{"id":111441,"date":"2021-11-19T14:00:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T19:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=111441"},"modified":"2021-11-25T18:20:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T23:20:44","slug":"justin-anderson-named-to-usa-world-cup-qualifying-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2021\/11\/19\/justin-anderson-named-to-usa-world-cup-qualifying-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Anderson named to USA World Cup Qualifying Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tMad_Ants_Basketball_news_release_banner-1.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Anderson\" width=\"700\" height=\"135\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tMad_Ants_Basketball_news_release_banner-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tMad_Ants_Basketball_news_release_banner-1-300x58.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tMad_Ants_Basketball_news_release_banner-1-150x29.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tMad_Ants_Basketball_news_release_banner-1-696x135.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Current Fort Wayne Mad Ant Forward Justin Anderson has been named to the 12-player Team USA World Cup Qualifying Team.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne Mad Ants news release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Justin Anderson named to USA World Cup Qualifying Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne, Indiana (November 19, 2021) \u2013 Current Fort Wayne Mad Ant forward Justin Anderson has been named to the 12-player Team USA World Cup Qualifying team, as announced today.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson is averaging 18.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game through Fort Wayne&#8217;s first four games this season. He has started all four games and is averaging 31.7 minutes per contest.<\/p>\n<p>Team USA will train November 20-25 at the University of Houston and will participate in the first competition window of the 2021-23 FIBA World Cup Qualifying games, which will be played in Chihuahua, Mexico. Team USA will face Cuba on November 28 and will Mexico on November 29.<\/p>\n<p>Former NBA head coach Jim Boylen will serve as head coach of the USA Basketball Men\u2019s World Cup Qualifying team.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson previously was part of the February 2020 USA Basketball Men\u2019s AmeriCup Qualifying Team that went 2-0. Starting in both games, he averaged 20 minutes, a team second-best 14.0 points and 5.0 rebounds a game. Anderson also owns additional USA\u2008Basketball experience having been a member of the 2019 USA Select Team that trained against the 2019 USA World Cup Team finalists in Los Angeles, as well as the 2010 USA U17 World Cup Team and the 2009 USA U16 National Team that won gold medals.<\/p>\n<p>The 12-man roster will be one third current and former Mad Ants with Anderson&#8217;s inclusion. Former Fort Wayne Mad Ants Brian Bowen II (now of the Iowa Wolves), Josh Gray (Long Island Nets) and free agent Orlando Johnson will all be part of the team.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/category\/sports\/mad-ants-basketball\/\">View more AroundFortWayne posts from the Fort Wayne Mad Ants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/24844.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Mad Ants at Headwaters Park East and the Three Rivers Festival.  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