Team USA took a close contest in the third quarter and stretched it to a double-digit lead for most of the fourth quarter and held on to defeat Team Canada in the Fiba U19 semifinal 92-86.
For the three Purdue players, two will go into tomorrow feeling good with a Gold medal game waiting for them, Caleb Furst and Jaden Ivey, while the biggest Boilermaker on the international scene will have a bronze medal game waiting despite Zach Edey’s monstrous 16 point 16 rebound game.
It was a rocky game, and by that I mean, there were a lot of rocks and bricks thrown back and forth.