Maryland freshman Guillermo Del Pino shines in elite U-18 FIBA EuroBasket tourney
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Maryland incoming freshman Guillermo Del Pino is spending his summer playing on the international circuit, representing his home country, Spain, in the Under-18 EuroBasket championships, his last amateur tournament before joining his new teammates at College Park.
De Pino played 21 minutes on Saturday and scored nine points (shooting 2 for 3 from beyond the arc), had three assists, and had two rebounds as Spain defeated Latvia 103-83 in its opening game of the tournament.
Solid showing from incoming Terps freshman Guillermo Del Pino, who started and played 21 minutes for Spain and helped lead them to a 103-73 win over Latvia at the FIBA U18 Eurobasket:
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- 9 Points (2-4 3P)
- 3 Assists
- 2 Rebounds pic.twitter.com/ZP8zQrUqsT
The 6-foot-5 guard out of Cordoba, Spain, is a highly decorated player on the international scene. Del Pino was the Most Valuable Player of the 2023 FIBA Under-16 European Championship, where he averaged 14.6 points in leading Spain to the gold medal, becoming the third consecutive Spanish player to win the MVP award. He scored 26 points in the quarterfinals against Slovenia and 22 points in the final against Italy, and shot 45.5 percent from three-point range for the tournament.
Del Pino will bring experience playing professional basketball internationally to the Maryland basketball program, where he was a key member of the Cordoba Club de Baloncesto of the Spanish Segunda League, where he averaged 10.3 points in 17 games during the 2024-25 season, playing at just 17 years old.
Del Pino averaged 11 points a game at the Under-17 Basketball World Cup, earning himself an All-Star selection from the tournament.
Spain will play Slovenia on Sunday in the tournament in Group D of Division A.
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Brandon is a lifelong sports long sports fanatic with over a decade in sports media. He's a Prince George’s County, Maryland native who has spent most of his adult life in the Greater Pittsburgh Area. After getting his start as an intern with Sportsradio 93.7 the fan in Pittsburgh, he covered high school sports for TribTotalMedia, covered Pittsburgh Athletics for Pittsburgh Sports Report, Pittsburgh Sports Now (Penn State coverage), and was credentialed for the 2022 season for the New Pittsburgh Courier. Brandon is now covering HBCU Sports for Urban Media Today, as well covering the Terps for Maryland on SI.