Following a dominating performance in Group D of the FIBA U19 World Cup, Team USA continued to show its dominance in the round of 16. Against Jordan on Wednesday, the United States dominated to advance to the quarterfinals.
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Team USA more than doubled the score of Jordan, meaning the coaching staff was able to split the playing time of its players. No player single-handedly dominated the game. Instead, the USA players split playing time and scored 140 points as a unit.
Team USA vs. Jordan box score
Team
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Total
Jordan
15
22
19
11
67
USA
32
35
39
34
140
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Team USA box score
FG
2PT FG
3PT FG
FT
PTS
OREB
DREB
REB
AST
PF
TO
STL
BLK
+/-
EFF
Koa Peat
6 for 10
6 for 10
0 for 0
1 for 2
13
1
2
3
1
0
0
1
0
23
13
JJ Mandaquit
2 for 4
2 for 3
0 for 1
3 for 3
7
0
0
0
2
0
3
2
0
16
6
Caleb Holt
5 for 13
3 for 5
2 for 8
1 for 1
13
0
5
5
4
0
1
4
0
38
17
AJ Dybantsa
2 for 4
2 for 2
0 for 2
3 for 3
7
3
1
4
2
1
0
1
1
24
13
Jasper Johnson
3 for 6
1 for 1
2 for 5
0 for 0
8
2
0
2
1
1
0
1
1
17
10
Mikel Brown Jr.
1 for 3
0 for 0
1 for 3
0 for 0
3
0
0
0
4
0
1
2
0
22
6
Jordan Smith Jr.
6 for 9
6 for 8
0 for 1
1 for 2
13
1
1
2
1
0
1
4
0
27
15
Tyran Stokes
9 for 11
9 for 10
0 for 1
1 for 3
19
1
10
11
10
2
0
7
0
44
43
Brandon McCoy
6 for 10
6 for 6
0 for 4
1 for 2
13
1
1
2
7
2
1
4
0
41
20
Morez Johnson Jr.
8 for 9
8 for 9
0 for 0
3 for 3
19
3
2
5
0
0
0
2
1
24
26
Nikolas Khamenia
4 for 8
2 for 2
2 for 6
0 for 0
10
0
4
4
3
2
1
2
0
48
14
Daniel Jacobsen
7 for 9
7 for 7
0 for 2
1 for 1
15
4
1
5
2
1
1
1
5
41
25
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Team Jordan box score
FG
2PT FG
3PT FG
FT
PTS
OREB
DREB
REB
AST
PF
TO
STL
BLK
+/-
EFF
Saif
Al-Deen Saleh
2 for 6
0 for 1
2 for 5
0 for 0
6
0
2
2
1
2
4
0
0
-42
1
Omar
Khaled Mahmoud Salman
4 for 12
2 for 5
2 for 7
2 for 3
12
2
5
7
1
1
1
1
0
-48
11
Omar
Hijazi
0 for 1
0 for 0
0 for 1
0 for 0
0
0
2
2
0
0
3
0
0
-26
-2
Rawhi
Zeid Rawhi Zeid Kilani
2 for 8
2 for 4
0 for 4
0 for 0
6
2
2
4
3
0
6
1
0
-47
3
Altayyeb
Kassem
3 for 4
0 for 1
3 for 3
0 for 0
9
0
0
0
0
4
3
0
0
-33
5
Abdallah
Shatat
1 for 4
0 for 0
1 for 4
0 for 0
3
0
0
0
0
2
5
1
0
-14
-4
Abdallah
Abu-Saab
4 for 8
3 for 6
1 for 2
0 for 2
9
1
2
3
4
3
7
0
0
-36
3
Hussein
Ahmad Ababneh
2 for 5
2 for 5
0 for 0
0 for 0
4
0
1
1
1
3
2
0
0
-31
1
Karim
Ashraf Lutfi Aljaibat
7 for 16
5 for 9
2 for 7
0 for 0
16
3
2
5
0
1
2
3
0
-48
13
Faris
Mucharbach
1 for 7
1 for 6
0 for 1
0 for 0
2
3
3
6
1
4
3
0
0
-40
0
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Team USA vs. Jordan summary
Team USA headed into this round of 16 matchup against Jordan as a huge favorite. It didn't take the team long for the team to show why it's one of the favorites to win the tournament. After some back-and-forth play in the early stages of the first quarter, Team USA started to pull ahead. By the time the fourth quarter concluded, the United States led 32-15.
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Jordan had its best performance of the game in the second quarter, scoring 22 points. However, the Americans scored even more than they did in the first quarter, putting up 35 points and taking a 67-37 lead into halftime.
The third quarter once again showed the dominance of the United States, putting up 39 points to Jordan's 19. In the fourth quarter, the Americans pulled away even further, showcasing their offensive and defensive dominance, scoring 34 points while limiting Jordan to 11.
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Jordan Smith Jr. and Morez Johnson Jr. led the way for the United States, putting up 19 points each. However, it was a balanced effort with eight players putting up 10 points or more.
The quarterfinals will take place on Friday, and fans will get to watch a rivalry matchup. The United States will play against its Northern rivals, Canada, for a spot in the semifinals.
Canada also performed well in the round of 16, although not as dominantly as Team USA. The Canadians defeated Mali 100-75 to advance to the quarterfinals.
All quarterfinal matchups will be played on Friday, followed by the semifinals on Saturday. The two remaining teams will compete in the final on Sunday, and the champion will be crowned. As things stand, the United States looks like the favorite to win.
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Alexander O'Reilly is a journalist at Sportskeeda from Kingston, Ontario with over seven years in the field at companies including SenShot, RVBlogger, Monarch Media, WordAgents, GSeC LLC, and IGC.
His favorite college team is Duke, and his favorite sporting memory was Duke winning March Madness in 2010. JJ Redick was Alex's favorite college player when he was young but more recently, Caleb Williams gets the nod. As the Chicago Bears are Alex's favorite NFL team, this was a perfect match.
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