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Team USA defeats U.S. Virgin Islands 107-63 at FIBA Americas U18
07.20.2016 | Men's Basketball
Men's Basketball freshman Jarrett Allen posts seven points, team-high 10 rebounds and four assists in Wednesday’s win.
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VALDIVIA, Chile — University of Texas freshman Jarrett Allen posted seven points, a team-high 10 rebounds and four assists to help Team USA (2-0) to a 107-63 victory against the U.S. Virgin Islands (0-2) in preliminary round play at the 2016 FIBA Americas U18 Championship on Wednesday afternoon. Allen, who started the game, added one block and one steal in 20 minutes.
UT freshman James Banks recorded one point, five rebounds and one blocked shot in 13 minutes. Texas coach Shaka Smart is serving as head coach for the USA team.
"I thought our guys did some good things," Smart said. "I really thought we played well together, in terms of passing the basketball – 35 assists. We did a nice job against their zone of finding open pockets and making the extra pass. I thought that first group of five guys really set the tone by playing unselfishly, and then in the second half, that group did a terrific job on the defensive end. For parts of the game, we let them get loose from outside. They shot 44 threes, so they are going to make some of them, but we need to do a better job of contesting."
The Americans conclude preliminary round Group B play against host Chile on Thursday, July 21 at 7:15 p.m. Central.
The top two teams from each preliminary round group will advance to the semifinals on Friday, July 22. On Saturday, July 23, the semifinal winners will meet in the gold medal game, and the semifinal losers will play in the bronze medal game.
In addition to pursuing a gold medal, the top four finishing teams will earn a qualifying berth in the 2017 FIBA U19 World Championship. All games during the FIBA Americas U18 Championship for Men will be streamed live on FIBA's youTube channel: www.youTube.com/FIBA. Please follow The University of Texas' Men's Basketball official Twitter page (@TexasMBB) for links to live video and live stats throughout the tournament.
2016 FIBA Americas U18 Championship Results (Team USA schedule only)
Wednesday, July 20
USA 107, U.S. Virgin Islands 63
Tuesday, July 19
USA 103, Puerto Rico 70
2016 FIBA Americas U18 Championship Upcoming Schedule (Team USA schedule only)
(all times Central, all games in Valdivia, Chile)
Thursday, July 21
7:15 pm USA vs. Chile
Championship Round
Friday, July 22
Semifinals
Saturday, July 23
Finals
