USA Beats Croatia in Overtime to Win FIBA U19 World Championship
Posted Jul 5, 2015
Facing its toughest game of the tournament, the United States defended its U19 title with a 79-71 overtime victory over Croatia in the gold-medal game of the FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Greece. One day after dropping 30 points on the Italians in the semifinals, Villanova freshman Jalen Brunson went for 14 points, 2016 star forward Harry Giles came on strong late and finished with 13 points and 16 rebounds and Jayson Tatum added 13 points.
(Zag's Blog)
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