An American basketball team swept through an international tournament at Tel Aviv University by defeating all five competitors, then lost two games to a special Israeli squad preparing for the Asian Games in Teheran.
The New Mexico University team from Albuquerque, which was chosen to represent the U.S. in the world games, defeated teams from the Swiss Freiburg University, the Belgian Catholic Lueven University, the Amsterdam Free University of Holland, the Australian Flinders University and Tel Aviv University, which took second place in the tournament.
The triumphant New Mexico team was then invited for two test games with the select Israeli team, losing the first game Saturday night 88-90 and the second game Sunday night, 83-96. The Israeli coaches praised the Albuquerque players for their performances and described the post-tournament games an excellent test for the special Israeli quintet.
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