world champs news
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Australia, which Israel will play tomorrow night, meanwhile suffered a serious blow yesterday as forward Matthew Knight tore his left knee cruciate ligaments, forcing him out of the tournament.
Dyl
Years ago
Thats some very bad news for crocs cos he tore up in the final against canada a week ago...they may struggle inside without him
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Years ago
Crocs take game one of World Champs
The Australian Young Men (Crocs) have kicked off their World Championship campaign in Argentina with a convincing win over Greece, 94 81.
The Crocs were scheduled to face Israel on day one of competition, but with Iran pulling out due to visa complications the draw was changed and Australia took on the power house of Greece instead.
The Aussies were no strangers to the Greek outfit after playing them in the Jack Donohue Classic in Canada prior to Argentina. They overcame the Greeks in Canada with their defensive effort and this game was no different.
Coach Molloy's comment summed up the men's effort "I contribute the win to the outstanding defensive effort put in by the guys, added to their rebounding display it helped us defeat the team from Greece."
Molloy was also ecstatic to get game one under the belt "I was pleased with the result of starting the tournament this way. Also very pleasing was the broad contribution of scorers we had, with six of the team notching up double figures."
NBL Rookie of the Year Brad Newley topped scored for the Crocs with 22 points. The point scoring didn't stop there though with the team sharing the honours around, Bruce (15), Carter (12), Janev (11), Maric and Allen (10).
The Crocs will now be officially welcomed to Argentina as the Opening Ceremony gets under way in Cordoba. The men take on Canada in round two of competition on Saturday (Argentina time). The Crocs loss to the Canadians in the final of the Jack Donahue Cup will have them looking for revenge. Stay connected with all the latest results from Argentina at www.basketball.net.au
Results
Australia 94 defeated Greece 81
Top Scorers
Brad Newley (22), Aaron Bruce (15), Rhys Carter (12), Blagoj Janev (11), Aleksander Maric (10), Ben Allen (10)
Crocs Schedule
Fri 5 Aug:
6:00pm Australia (94) v Greece (81)
Sat 6 Aug:
6:45pm Canada v Australia
Sun 7 Aug:
AUSTRALIA Bye
Mon 8 Aug:
Rest day
Tues 9 Aug:
6:15pm Australia v Israel
Wed 10 Aug:
8:30pm Argentina v Australia
Thu 11 Aug:
Travel from Cordoba to Mar del Plata
Friday 12 Aug:
Quarter finals
Sat 13 Aug:
Semi finals
Sun 14 Aug:
Final
*Argentina is 13 hours behind
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Years ago
CORDOBA (FIBA U21 World Championship) - Making their first-ever appearance at the FIBA U21 World Championship, Canada lost their debut game to Australia 88-71. Australia remains the only team without loss in Group A, in Cordoba, following Argentina's defeat against Greece.
The loss was especially hard for Canada, as they had defeated the same Australian team twice last month, including a 100-80 win in the Gold Medal Game of the Jack Donohue International Classic, July 28th in Mississauga, Ontario.
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