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Melo not himself in opening game of Pan AM Games—yet still manages to shine in 2nd half
Junior guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough of the Maryland women’s basketball team and Team USA took silver in the Pan American Games Monday night. The Americans fell to the host-nation, Canada, 81-73. The U.S. held a double-digit lead in the first half, then Canada got hot to start the second to take the lead for good. In her first appearance with USA Basketball, Walker-Kimbrough averaged 10.2 points, 2.6 rebounds with nine steals and seven assists through the five-game the tournament. She started the final three games.
Maryland assistant coach Samyr Laine and former student-athlete Thea LaFond will compete in the 2015 Pan American Games this week in Toronto.Laine will compete in the triple jump for Haiti while LaFond will represent Dominica in the high jump. The women’s high jump competition begins Wednesday at 10 a.m., with the men’s triple jump following on Friday at 11:30 a.m.
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