three Group A games, tipping off Saturday at 1 p.m. ET. All games will be streamed online at www.fiba.basketball, as well as on FIBA's YouTube Channel.
On Sunday, June 30, Team USA will take on Lithuania, beginning at 10:45 a.m. ET, and the Americans will close out group play on Tuesday, June 2, facing Senegal at 9 a.m. ET.
Following the preliminary round, all 16 teams will be seeded according to group-play results and will advance to the July 3 round of 16. Winners will advance to the July 5 medal quarterfinals, while the remaining teams will continue playing out for classification. The medal semifinals will be held July 6, and the gold- and bronze-medal games are slated for July 7.
Team USA, ranked No. 1 overall in the world and followed by Canada and Lithuania, will be looking for its first title at the FIBA World Cup since 2015 after capturing gold at the 2013 and 2015 tournaments. Team USA finished third in 2017.
This marks the third straight U19 World Cup that a Boilermaker has been on the roster. In 2015, consensus All-American Caleb Swanigan led the Americans to a gold medal, while two-time All-American Carsen Edwards helped USA to a bronze medal in 2017.
After playing sparingly in the first 10 games of the season as a freshman in 2018-19, 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.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue sophomore Trevion Williams and his USA Basketball teammates will open play Saturday at the 2019 FIBA U19 World Cup held in Heraklion, Greece.
Team USA will take on New Zealand in its first of three Group A games, tipping off Saturday at 1 p.m. ET. All games will be streamed online at www.fiba.basketball, as well as on FIBA's YouTube Channel.
On Sunday, June 30, Team USA will take on Lithuania, beginning at 10:45 a.m. ET, and the Americans will close out group play on Tuesday, June 2, facing Senegal at 9 a.m. ET.
Following the preliminary round, all 16 teams will be seeded according to group-play results and will advance to the July 3 round of 16. Winners will advance to the July 5 medal quarterfinals, while the remaining teams will continue playing out for classification. The medal semifinals will be held July 6, and the gold- and bronze-medal games are slated for July 7.
Team USA, ranked No. 1 overall in the world and followed by Canada and Lithuania, will be looking for its first title at the FIBA World Cup since 2015 after capturing gold at the 2013 and 2015 tournaments. Team USA finished third in 2017.
This marks the third straight U19 World Cup that a Boilermaker has been on the roster. In 2015, consensus All-American Caleb Swanigan led the Americans to a gold medal, while two-time All-American Carsen Edwards helped USA to a bronze medal in 2017.
After playing sparingly in the first 10 games of the season as a freshman in 2018-19, 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.