JaMychal Green of Alabama scored a game-high 17 points and Syracuse’s Scoop Jardine added 16 points to lead Team USA to a 112-68 win over South Korea Monday in the World University Games in China.
Trevor Mbakwe of Minnesota scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Pitt’s Ashton Gibbs had 14 points and four assists and Michigan State’s Draymond Green finished with 12 points, 12 boards and four steals.
Team USA is now 3-0 entering Wednesday’s game with Finland.
“We’re an unselfish team,” Jardine said. “We don’t have too many superstars. We have a lot of good players, a lot of older players who have played in college three years and when you have a core like that, everybody knows what it takes to win games, we’ve all played in big games and that’s what it’s going to take to win the gold medal.”
The USA’s size advantage led to 23 offensive rebounds and 64 points in the paint, allowing South Korea just 28 points from the key, and the U.S. offense shot a solid 54.9 percent from the field (45-82 FGs) as all 12 players recorded at least 10 minutes of action.
“It’s always great to sit down and know that the team out there is still going to play well,” Green said. “We’re not losing anything. That’s always a great thing.”
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