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PORTLAND, Ore.– Terrance Ferguson is undecided on his future after de-committing from Alabama. The 6-6 McDonald’s All American guard from Advanced Prep International in Dallas, may have sent out a hint when he wore an Arizona shirt to practice this week, but Kansas and Baylor are still in the mix. Ferguson is still working to fulfill his academic requirements and there is even some speculation he could even follow in the footsteps of former prep school teammate and now defunct Prime Prep star Edmond Mudiay, an NBA lottery pick, and play overseas for a year before declaring for the NBA draft.

Whatever he does, he will never forget the way he played in the Nike Hoop Summit here at the Moda Center Saturday afternoon

Ferguson was spectacular.

He scored a dazzling 21 points as the U.S.A. buried a group of International 19-and-under stars, 101-67, in the best of the post season All Star games. He set a Hoop Summit record with seven threes on 7 for 11 shooting and made six straight at one point.

“I had a hot hand and if players are going to feed me, I’m going to shoot,” Ferguson said. “I need some ice on my hand to cool it down. I don;t want to touch the mike because I’m so hot. It just happened. After I made the second time I was like I’m feeling it now. I got to go with it.”

Ferguson had the type of performance Canadian guard Jamal Murray had last year when the teenage prodigy, who played for Kentucky this year and should be a high lottery pick, scored 30 for the Internationals, who defeated the U.S. Selects, 103-101, in this game.

“He played great,” US select forward Josh Jackson from Prolific Prep in Napa, Calif. said. “I’ve known Terrance for about 4-5 years and I’ve never seen him shoot like that before When he’s like that, he’s got the ultimate green light.”

It was the perfect way for him to wrap up his USA Basketball Youth Development career.

Ferguson, Jackson, forward Jayson Tatum from St. Louis Chaminade College Prep and forward Harry Giles, who missed the season at Oak Hill with an ACL but was a ceremonial choice on the roster, have played together on the U.S. U17 and U19 teams that won gold medals at two World Championships in Dubai and Crete and have forged a close bond, much like players on the U.S. Senior National team.

Giles and Tatum has already signed at Duke. Jackson will choose between Arizona, Kansas and Michigan State and announce his college choice this Monday on twitter. Ferguson is up in the air but no deadline. Tatum scored 14 points, grabbed 4 rebounds and contributed 2 steals and a pair of assists for the U.S. and 6-6 guard Markelle Fultz from DaMatha Md., Catholic, who will enroll at the University of Washington, added 11 points, 5 steals, 3 rebounds and 3 steals for the USA, which made 14 threes in a dominating performance.

It was total domination.

The USA had 11 impact players on its roster. There were at least 20 more players in this class who were good enough to play in this game.

“A lot of people have said it before and it was hard for me to see it, but I really can understand this class is special,” Jackson said. “We have so many players who are so versatile and can so many things.”

Jackson is considered by some to be the best prospect in the Class of 2016, ahead of the injured Giles. He finished with seven points and 4 rebounds, but it didn’t matter. The USA squeezed the life out of the Internationals by smothering them with pressure defense that forced the Select team to initiate their offense from 35 feet at times and forced them into 29 turnovers. Part of the problem was coach Roy Rana only had one point guard, Andres Feliz from the Dominican Republic; and even though Feliz attended school at West Oaks Academy in Orlando, Fla and was good enough to earn a scholarship to play for South Florida, he was overmatched, committing seven turnovers getting to get the ball into the attacking zone against players like 6-3 point guard De’Aaron Fox, a Kentucky recruit from Katy, Tex.; Fultz and Jackson. The USA limited the Internationals to just 33 percent shooting and only 3 of 19 three point attempts.

“They just picked out our weaknesses and took advantage of them,” 7-0 junior center DeAndre Ayton from the Bahamas, who attends Hillcrest Academy in Phoenix and is considered the best prospect in the class of 2017.

Ayton scored 8 points and grabbed 7 rebounds for the International Select. But he looked like just another frustrated player, trying to score inside against USA 6-10, 254 pound Marques Bolden from DeSoto, Tex. and 6-9 Jarrett Allen from St. Stephens Academy in Austin. Bolden will decide between Duke and Kentucky. Allen is down to Texas and Houston.

The USA opened the game on a lethal 16-0 run, then quickly turned the game into a blowout by halftime.

“Our goal was to come out aggressive and I think we did a good job of that,” USA coach L.J. Goolsby, from the KC Run GMC travel team, said.

They not only threw the first punch, but the second and third, establishing the largest margin of victory in the game’s 19 year history.

Dick Weiss is a sportswriter and columnist who has covered college football and college and professional basketball for the Philadelphia Daily News and the New York Daily News. He has received the Curt Gowdy Award from the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and is a member of the national Sportswriters Hall of Fame. He has also co-written several books with Rick Pitino, John Calipari, Dick Vitale and authored a tribute book on Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski.

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