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Lunchtime Links: Meanwhile, in China …

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While most of Pullman has been gearing up for fall sports season, DaVonte Lacy and the Pac-12 All-Stars have been barnstorming around China and beating up on professional teams. The All-Stars are 2-0, both blowout victories, and Lacy has been a solid contributor averaging 6.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and three assists per game.

The All-Stars will face their toughest test tomorrow in the Shanghai Sharks, former NBA All-Star Yao Ming's old team that he now owns. The Sharks have a couple former American college basketball stars in Quincy Douby and Darnell Jackson, so the All-Stars should get a good test. Unfortunately, it appears that the team will no longer face the Guandong Southern Tigers and former NBA lottery pick Yi Jianlian.

We have a couple links to pass along after the jump.

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-- Don't miss this feature by Andrew Greif on the impact the death of Oregon recruit Terrance Kelly's death still has one decade later.

-- Brian Anderson explains WSU's screen game.

-- You're not going to believe this but college football players are going to miss seeing themselves in a video game.

-- It looks like we'll finally get a battle of the OSUs.

-- USC's Cody Kessler isn't injured, but maybe his ego is a bit wounded.



Jacob Thorpe
Jacob Thorpe joined The Spokesman-Review in 2013. He currently is a reporter for the Sports Desk covering Washington State University athletics.

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