USA Basketball’s under-18 men’s national team scored 45 straight points to open its 118-26 rout of Panama in a second-round FIBA Americas U18 Championship game contested Monday in St. Catherines, Canada.
The Bill Self-coached U.S. team, which has won its first two preliminary round games, held a 45-0 lead when Panama (0-2) finally scored its first basket with 8:02 left in the second quarter. The U.S. stretched its lead to 70-8 at halftime and led 99-17 entering the final stanza.
Kansas freshman combo guard Quentin Grimes, who started and played 16 minutes, scored nine points with three rebounds, three assists and two steals.