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Americans pass first true road test

By Andy Katz

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Serbia had a 3-pointer to win the game, but the shot by Ivan Paunic didn't go down. So on Tuesday night in Belgrade, the U.S. team escaped with a 68-66 victory in the final pool-play game prior to the medal round in the World University Games. Every year one of the USA Basketball college-based teams heads overseas to play a true road game and the response is always the same: The Americans had no idea it would be this intense. This happens countless times on these trips, whether it's ...

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