Greivis Vasquez, a 6-6 shooting guard from Venezuela had the game of his life and the Maryland Terrapins needed every bit of it. Vasquez registered a triple double with a career high 35 points as well as 11 rebounds, and 10 assists to lead the Terrapins over the #3 ranked North Carolina Tarheels in overtime, [...]

Puerto Rico 97: Brazil 75 The answer to the question: What’s Up with Puerto Rico? may have been answered. Maybe they needed something to wake them up. Just yesterday, they were only two minutes away from being eliminated and leaving Las Vegas for good. Puerto Rico’s future depended on the outcome of the Argentina-Panama game [...]

USA 113: Brazil 76 What was supposed to be the United State’s toughest test turned into another blowout. Team USA continued their dominance of group B by manhandling Brazil last night 113-76. Brazil did hang tough for about one quarter and a half, but was eventually overwhelmed by Team USA’s offensive prowess and fantastic defense. [...]

USA vs. Venezuela: 112:69 Carmelo Anthony and Michael Redd each scored 17 points as the United States defense forced Venezuela into 19 turnovers. Amare Stoudemire added 16 and 14 points for the US. Greivis Vasquez, an incoming freshman at Maryland, scored 12 points for Venezuela on 3-11 shooting. The US will face the Virgin Islands [...]