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9th & Final Gam...

Reach USA 70 Russia Peak All Stars 69 Jingmen, China— Trailing by one with 3.4 seconds to go, Peyton Siva went coast-to-coast for a twisting game-winning layup over the 7 ft. 4 Russian and Reach USA pulled out a thrilling 70-69 win over the Russia Peak All Stars. In a game...
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May 27th, 2010
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Game 1 vs. Russians...

Reach US 98 – Russian Peak All Stars 78 ——— Shinshou, China;  In our eighth game of the tour and first against a Russian foe, we trailed early, but took the lead at the 4:16 mark and jumped on the Russian Peak All Stars and didn’t ook back to finish...
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May 26th, 2010
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Recent Day Off...

We had a great off day yesterday and a good start to our day today as well. We had a 5 hour bus ride yesterday that was not too bad.  We had a chance to stop and take pictures at some amazing places.  We arrived in what was referred to as a small  country town, which has 2000 in...
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May 26th, 2010
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Reach wins series...

Hard to believe what happens when you get to eat a little KFC before the game! Following the first taste of some good ol’ Kentucky Fried Chicken, Reach USA came out like gangbusters taking a 20-5 lead after 3:30 minutes into the game and cruised to a 97-62 win in the 7th game...
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May 24th, 2010
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7th Game looms...

Yes, there is game seven drama building somewhere! While the NBA seems to be lacking in arriving to it’s own seventh game finale…  Reach USA and Bayi will “get it on” in game seven of their series after an 88-81 Bayi win today in game six of the series. Reach...
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May 23rd, 2010
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China Game 5, May 22...

Reach USA 78 Bayi 77 Shizhu, China-In a see-saw affair that came down to three free throws with no time  on the clock, Reach USA managed to edge out the Bayi Rockets 78-77 to take a 3-2 in the series. Both teams held leads of 8 or more in the game, but could not hold off their foe. The...
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May 23rd, 2010
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Reach USA 76 Bayi 67...

May 20, Pengshui, China-  “And a great day was had by all” was a phrase that was common in my hometown paper and I will use it for today as it was a great day! For starters, the guys got to “sleep in” until 10:30 am and we only had to endure a one-hour bus ride. ...
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May 20th, 2010
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Our Game 3 in China...

May 19, 2010  Qianjiang, China Following a long 5 hour bus ride, we arrived in Qianjiang.  We did have opportunity to have a shoot around before the game and the arena is nice. We have been having packed houses each night and tonight was no exception- somewhere around 4,000. The...
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May 20th, 2010
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Latest China Update...

May 18, 2010- Tongnan, China Long bus ride today, but tomorrow will be even longer. It will be a4-5 hour trip. which is the longest one we have, thank goodness! The guys are really meshing well. However, the day did not end quite the way we would have liked… GAME RECAP: Bayi...
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May 18th, 2010
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Tour #2 begins...

May 17, 2010; 11:00 am- We have arrived in Chongquing  from an early morning flight from Beijing.   The team rolled out at 5:15 am to get to the airport for our 7:20 am flight.  We don’t have a great deal of flying on this trip which is always a blessing.  You are only allowed...
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May 18th, 2010
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China continued...

Out with one and in with another... Both Reach USA teams will be heading to the airport tomorrow, each going their separate ways. The Red team will be wrapping up their successful trip and heading back to the USA.  The Blue team is heading to Chongquing to begin their 9 game tour. Today,...
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May 18th, 2010
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More from China...

Update #5: For the last game of this tour, we arrived in Beijing and the team headed straight to the school for a game with the China PE College. The game was never close as the Reach USA Red team ran away with a 105-59 win. After this final game of the tour, the squad finished...
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May 16th, 2010
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