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Two Colgate Hoopsters off to Europe

Wed, Aug 10, 2011

Colgate University men's basketball players, Nick Pascale and Mike Venezia, will be going on an eight-day tour (Aug. 9-17) through Belgium, Holland and London to play basketball with the Global Sports Academy. The two seniors will play five different European basketball teams while also attending cultural events and seeing historical sites of the world.

The Global Sports Academy aims to "promote international goodwill" and a better understanding between nations through sports. Pascale and Venezia will begin in Belgium where they will train, visit the Breedonk Concentration Camp, and play their first game against BC Geel. Next they will travel to Amsterdam, an important cultural center, and play their second and third games in Leiden against National Team Holland U23 and Leiden 2, respectively. The fourth game will also be in Holland against Basics Melsele. The team will then tour London before playing their fifth game in Bruges, Belgium.

Kevin Baggett of Rider University, will coach the team traveling to Europe. In addition to Pascale and Venezia, the roster includes forward Kadeem Batts and guard Gerard Coleman from Providence; center Kevin Gaines from Cincinnati; center Dorian Tyler from the University of Illinois at Chicago; forward Jamail Jones from Marquette; center Michael Bradley from Connecticut; center Caleb Patterson from Missouri State University; and guard Justin Drummond from Loyola-Maryland.

Pascale started 21 out of 30 games for the Raiders last season. He averaged 7.3 ppg and 6.6 rebounds, while recording three double-doubles. Venezia started in 12 out of the 22 games he played in for the Raiders, while serving as a co-captain for the second-straight season. He averaged 9.6 ppg and 1.9 rebounds, including a career-high 27 points versus Lehigh.

Source: Colgate

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