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Powers Guides USA Basketball to an 80-68 Win Over Italy in World University Games

Aerial Powers scores 22 points to lead USA to Group B win.

East Lansing, Michigan – Michigan State women’s basketball player Aerial Powers led Team USA to an 80-68 win over Italy in their opening game of the World University Games Saturday in Dongkang, South Korea.

USA is now 1-0 in Group B action. The Czech Republic also moved to 1-0 in Group B with a win against China. Both Italy and China are 0-1 in Group B action.

Powers and Stanford’s Erica McCall both scored a game-high 22 points. This was Powers’ first international action.