The World University Games team just took the floor for the first of two sessions. The U-19 opening session today ended with three spirited scrimmages.

The Blue team (including UConn incoming freshman Kelly Faris and former Trinity Catholic star Da'Shena Stevens) won the first scrimmage 14-11 as Tennessee incoming freshman Taber Spani, a former UConn recruiting target, missed an open 3-pointer at the buzzer. Ohio State rising sophomore Samantha Prahalis led the Blue squad back from an 11-4 deficit with six points on a scrimmage-ending 10-0 run. The Blue team won the second scrimmage 8-4 behind four points from former UConn recruiting target Kelsey Bone. The White won the last scrimmage 11-4 as incoming Nebraska freshman Lindsay Moore had four points.

Here are my unofficial (with emphasis on unofficial) stats.

Layshia Clarendon (a speedy point guard headed to California), Moore, Prahalis and Stanford rising sophomore Sarah Boothe had six points each while Spani had five points (including the only 3-pointer in the three scrimmages). UCLA rising sophomore Atonye Nyingifa, Texas A&M sophomore to be Sydney Carter and DePaul sophomore to be Keshia Hampton had three rebounds each while Moore, Bone, Prahalis and Pittsburgh rising sophomore Pepper Wilson had two rebounds each. Hampton also had two blocks while LSU rising sophomore LaSondra Barrett had a steal and block. The only players I had with no stats (points, rebounds, assists, steals or blocks) were Ohio State signee Tayler Hill and Penn State incoming freshman Nikki Greene.