After an impressive rookie season in cardinal and gold, USC men's basketball guard De'Anthony Melton accepted an invitation to the USA Basketball U19 World Cup Team Training Camp this month.Click here for the full release!
Melton is one of 28 players aged 19 and under who will attend the camp in Colorado Springs, hoping to make the 12-man roster, which will compete at the 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup for Men.
Melton appeared in all 36 games for the Trojans last year, starting 25. He was USC's fifth-leading scorer (8.3 PPG) and ranked first on the team in steals (69), second in rebounds (4.7 RPG) and second in assists (3.6 APG) en route to Pac-12 All-Defensive honorable mention.
Melton is one of 14 current college players to accept an invitation to the training camp, and one of just three Pac-12 players vying to make the team, which is coached by Kentucky's John Calipari.
Melton will have to make it past two more rounds of cuts before the official 12-man roster is named on June 22. Should he make the team, he'll be off to the 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup in Cairo, Egypt next month. From July 1-9, Team USA will compete against host Egypt, Angola, Iran, Japan, France, Lithuania, New Zealand and more teams in hopes of earning a third straight gold medal.
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