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Michigan's Caleb Houstan, Canada win bronze at FIBA U19 World Cup

Michigan freshman Caleb Houstan picked up some more hardware before making his way to Ann Arbor.

Houstan helped Team Canada earn the bronze medal and its second podium finish at the FIBA U19 World Cup in Latvia by knocking off Serbia, 101-92, Sunday in the third-place game.

Caleb Houstan (5) scored in double figures six times as Canada went 6-1 and finished third in the FIBA U19 World Cup.

The 6-foot-8 forward finished with 17 points (7-for-16 shooting), five rebounds, three assists and two steals in a game where Canada squandered a 15-point lead and trailed by as much as 11 before using a late 11-0 run to pull ahead for good.

“It was a goal for us to beat (the United States) and win the gold medal.