<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">All Semih Erden could do was slam the ball off the court in frustration. No matter what the Turkish center and his mates on the World Select Team tried in Saturday night's Nike Hoop Summit -- double-teams, triple-teams and a new version of Hack-a-Shaq -- they simply could not stop Tyler Hansbrough. On a U.S. Junior National Select Team dominated by guards thinking about declaring for the NBA Draft, it was the workmanlike Hansbrough, a 6-9, 240-pound forward from Poplar Bluff, Mo., who stole the international spotlight at FedExForum. The North Carolina signee had a game-high 31 points and 10 rebounds as the U.S. cruised past the World team, 106-98, before an estimated crowd of 3,870 in the eighth-annual Hoop Summit. "We had some big boys out there. We were hoping we could physically do a better job," World coach Rob Beveridge said. "The difference between our players and Tyler was Tyler was tenacious in getting after the boards. When the ball's up and we don't block out, that's gonna cause some problems for us. "Unfortunately, Tyler was too good for us on the day." Martynas Pocius, a Duke signee from Lithuania, scored 20 points to lead a World team that trailed by as many as 20 points. "I was expecting a good team but not this good," said Greek forward Dusan Sakota, who added 15 points. "They were smart players. They used ball reversals and penetrated and got good shots." Coming into the game, most of the hype surrounded the U.S. team's outstanding trio of NBA-gazing guards. </div> Source
