Davis reps USA at FIBA U19 World Cup

FORT WORTH, Texas — Jonathan Davis has been selected as one of 12 members to represent USA Basketball at the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup, the organization announced Thursday night.

Originally one of 26 players invited to take part at training camp in Fort Worth, Texas, this week, Davis made the final cut for Team USA's final 12-man roster.

The USA was drawn into Group D, alongside Australia, Mali and Turkey for the July 3-6 FIBA U19 World Cup preliminary round. The USA will open play against Turkey on July 3 (9:30 a.m. CT), followed by Mali on July 4 (12:30 p.m CT) and close preliminary play against Australia on July 6 (12:30 p.m. CT). Fans can watch the games, which will be streamed on FIBA's YouTube channel.

Beyond blessed I get to represent my country! https://t.co/PSKV3ZEO4R
— Jonathan Davis (@JonathanCDavis1) June 25, 2021

USA Basketball FIBA U19 World Cup Schedule:

July 3, 9:30 a.m. CT - USA vs. Turkey - WATCH LIVE
July 4, 12:30 p.m.CT - USA vs. Mali - WATCH LIVE
July 6, 12:30 p.m. CT - USA vs. Australia - WATCH LIVE

Davis becomes the latest in a line of recent Badgers to represent USA Basketball. Most recently in 2015, Nigel Hayes accepted an invite from USA Basketball for the Pan American Games. In the summer of 2012, Sam Dekker was a member of the USA Basketball U18 national team that defeated Brazil for the gold medal in the FIBA Americas Championship. In 2010, Jon Leuer earned a spot on the USA men's select team that trained against the U.S. men's national team as it prepared for the FIBA World Championships.

Davis played in all 31 games for the Badgers as a true freshman last season, averaging 7.0 points, 4.1 rebounds and 24.4 minutes per game as UW's lead reserve. The La Crosse, Wisconsin, native ranked fifth on the team in minutes played last season, which going back to the 2012-13 season trailed only current teammate Brad Davison and All-American Ethan Happ for the most minutes played by a Badger in his first season at Wisconsin.

Joining Davis on the final USA Basketball U19 roster are:

Patrick Baldwin Jr. (Hamilton H.S./Sussex, Wis.)
Kennedy Chandler (Sunrise Christian Academy, Kan./Memphis, Tenn.)
Caleb Furst (Blackhawk Christian School/Fort Wayne, Ind.)
Chet Holmgren (Minnehaha Academy/Minneapolis, Minn.)
Harrison Ingram (St. Mark's School/Dallas, Texas)
Jaden Ivey (Purdue/South Bend, Ind.)
Ryan Kalkbrenner (Creighton/St. Louis, Mo.)
Kenneth Lofton Jr. (Louisiana Tech/Port Arthur, Texas)
Mike Miles (TCU/Lancaster, Texas)
Adam Miller (Louisiana State/Chicago, Ill.)
Peyton Watson (Long Beach Poly Tech H.S./Long Beach, Calif).

This year's USA Basketball U19 World Cup men's team is led by USA and TCU head coach Jamie Dixon, who is assisted by Jerod Haase (Stanford) and James Jones (Yale).

The 2021 USA Men's U19 World Cup Team roster is set 🇺🇸

The 12-member squad will go for gold at the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup from July 3-11 in Latvia.
— USABJNT (@usabjnt) June 25, 2021

The 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup features teams from 16 nations, which in addition to the USA and host Latvia includies Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, France, Japan, Lithuania, Mali, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Serbia, South Korea, Spain and Turkey.

Reigning FIBA U19 World Cup gold medalist, USA men's teams have won seven gold medals, three silver medals and one bronze medal while compiling a 99-14 overall record in U19 World Cup play since the event launched in 1979. Even more impressive, the USA has won four of the last six U19 golds since 2009.

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