The USA Men’s basketball U18 team kicked off their FIBA Americas Championship tour in a strong way on Monday afternoon with a 116-48 defeat of the Dominican Republic.
While UNC signee [autotag]Seth Trimble[/autotag] didn’t start, he had one of the strongest games on the roster and led in a few different categories. He finished with 11 points on 3-of-4 shooting. He also added a game-high five assists, game-high five steals and team-high 24 minutes.
Team USA had 25 assists on 45 made field goals.
“The biggest thing for this team is to continue to be unselfish and share the ball,” USA head coach Tad Boyle said. “There are still some things we have to get better at.”
Here is Trimble discussing the victory postgame.
Game 1 ✅ It's only up from here 📈‼️
🗣️🇺🇸 #USABMU18 @sethtrimble1 pic.twitter.com/TDj5OgGiNg
— USABJNT (@usabjnt) June 7, 2022
Fellow USA teammate and future UNC teammate [autotag]GG Jackson[/autotag] added eight points and four rebounds off of the bench as well.
USA’s next game is a matchup with Ecuador on Tuesday, June 7. The two teams have met only once prior in 2018 and the US won 132-55.
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