[Bette]

In an exciting finish to a game that featured 14 lead changes, the 2009 USA Men’s World University Games Team (4-0) remained perfect after edging host Serbia (3-1) 68-66 on Tuesday night in Belgrade, Serbia. Talor Battle (Penn State / Albany, N.Y.) was the USA’s leading scorer with 17 points, Da'Sean Butler (West Virginia / Newark, N.J.) finished with 12 and Corey Fisher (Villanova / Bronx, N.Y.) posted eight, including a free throw with 5.3 seconds in the game for the USA’s final point of the contest.
The USA will face off against Bulgaria (3-1) in the July 9 medal quarterfinals with the winner advancing to the July 10 semifinals. The gold medal will be contested on July 11. In the other quarterfinals contests, Serbia will play Turkey (4-0), Lithuania (5-0) meets up against Russia (4-1), and Israel (5-0) will tip-off against Germany (2-2). Should the U.S. continue to advance, the American men will face the winner of the Lithuania versus Russia quarterfinal contest.

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