Nasa said the team will be led by astrophysicist David Spergel, president of the Simons Foundation for advancing scientific research. It will be entirely open, with no classified military data used. The study will begin this fall and last nine months, costing no more than $100,000. Nasa considers this a first step in trying to explain mysterious sightings in the sky known as UAPs, or unidentified aerial phenomena. “Our strong belief is that the biggest challenge of these phenomena is that it’s a data-poor field.” “We are not shying away from reputational risk,” Zurbuchen said during a National Academy of Sciences webcast. “There are still some things we have to get better at.Nasa’s science mission chief, Thomas Zurbuchen, acknowledged the traditional scientific community may see Nasa as “kind of selling out” by venturing into the controversial topic, but he strongly disagrees. “The biggest thing for this team is to continue to be unselfish and share the ball,” Boyle said. The two teams have only met once before in 2018 and, in that quarterfinal matchup, the USA won 132-55. “We talked about it at halftime, how we wanted to get our bigs touches, and they did a good job of that in the second half, especially with Kel’el and Brandon.”įollowing Monday’s victory, the USA has a matchup with Ecuador on Tuesday, June 7. He ran the floor well, and our guys kicked it to him,” Boyle said. In the second half, it was Ware, who scored nine, and Garrison, who finished the game shooting 7-for-7, who propelled the USA to victory.
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“He’s so physically strong that when he gets an opening, he can score. “Cam is a really aggressive, thirsty, scorer,” Boyle said. Midway through the first quarter, Whitmore was subbed in the game, and in five minutes, he scored eight points, pushing the USA's advantage to 30-12. The play set the tone for the USA and sparked a quick 7-0 run that saw both McCain and Ty Rodgers get involved in the offensive action. With 9:32 left to go in the first quarter, Jared McCain threw a lob to Ware, who dunked the ball to open scoring. In the first quarter of action, Ware who scored the first basket. “We played with good energy on defense, which created easy baskets in transition,” Boyle said. The USA collected 19 steals and forced 28 turnovers while limiting the Dominican Republic to 26% shooting from the field and 14% from 3-point range. However, where the USA was able to separate itself was on the defensive end.
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Trimble led the way with a game-high five assists. It was a team affair for the USA, totaling 25 assists on 45 made field goals. “We shared the ball extremely well and played with good energy.” “This was a good start,” head coach Tad Boyle said. Aiding Ware was Brandon Garrison, who scored 15 points, Kanaan Carlyle, who contributed with 14 points, Seth Trimble and Mark Armstrong, who both scored 11 points, and Cam Whitmore, who added 10. Ware scored 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting, grabbed nine rebounds and blocked two shots, as he provided a stabilizing force in the paint throughout the game. Led by Kel’el Ware, the 2022 USA Basketball Men’s U18 team secured a 116-48 victory over the Dominican Republic Monday at Auditorio Zonkeys in Tijuana, Mexico.
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For the full game box score, click here.2022 FIBA U18 Americas Championship Schedule.2022 USA Basketball MU18 National Team Fact Sheet.2022 FIBA U18 Americas Championship | June 6-12 | Tijuana, Mexico