Powered by 17 points from Gary Trent, Jr., and 16 points from Collin Sexton, Team USA exploded past Turkey, 96-56, in the gold medal game of the 2016 FIBA U17 World Championship. It’s the 30th straight win for the Baby Nats in the U17 tournament as they picked up their fourth gold medal without ever losing a game in championship history.
This is important, of course, because incoming Marquette men’s basketball freshman Markus Howard was a member of this year’s U17 squad. Howard wrapped up his time in high school early and left Findlay Prep this spring, allowing him to begin his collegiate career well ahead of the Class of 2017 and 2018 recruits that were his teammates in Zaragosa, Spain.