A U.S. Olympic team coached by a Butler County resident will play their first match of competition later today.
BC3 men’s basketball head coach Joe Lewandowski is also coach of the Team USA 3×3 men’s basketball squad who is taking on the Serbian team in France at 4:35 p.m. EST.
Lewandowski has been coaching or advising Team USA for a decade but the squad did not qualify for the Tokyo games where 3×3 basketball debuted as an Olympics sport.
Eight teams are competing to play in the gold medal game scheduled for August 5th at 6:35 p.m. EST.