Pitt's James Robinson Joins USA Basketball U19 World Championship team - ALL- MET ELITE

Pitt's James Robinson

Joins

USA Basketball

 U19 World Championship team

ALL- MET ELITE

 

DEMATHA HS.

HYATTSVILLE MD.

 

USA Basketball announced Tuesday that University of Pittsburgh freshman James Robinson (Mitchellville, Md./DeMatha Catholic H.S.) has been selected to complete its Men’s U19 National Team roster. Beginning this week (June 27-July 5), Team USA will compete in the FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Prague, Czech Republic. USA is currently in Prague and Robinson will join the team on Thursday for its opening round game against Ivory Coast.

 

Robinson replaces Syracuse’s Jerami Grant, and former Dematha teammate who is unable to participate after it was learned that he has been diagnosed with mononucleosis.

 

The FIBA U19 World Championship will feature 16 national teams from around the world. Team USA was placed into Group D along with China, Ivory Coast and Russia. In the preliminary round, Team USA will open against Ivory Coast on Thursday, then play China on Friday, June 28 and Russia on Saturday, June 29. The second round of the tournament is scheduled for July 1-3, followed by the quarterfinals, semifinals and the gold medal game (July 7).

 

This will be Robinson’s third stint with the USA National Team as last summer he was selected to play on the American squad that captured the FIBA Americas Under-18 championship with a perfect 5-0 record at Sao Sebastiao de Paraiso, Brazil. Robinson led the Americans in assist:turnover ratio (6.00), totaled 12 assists and averaged 4.4 points and 15.6 minutes in the five games. Team USA averaged 97.2 points per game and outscored its opponents by an average of 38.6 points per game. Robinson also represented Team USA in the 2012 Nike Hoop Summit game held in Portland, Ore. on April 7, 2012.