NBA: Hardaway's 21 leads US to 5th place in Under 19s

NBA NBA Hardaway's 21 leads US to 5th place in Under 19s 10 Jul 2011, 7:57 pm RIGA, Latvia â€" Tim Hardaway, Jr. of Michigan scored 21 points and Jeremy Lamb of NCAA champion Connecticut tipped in his own miss with 29 seconds to play to give the United States a 78-77 victory over Australia on Sunday in the fifth-place game of FIBA's Under 19 World Championships. Lamb finished 2 for 16 from the field for the U.S. (7-2), which came in as the defending champion but was beaten in the quarterfinals by Russia. Hugh Greenwood had 26 points for Australia (6-3), including six 3-pointers, but he missed a desperation 3 in the final seconds against some solid defense by Hardaway. Lamb finished as the team's leading scorer with a 16.2 average, followed by Joe Jackson of Memphis (11.5) and Doug McDermott of Creighton (11.3). The Associated Press You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.