Andrew Harrison dished out five assists to go with 19 points for the USA.

(Sam Forencich/USA Basketball)

Despite several second-half rallies to cut into a World Team lead that reached as high as 18 points, the USA Junior National Select Team fell to the international squad 112-98 in the 2013 Nike Hoop Summit on Saturday, April 20 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore.

For the first time in the 16-game history of the Nike Hoop Summit the World Team has recorded two consecutive-wins over the USA, having also taken the victory (84-75) in 2012.

“We want to give the World Team all the credit,” said USA head coach Mike Jones (DeMatha Catholic H.S., Md.). “They played a very good game, and are one of the most talented, if not the most talented, World Teams that we’ve had at the Hoop Summit. They played good pretty much start to finish.

“We had a couple runs and we cut it close, but we just didn’t have enough to get over the hump. We want to give them all the credit. No matter what the final score says, we’re very proud of the young men that represented the United States tonight. They didn’t quit. Obviously we’d love to be sitting up here after winning the game, but we still have to be proud of them for giving the effort that they did.”

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