Winkelman, Woodside Travel to Taiwan With Athletes in Action
7/8/2008 5:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
FARGO, N.D.--North Dakota State men's basketball seniors Brett Winkelman and Ben Woodside are in Taiwan this week as part of the Athletes in Action team that will represent the United States in the 30th annual Jones Cup tournament.
Winkelman, a forward from Morris, Minn., and Woodside, a guard from Albert Lea, Minn., are part of an 11-man roster of NCAA Division I players from Harvard, Michigan, UMKC, Tennessee-Chattanooga, Washington State, West Virginia, William & Mary and Xavier.
The team will play eight games in a span of nine days beginning Thursday, July 10, in Taipei and will perform outreach activities including basketball clinics and an orphanage visit.
The Jones Cup is Asia's premier international tournament. Other countries competing this year are Australia, Qatar, Jordan, Korea, Kazakhstan, Egypt and Taiwan. Jordan won last year's tournament.
United States teams have won 15 titles since the tournament's inception in 1977. AIA last won the Jones Cup in 2006.
2008 Athletes in Action Jones Cup Tour Roster
Dane Brumagin, G, UMKC
Da'Sean Butler, F, West Virginia
Nick Graham, G, Washington State
Marcus Kitts, F, William & Mary
Damian Long, G, Harvard
Laval Lucas-Perry, G, Michigan
Stephen McDowell, G, Tennessee-Chattanooga
Jamel McLean, F, Xavier
Wellington Smith, F, West Virginia
Brett Winkelman, F, North Dakota State
Ben Woodside, G, North Dakota State
Coach: Dave Bliss
General Manager: Morris Michalski
