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A story about Marscilla Packer's USA team;

Marscilla Packer's USA Basketball U21 Team Diary
Senior shooting guard helped USA to three exhibition victories, team toured French Riviera.


Since June 12, Marscilla Packer, a senior guard on the Ohio State women's basketball team, has tried out and made USA Basketball's U21 World Championship team. The squad trained in Colorado Springs, Colo., until June 16 before traveling to France for three exhibition games vs. the French U21 National team. The Americans won all three games.
Throughout trials, the trip to France and the exhibition contests, USA Basketball has provided diaries for each player on the team. Here is Packer's latest entry after touring Cannes and the French Riviera. Packer Entry No. 3
"Wow. I kind of feel bad. I wish my family could see what we saw, especially in Cannes the other day. That was just gorgeous, the water, being able to eat right there on the beach and stuff. That was really amazing. It was one of my favorite parts so far.

GALLERY
 
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News from U21 Women's BB.

USA U21 Women Claw Back From 16-Point Deficit For 90-88 Win Over Australia


Never giving up, despite falling into an early double-digit deficit, the USA Basketball Women's U21 World Championship Team (1-0) tipped-off play Friday morning at the 2007 FIBA U21 World Championship with a hard-fought 90-88 victory over Australia (0-1) in Moscow, Russia. Paving the USA's road to victory were USA team captain Candice Wiggins' (Stanford / San Diego, Calif.) 30 points and Crystal Langhorne's (Maryland / Willingboro, N.J.) double-double of 24 points and 16 rebounds, including 10 on the offensive end. "It was coming from everybody, the bench, the coaches, the people on the court, everybody was always telling us we're going to get back," said Wiggins. "Everyone was believing in it, it was really genuine. In our hearts we knew we were going to come back. That says a lot about our team and I'm so excited. It was our first game, but it was a huge win for us."
 
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Packer Stars again.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - [URL="http://admin.xosn.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1057387"]Marscilla Packer[/URL], a senior shooting guard on the Ohio State women's basketball team, helped the USA U21 team knock off Belgium, 104-53, Friday at the 2007 FIBA U21 World Championships in Moscow. Packer scored 10 points for the second time in as many games and pitched in with three rebounds, three assists and a set of steals as the Americans advanced to a semifinal meeting with host Russia Saturday.
Packer scored her 10 on 4-9 FG shooting in 18 minutes off the bench. She went 1-4 from beyond the 3-point arc and turned in a pair of the Americans' 16 steals. She leads the USA in steals during the U21 championships with 11 through six games. She is averaging 6.2 points and 2.5 rebounds a game and is tied for the team lead with 10 assists.
After taking a modest 5-point lead at the conclusion of the first quarter (23-18), the USA used a decisive second-period advantage to take control of the contest. The Americans outscored Belgium, 27-9, in period two and held a 50-27 halftime lead. The USA more than doubled-up Belgium in the third stanza (25-12) en route to the lopsided victory.
The Americans held Belgium to just a 32 percent FG clip (19-58) and converted 44 percent of their own tries (35-79) as six from the USA scored in double digits. The Americans forced Belgium into committing 23 turnovers and held a one-sided edge on the boards at 61-23.
 
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Congrats to Marscilla, who has been placed on the Wade Trophy (Player of the Year) watch list.

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August 14, 2007 8:45 PM
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Women's Basketball: Senior Guard Marscilla Packer has been named to the "Wade Watch" list, otherwise known as the 2007-08 State Farm Wade Trophy Watch List.
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The Wade Trophy is given annually to the NCAA Division I Player of the Year. The award winner will be announced during the Women's Final Four in Tampa, Florida.​

This summer, Packer won her second gold medal competing with USA Basketball in the 2007 FIBA U21 World Championships in Moscow.​
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Marscilla Packer made the final in the women's 3-point contest.

Congrats to Marscilla for finishing second among 8 competitors, she lost 15-18 in the final round.
 
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Dispatch

WNBA draft: Phoenix brings OSU guard's dream to life

Thursday, April 10, 2008 3:08 AM
By Jim Massie


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Basketball became business for Ohio State guard Marscilla Packer yesterday after the defending champion Phoenix Mercury selected her in the third round with the 41st pick of the WNBA draft.
"It was a long time to wait, but I'm blessed," said Packer, who attended the draft in Tampa, Fla., with family members. "It's been a dream."
A graduate of Pickerington North High School, Packer was one of two Big Ten players chosen. Wisconsin guard Jolene Anderson went to the Connecticut Sun with the 23rd pick in the second round.

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