The FIBA U17 Championships continue today with preliminary games during day 2 of the event. The U17 team is stocked with the best talent who will enter the college game in 2011 including two future Wildcats, Marquis Teague and Michael Gilchrist. Today, USA faced Lithuania.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]
Don Showalter, United States head coach said “Our players were well-prepared and came into the game focused. Our team is getting better with every game they play. We really have a “it’s not me, it’s we on our team“ kind of mentality.” It showed. USA pulverized the Europeans 102-66 by outscoring them 55-25 in the 1st and 3rd quarters. During the 4th quarter, team USA spent the minutes attempting mostly dunks and alley-oops and were outscored by Lithuania by 10 points.
Future Wildcats Gilchrist and Teague had low numbers in todays game. Gilchrist had 4 points in 17 minutes and Teague had 6 points in 21 minutes. During that team, the two combined for 9 turn-overs. Team USA plays next on Monday when they will face China during another preliminary round.
