Semifinal bound in Switzerland
July 04, 2025 | Men's Basketball
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Christian Anderson and Grant McCasland are one win away from meeting up in the FIBA U19 World Cup after a pair of quarterfinal wins on Friday. Anderson scored 18 points and added eight rebounds and four assists in an 80-67 win over Australia before McCasland and the USA earned a 108-102 win over Canada.
Anderson is now averaging 15.2 points, 6.2 assists and 4.8 rebounds per game in the tournament. Against Australia, Anderson was 3-for-6 on 3-pointers after a game against Serbia in the Round of 16 where he had 12 assists. Through five games in Switzerland, Anderson is fifth in assists overall and also posted a 29-point performance against Canada in pool play.
Germany will play Slovenia in the semifinals on Saturday with the finals to be played on Sunday. The USA will play either Switzerland or New Zealand in its semifinal matchup on Saturday.Â
Anderson is coming off a freshman season at Texas Tech where he earned All-Big 12 Freshman Team honors after averaging 10.6 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. He is listed as the second-best prospect in the tournament on the FIBA website. An Atlanta, Georgia native, Anderson holds dual citizenship with his father originally from Germany. He scored a career-high 22 points in a win over Arkansas in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 and finished the season tied for the team-high with 71 made 3-pointers. In conference play, Anderson averaged 11.4 points and shot 42.2 percent from beyond the arc. Â
McCasland has led Texas Tech to a 51-20 record over his first two season in Lubbock and is in his second year serving as an assistant coach for Team USA. Last summer, McCasland helped Team USA to the 2024 FIBA U18 AmeriCup Championship in Argentina before he led Tech to the 2025 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight. Earlier this summer, McCasland signed a six-year extension which has him leading the Red Raiders through the 2030-31 season.
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