USA 3x3 Boys Wrap Up Day Two as 10th seed
The USA Boys Team opened day two with a 16-11 win over South Africa. Malik Price-Martin (Monsignor Edward Pace H.S./ Miami, Fla.) led the way with nine points and Jordan Swopshire (SportsQuest Academy, Va./Ofallon, Mo.) added six.
The USA's four game winning streak came to an end versus the Czech Republic, 18-16. The Americans trailed 11-7 after the first half and could not recover. Rondaé Jefferson (Chester H.S./Chester, Pa.) led the USA offense with nine points.
The Americans closed out preliminary round play with a 15-14 win over Denmark. Jefferson finished with nine points, all from the foul line, and Swopshire and Price-Martin each contributed three points in the win. The victory improved the USA's record to 6-2, and the squad earned a 10th seed into the medal Round of 16.
Taking on Latvia, the USA recorded a 21-15 win thanks in part to 11 points from Jefferson, five from Price-Martin, four from Swopshire and one point from Shaqquan Aaron (Taft H.S./Apple Valley, Calif.).
“The Czech Republic game today was really tough,” Swopshire said. “Rondaé (Jefferson) is one of our best players, and he was fighting through some pain. We were playing strong, but he couldn’t play in the overtime period, and we just didn’t close out the game. That loss hurt a lot, and we all understood that we didn’t want to feel the misery of losing again. We used our anger to our advantage and responded well and played hard to close out the day with two wins.
“I can’t wait for tomorrow,” Swopshire said of playing Estonia in the medal round quarterfinals. “I’m really looking forward to it.”
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