London Towers signed 5'10" American point guard Eric Taylor who played
last season in Finland for Torpan Pojat Helsinki.

Edinburgh Rocks signed American duo Gaylon Moore and Chris Junge. 6'9"
centre Junge played for IBA outfit Rochester Skeeters last season while
Moore, a 6'7" forward, is a rookie out of Union University, TN.

Newcastle Eagles signed 6'1" point guard, TJ Walker, a graduate of Azusa
Pacific University who spent last season in the IBA with the
Saskatchewan Hawks.

Derby Storm named Dave Kershaw as coach of their NBL Division 3 side.
His assistant will former Derby player Clarence Wiggins.

Neptune re-signed reigning Irish Foreign Player of the Year Rasuel
McKune and added 6'5" American SF Charron Watson.


RESULTS
Friendly
Killester 72-82 Milton Keynes

Olympic Games
Men
USA 85, Lithuania 76
Vince Carter (USA) had 12 points including 3-10 FG and 6 rebounds.
Gary Payton (USA) had 14 points.
Mindaugas Timinskas (Lit) had 15 points including 3-9 FG.
Darius Songaila (Lit) had 16 points including 6-10 FG and 8 rebounds.

France 82, China 70
Antoine Rigaudeau (Fra) had 29 points including 11-19 FG and 6-11
3-pointers and 3 steals.
Laurent Foirest (Fra) had 22 points.
Yao Ming (Chi) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Wang Zhizhi (Chi) had 9 points and 10 rebounds.

Italy 78, New Zealand 66
Giacomo Galanda (Ita) had 14 points.
Alessandro Abbio (Ita) had 14 points.
Phill Jones (NZ) had 15 points.
Peru Cameron (NZ) had 18 points including 6-9 FG and 5-7 3-pointers, 5
rebounds, and 6 assists.

Australia 75, Russia 71
Andrew Gaze (Aus) had 15 points.
Mark Bradtke (Aus) had 12 points and 7 rebounds.
Andrei Fetisov (Rus) had 16 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5
rebounds.
Evgueni Pachoutine (Rus) had 13 points and 7 assists.
Aus shot 56.1% (32-57) FG and Rus shot 37.9% (25-66) FG.

Yugoslavia 73, Angola 64
Dejan Tomasevic (Yug) had 17 points including 6-6 FG and 11 rebounds.
Predrag Stojakovic (Yug) had 11 points and 6 rebounds.
Belarmino Mario Chipongue (Ang) had 15 points on 5-8 3-pointers.
Miguel Pontes Lutonda (Ang) had 10 points including 2-8 FG, 6 rebounds,
and 6 assists.
Yug shot 55.6% (25-45) FG and Ang shot 38.2% (21-55) FG.

Canada 91, Spain 77
Pete Guarasci (Can) had 17 points including 5-7 FG and 6 rebounds.
Michael Meeks (Can) had 24 points on a perfect 8-8 FG, 4-4 3-pointers,
and
4-4 FT and 5 rebounds.
John Rogers (Spa) had 15 points including 6-10 FG and 5 rebounds.
Rodrigo de la Fuente (Spa) had 13 points and 6 assists.
Can shot 61.5% (32-52) FG and Spa shot 48.3% (28-58) FG.


Men's Standings (Top 4 in each group advance to quarters)
Group A W L Group B W L

USA 3 0 Canada 3 0
France 2 1 Yugoslavia 3 0
Italy 2 1 Australia 1 2
China 1 2 Russia 1 2
Lithuania 1 2 Spain 1 2
New Zealand 0 3 Angola 0 3


Women
Korea 75, Russia 73 (OT)
Slovakia 68 Canada 56
France 73, Brazil 70
United States 93, New Zealand 42
Australia 96, Senegal 39
Poland 72, Cuba 65


FIXTURES
Saturday 23
Haribo Tournament (Crystal Palace)
Neptune Invitational (Cork)

NBL Men's National Trophy - Pool Matches
Teesside v Birmingham
Cardiff Clippers v Solent
Inter-Basket v Coventry
Liverpool v Manchester
Oxford v Sutton
Westminster v Kingston

NBL Women's Division One
Doncaster v Thames Valley
Nottingham v Northampton
Rhondda v NW London
Spelthorne v Sheffield
St Albans v Coventry


Sunday 24
Towers Tournament (CP) SkyS2

Friendlies
Brighton v Thames Valley 4.30 (@ Burgess Hill)
Leopards v Milton Keynes 5pm

NBL Men's National Trophy - Pool Matches
Reading v Worthing
Teesside v Liverpool

NBL Women's Division One
Wandsworth v Ipswich
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