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Jack White, Team Australia can’t complete comeback at World U. Games

By Kevin Connelly

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - MARCH 16: Teammates Phil Cofer #0 and Devin Vassell #24 of the Florida State Seminoles defend Jack White #41 of the Duke Blue Devils during the championship game of the 2019 Men's ACC Basketball Tournament at Spectrum Center on March 16, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - MARCH 16: Teammates Phil Cofer #0 and Devin Vassell #24 of the Florida State Seminoles defend Jack White #41 of the Duke Blue Devils during the championship game of the 2019 Men's ACC Basketball Tournament at Spectrum Center on March 16, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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The Duke Basketball captain Jack White could not lead Team Australia to the Gold Medal Match in the World University Games after the comeback attempt in the semifinals fell short.

It could have been one of the biggest comebacks in Australian Basketball history as Team Australia trailed by 11 with under five minutes to go in the fourth quarter against the Ukraine in the semifinals of the World University Games.

The Australians cut the lead to two with under 20 seconds to go, but could not get multiple attempts to go at the buzzer, giving Ukraine a 82-80 victory and a spot in the Gold Medal Game against the United States, who is being represented by the Clemson Basketball team.

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Coming off of his tournament high in points, 19,  yesterday against Argentina the Duke Basketball captain Jack White tried his best to lead the Australians to victory again, scoring 13 points and grabbing eight rebounds.

White went 5-for-10 from the field and 1-of-4 from 3-point range while also making both of his free throw attempts and finished the contest as the team’s third leading scorer.

In five games at the World University Games in Italy, White is averaging 10.0 points and 6.2 rebounds per game while shooting 64.2% from the field.

The Blue Devil is coming off his best season in Durham seeing action in 35 games and averaging 4.1 points and 4.7 rebounds in 20.5 minutes per game.

Team Australia will still have the chance to compete for a medal as the Australians will look for revenge against Israel, who defeating the Aussies by 28 points in the first game of the group stage.

With a win against Israel, Australia would improve to 4-2 in the World University Games with wins over Mexico, the Czech Republic, Argentina, and then Israel.

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The Bronze Medal Game will be held on Thursday, July 11 at 11:30am EST.

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