USA - Leonard headlines USA Team for Nike Hoop Summit

COLORADO SPRINGS (Nike Hoop Summit) - Meyers Leonard from Robinson High School, Robinson, Illinois, headlines the USA Junior National Select Team that will do battle against the World Select Team in the 13th Annual Nike Hoop Summit at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon on Saturday (19:00 PDT/local time; 04:00 Sunday CET).

The USA Team, which consists of the very best American high-school age athletes, will take on a World Select Team made up of 10 players - aged 19 or younger - who hail from nine countries across four continents and who all boast vast international experience.

This year's participants will have a tough task at hand if they are to match or top the 2009 Nike Hoop Summit. In one of the most memorable, competitive and thrilling editions of the event, the World Team rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the USA 97-89 for their first win since 1998.

Serbian big man Milan Macvan had a game-high 23 points, pulled down 14 rebounds - nine on the offensive glass - and dished out six assists to lead the World Team to victory. He then went on to play a key role with the Serbian senior national team that took silver at the EuroBasket in Poland last summer.

Macvan was well helped by Lithuanian rising star Donatas Motiejunas who had 21 points, eight rebounds and three assists while Nikos Pappas of Greece added 10 points in the international team's winning cause.

Bob Cimmino of Mount Vernon High School in the state of New York will take charge of the USA squad, while Australian national teams head coach Rob Beveridge will walk the World Team sidelines for the sixth year in a row.

The Nike Hoop Summit has brought to attention star players such as Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Kevin Durant and Luis Scola.

2010 NIKE HOOP SUMMIT ROSTERS

USA JUNIOR NATIONAL SELECT TEAM
Guards
Kyrie Irving (6ft 2in; St Patrick HS; Elizabeth, New Jersey)
Brandon Knight (6ft 3in; Pine Crest HS; Coral Springs, Florida)
Kendall Marshall (6ft 4in; Bishop O'Connell HS; Arlington, Virginia)
Will Barton (6ft 6in; Brewster Academy; Baltimore, Maryland)
Reggie Bullock (6ft 6in; Kinston HS, Kinston, North Carolina)
Harrison Barnes (6ft 8in; Ames HS; Ames, Iowa)

Forwards
Tobias Harris (6ft 8in; Hal Hollow Hills West HS; Brookville, New York)
Terrence Jones (6ft 8in; Jefferson HS; Portland, Oregon)
Patrick Young (6ft 8in; Providence HS; Jacksonville, Florida)

Centres
Jared Sullinger (6ft 9in; Northland HS; Columbus, Ohio)
Meyers Leonard (7ft 0in; Robinson HS; Robinson, Illinois)


WORLD SELECT TEAM
Guards
Jason Cadee (6ft 0in; Australian Institute of Sport; Australia)
Cory Joseph (6ft 3in; Findlay Prep, Nevada; Canada)
Sui Ran (6ft4in; Shandong Flaming Bulls; China)
Duje Dukan (6ft 8in; Deerfield HS, Illinois; Croatia)

Forwards
Mael Lebrun (6ft 6in; Entente Orleans; France)
Tristan Thompson (6ft 10in; Findlay Prep, Nevada; Canada)
Enes Kanter (6ft 10in; Stoneridge Prep, California; Turkey)
Nikola Mirotic (6ft 10in; Faymasa Palencia; Spain)

Centres
Dejan Musli (7ft 0in; FMP Zeleznik; Serbia)
Robert Loe (7ft 0in; JTB/Breakers; New Zealand)

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