Hammer and Rails · Aug 27, 2017
2017 World University Games: USA vs. Israel
Now the games are for real. Tonight PurdUeSA continues its pursuit of a gold medal and a world championship at the 2017 World University Games. The quarterfinals of the championship round begin with a game against Israel, who was 4-1 in pool D beating Russia, Australia, Mozambique, and Ukraine but losing 79-70 to Lithuania. A PurdUeSA win has us playing the winner between Finland and Serbia in the semifinals on Monday.
So far we have been the highest scoring team in the event with 544 points in five games. No one else has even cracked 500 points. Germany, on the other half of the draw, is the only other team 5-0. They will play Latvia and Lithuania plays Argentina in the 4th semifinal.