Our starting five came out strong against Israel in Game 2 and turned up the pressure with an 11-0 run in the first quarter. Israel’s defense responded and got more active. It became a tight game in the third and fourth quarters, but our guys found ways to get stops and make shots when they had to in order to capture the 74-67 win. Here are some photos of the action courtesy of FIBA’s official EuroBasket 2013 website.
Ukraine and The Czar
September 5 by Leave a Comment
Tremendous effort by Ukraine to battle from behind and steal a 58-57 win over Belgium in our EuroBasket 2013 opener. We trailed for most of the game, but seized the lead when it counted most. With just seconds remaining in regulation, Pooh Jeter drove into the paint, sank a floater, drew the foul and hit his free throw to give Ukraine a 1-point lead for the win.
Thanks to our press officer Grygorij Palij for sharing some photos from FIBA’s official EuroBasket 2013 site.
Ukraine and The Czar
August 26 by 2 Comments
We travel to Sweden this week for exhibition games against Sweden and Poland before heading to Russia.
Ukraine and The Czar
August 19 by Leave a Comment
Though we went 0-3 in last week’s exhibition tournament in Serbia, we accomplished our goal of playing tough opponents. Nobody likes to lose, but hopefully the experience of competing against three upper echelon teams will help us grow. We travel to Poland at the end of this week to take on Poland and Sweden, so we’ll get another chance to test our chops before heading to EuroBasket 2013.
