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Thirteen Athletes Confirmed for USA Men's World Cup Qualifying Team February Training Camp

February 12, 2019 - NBA G League (G League)
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 12, 2019) - Returning four players with previous USA World Cup Qualifying Team experience and including five players owning NBA regular season experience, USA Basketball today announced 13 players who will contend for a roster spot with the February 2019 USA World Cup Qualifying Team.

Confirmed to attend the USA World Cup Qualifying Team February training camp are NBA G League players Josh Adams (Raptors 905), Kyle Casey (Memphis Hustle), Chris Chiozza (Capital City Go-Go), Charles Cooke (Sioux Falls Skyforce), Michael Frazier II (Rio Grande Valley Vipers), Reggie Hearn (Stockton Kings), D.J. Hogg (Delaware Blue Coats), Tanner McGrew (Salt Lake City Stars), Xavier Munford (Wisconsin Herd), Chinanu Onuaku (Greensboro Swarm), Cameron Reynolds (Stockton Kings), Emanuel Terry (Sioux Falls Skyforce) and Travis Trice (Austin Spurs).

Former NBA head coach Jeff Van Gundy, who has led the USA to an 8-2 record in FIBA Americas World Cup Qualifying action and earned the United States a qualifying berth for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, again is head coach of the USA Basketball Men's World Cup Qualifying Team. Former University of Georgia head coach Mark Fox and former Georgetown University head coach John Thompson III again are serving as USA assistant coaches.

Frazier II (6-4, 200) has started in 30 games of 36 for the Vipers this season. In 33 minutes of action per game, Frazier II has averaged 16.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.3 steals. In addition, Frazier II has shot an average of 45.4 percent from the field and 40.3 perfect from the arc. Frazier II's season-high was at Sioux Falls Skyforce on Jan. 28, 2019 when he totaled 43 points.

The USA team will train Feb. 15-19 at the University of Miami and will continue its training Feb. 21 and Feb. 24 in Greensboro, North Carolina, and will conclude FIBA World Cup Qualifying play with a pair of home second round games, Feb. 22 versus Panama (3-6) and Feb. 25 versus Argentina (9-1). Both games will be held at the home of the NBA G League Greensboro Swarm - the Fieldhouse at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. The full Americas World Cup Qualifying schedule/results is available at usab.com/mens/wc-qualifying/schedule.aspx.

Tickets for the Feb. 22 USA-Panama and the Feb. 25 USA-Argentina games are available through https://www.ticketmaster.com, the Greensboro Coliseum box office and Ticketmaster's charge-by-phone system at 1-800-745-3000. For additional ticket information https://www.usab.com/wcq.

"Beginning in July 2017 with the AmeriCup and including the entire World Cup Qualifying process that started back in November 2017, this has been an incredible journey and we are now focused on completing the FIBA Americas World Cup Qualifying with a pair of home games against two very well coached national teams," said Van Gundy. "We look forward to the challenge of playing Panama and Argentina and doing so in Greensboro on our home court and in front of our fans.

With a total of seven 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifying berths going to the top three finishing teams in each of the Americas two second round groups and to the best ranked fourth place team, Argentina (9-1) and the USA (8-2) from second-round Group E, and Venezuela (9-1) and Canada (8-2) in Group F already have captured a qualifying berth for 2019 FIBA World Cup. Puerto Rico (6-4) and Uruguay (6-4) in Group E and Brazil (7-3) and Dominican Republic (6-4) in Group F remain in contention for the last three Americas qualifying berths. Group E teams Mexico (3-6) and Panama (3-6), and Group F teams Chile (2-8) and U.S. Virgin Islands (2-8) no longer are in contention for a World Cup qualifying berth

FIBA World Cup Qualifying

Under FIBA's new competition system, a total of 80 national teams from FIBA's four regions of Africa, Americas, Asia and Europe initially competed in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Qualifying first round, looking to earn a qualifying berth into the 32-team 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup competition that will be held Aug. 31-Sept. 15 in China.

The FIBA World Cup Qualifying games are being used to qualify 31 of the 32 nations that will compete in the 2019 FIBA World Cup. China automatically qualified as the host nation of the 2019 FIBA World Cup.

Five teams will qualify from Africa, seven teams from the Americas, seven teams from Asia and 12 teams from Europe.

The current two-time defending World Cup champion USA men have participated in 17 FIBA World Cups and have collected 12 medals - five gold medals (1954, 1986, 1994, 2010 and 2014), three silver medals (1950, 1959 and 1982) and four bronze medals (1974, 1990, 1998 and 2006). USA Men's World Cup teams own an overall record of 123-27.

Results from the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 will qualify seven teams for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Additionally, Olympic host Japan automatically qualified, and the final four nations will qualify through four FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments that will be held in 2020 in advance of the Olympics.

About USA Basketball

Based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and chaired by retired Gen. Martin Dempsey, USA Basketball is a nonprofit organization and the national governing body for basketball in the United States. As the recognized governing body for basketball in the U.S. by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), USA Basketball is responsible for the selection, training and fielding of USA national teams that compete in FIBA-sponsored five-on-five and 3x3 international competitions, as well as for some national competitions and for the development of youth basketball.

Connect with USA Basketball at USAB.com and on Facebook (USABasketball and USABYouth), Twitter (@usabasketball, @USABYouth,), Instagram (@USABasketball) and YouTube (therealusabasketball).

February 2019 USA Men's World Cup Qualifying Team Roster

NAME POS HGT WGT AGE TEAM / COLLEGE / HOMETOWN

Josh Adams G 6-2 190 25 Raptors 905 / Wyoming / Parker, CO

Kyle Casey F 6-7 225 28 Memphis Hustle / Harvard / Medway, MA

Chris Chiozza G 6-0 175 23 Capital City Go-Go / Florida / Memphis, TN

Charles Cooke G 6-5 195 24 Sioux Falls Skyforce / Dayton / Trenton, NJ

Michael Frazier II G 6-4 200 24 Rio Grande Valley Vipers / Florida / Tampa, FL

Reggie Hearn G 6-4 209 26 Stockton Kings / Northwestern / Fort Wayne, IN

D.J. Hogg F 6-9 215 22 Delaware Blue Coats / Texas A&M / Plano, TX

Tanner McGrew F 6-8 250 25 Salt Lake City Stars / West Virginia Wesleyan / Buckhannon, WV Xavier Munford G 6-3 190 26 Wisconsin Herd / Rhode Island / Newark, NJ

Chinanu Onuaku C 6-9 250 22 Greensboro Swarm / Louisville / Lanham, MD

Cameron Reynolds F 6-8 225 23 Stockton Kings / Tulane / Pearland, TX

Emanuel Terry F 6-9 220 23 Sioux Falls Skyforce / Lincoln Memorial / Cleveland, AL

Travis Trice G 6-2 177 25 Austin Spurs / Michigan State / Huber Heights, OH

Head Coach: Jeff Van Gundy, USA"ˆBasketball

Assistant Coach: Mark Fox, USA Basketball

Assistant Coach: John Thompson III, USA"ˆBasketball

Athletic Trainer: Ed Lacerte, ProSports Therapy, Inc. (Waltham and Westford, MA)

Team Physician: Stephen Foley, Sanford Health (Sioux Falls, SD)

Team Scout: Othella Harrington

Video Coordinator: Luke Stanaland

NOTE: Age reflects player's age as of completion of the February 2019 FIBA"ˆWorld Cup Qualifiers (Feb. 25, 2019).

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