Matthew Hurt helps USA win basketball gold medal in 3-on-3 World Cup Championships
Oct. 9—ROCHESTER — Rochester's Matthew Hurt has helped a USA national team win a gold medal in basketball for the second time in his career.
Hurt, a John Marshall graduate, was one of four players on the U.S. squad that won the FIBA 3-on-3, 23-and-under World Cup Championships in Lublin, Poland.
The standout U.S. team rolled through the tournament unbeaten and defeated Israel 21-3 in the one-sided championship game.
Hurt, a 6-foot-9 forward, played in the tournament with Jalen Lecque, Trey McGowens and Bryce Wills.
The U.S. team finished the tournament 7-0 and Hurt scored 36 total points, which was second on the U.S. squad. He was the No. 7 overall scorer in a field that consisted of 20 teams. The winning team in each game needed to score 21 points.
McGowens led the event with 54 points and he was named the tournament MVP.
Hurt opened the tournament with seven points in a 21-12 win over Japan. He scored five points in a 21-16 win over Italy, added four points against Egypt and six against Lithuania to round out pool play.
In the championship round, Hurt scored four points in a 21-13 win over Romania in the quarterfinal round. He had a team-high eight points in a 21-10 semifinal round victory against Germany.
Hurt needed to score just three points as the U.S. won the goal with an easy win over Israel in the game for the gold medal.
The 23 — year-old Hurt has played for the Memphis Hustle in the G League for the past two years after playing two years of college ball at Duke University. The Hustle are a minor-league affiliate of the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA.
He averaged 15.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game with the Hustle during the 2022-23 season. He shot 59.5% from the field and 39.3% from 3-point range.
Hurt is expected to begin the 2023-24 season with the Hustle, but could see some team with the Grizzlies during the NBA preseason.
The G League will begin on Nov. 12.
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Rochester's Vince Herring and Dave Arlander are among the Minnesota Masters Swimming Hall of Fame class for 2023. The pair will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the club's annual meeting/banquet on Nov. 12.
Herring will enter posthumously. He passed away on Feb. 14, 2013, the day he turned 70. He was a standout swimmer in open water, but also set a number of top-10 pool times during Masters Swimming events.
He earned U.S. Masters Swimmer All-Star and All-American status back in1991 and had a long tenure of success. In 1993, he finished third in the 800-meter freestyle at the Pan Pacific Championships in New Zealand and seventh in the open 5K event at the World Masters Championships in Montreal.
Herring had a pair of top-10 finishes at the 2009 World Masters Championships in Melborune, Australia.
He had a major impact on the swimming community in Rochester in a wide variety of roles, including as a coach in club swimming. He also helped raise funds for the Rochester Recreation Center.
Arlander, 82, first joined the Rochester Swim Club in 1999. He began as a Masters Swimmer nearly a decade before that, but he began his serious Masters training after he retired in 1999.
During his career, Arlander has earned 32 U.S. Master Swimmer individual top-10 times. He excelled in the breaststroke and set state records in the 50 and 100 breaststroke for his age group back in 2011.
During high school at Alexander Ramsey in Roseville, Arlander was a state qualifier in the 100 breaststroke.
He has had a number of top-three finishes during national meets as a Masters Swimmer. Arlander was also a valuable swimmer on relays and he was part of four All-American relays over the years.
Guy N. Limbeck is a sports writer for the Post Bulletin. His Local Notebook appears each Tuesday. He can be reached at
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