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Three Purdue Basketball Players Invited to USA Basketball U19 Tryouts

Sophomore Jaden Ivey and freshmen Caleb Furst and Trey Kaufman-Renn were invited to compete for spots on the 12-member team that will represent the USA at the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup for Men.

D.J. Fezler

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Three members of the 2021-22 Purdue basketball team were invited to attend the 2021 USA Basketball Men's U19 World Cup Team training camp. 

Sophomore Jaden Ivey and freshmen Caleb Furst and Trey Kaufman-Renn will compete on June 20-22 in Fort Worth, Texas. They will look to earn spots on the 12-member team that will represent the USA at the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup for Men. 

The three Boilermakers are among 27 athletes trying out. Purdue is the only college program with three members vying for a roster spot. Gonzaga, Baylor and Ohio State each have two players. 

Members of the Purdue basketball program have had success in the U19 World Cup in each of the last three events. Caleb Swanigan won gold in Greece in 2015, Carsen Edwards won bronze in Egypt in 2017 and Trevion Williams was a gold medalist in Greece in 2019. 

Ivey a Big Ten All-Freshman team selection last season and was mentioned as a preseason All-American for the 2021-22 season. He averaged 11.1 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.

Over his last six games in 2020-21, Ivey scored an average of 18.2 points per game and added 3.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists while shooting 46.8% from the field. He scored 26 points in the team's NCAA Tournament game against North Texas. It was the second-most ever by a Big Ten player in an NCAA Tournament debut. 

Furst is an incoming 6-foot-10 freshman from Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was named Indiana's Mr. Basketball after a state championship victory in his senior year at Blackhawk Christian. He scored 2,087 points in his career and was the program's all-time leading scorer and rebounder. 

Kaufman-Renn is another incoming freshman at Purdue. The 6-foot-9 forward from Sellersburg, Indiana, is a two-time state champion at Silver Creek High School and finished as the runner-up for Indiana Mr. Basketball in 2021. He left Silver Creek after scoring 1,832 points and grabbing 867 rebounds. 

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D.J. FEZLER

D.J. Fezler is a staff writer for BoilermakersCountry.com. Hailing from The Region, he is from Cedar Lake in Northwest Indiana and has spent the last two years covering Purdue football and basketball. 

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