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May 10, 2008
Buck, Faris Invited
UConn-bound recruits Heather Buck and Kelly Faris have each accepted an invitation to attend the 2008 USA Basketball Women’s U-18 National Team trials June 9-12 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. UConn recruits Kelsey Bone and Skylar Diggins are also among the approximately 30 players that have been invited.
The field will be cut to 16 and will then return to Colorado Springs for the start of training camp July 8. The final 12-member team will vie in the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Women July 23-27 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
``I was invited and will be attending,’’ said Buck, a 6-foot-4 center who will be a freshman at UConn next season. ``I am thrilled to be invited to tryout and hope to be able to participate further with USA Basketball, as it is such an honor to be a representative of our country while participating in an activity that I love.’’
This will be the second straight year Buck has competed in a USA Basketball function. She averaged 4.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.6 steals for the USA Red team at the Youth Developmental Festival last June.
Faris, Diggins, a 5-8 guard from South Bend, Ind. who has recently become a prime recruiting target for the Huskies, and Bone, a 6-5 center from Sugar Land, Texas who is the top player in the Class of 2009, also competed at the Youth Developmental Festival last year. Diggins and Bone helped lead the White team to the gold medal.
Bone averaged 9.4 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists, while Diggins averaged 8.6 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.0 steals. Faris, a 5-11 junior guard from Plainfield, Ind. who made an oral commitment to play for UConn in March, averaged 3.8 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 2.2 steals for the Blue team.
Morgan Valley is on the move again. After one year at New Hampshire, she has accepted an assistant coaching position at Towson.
Rich
Posted by Elliott on May 10, 2008 6:14 PM
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