Tennessee junior basketball player Santiago Vescovi will represent his country in the FIBA Olympic qualifying tournament.
Vescovi, a guard for the Volunteers, made Uruguay’s Olympic qualifying tournament in Victoria, Canada. Tournament play opens Tuesday and runs through July 4.
Uruguay will play its qualifying opener against a group stage game against Turkey on Tuesday. Uruguay then plays the Czech Republic Thursday.
The group stage will be followed by a bracket stage with Greece, China and the host Canadians making up Uruguay’s bracket.
The winner of the bracket stage will qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, which are scheduled to run from July 23 through Aug. 8.
During his career with the Volunteers, Vescovi has appeared in 46 games, making 42 starts. He has averaged 9.5 points per game.
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