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Marquette Basketball At The 2016 Rio Summer Olympics: 8/12/16

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United States 81, Canada 51 - The Americans clinched the top spot in Group B by cruising to an easy victory over their neighbors to the north on Friday afternoon.

It wasn’t all bad for the Canadians. They were only down 18-16 after the first quarter, and they only lost the fourth quarter by six points. The middle half of the game? Hooooo. Canada went just 1-for-10 from the field and committed nine turnovers as the U.S. cruised out to a 14 point lead at halftime, and then that boosted to 24 by the end of the third quarter.