| FINAL STANDINGS 1. United States 2. Argentina 3. CANADA 4. Dominican Republic 5. Brazil 6. Venezuela 7. Puerto Rico 8. Belize | CANADIANS Olivier Rioux (Montreal, Que.) Jalen Rougier-Roane (Bowie, MD) Efeosa Oliogu (Markham, Ont.) Tristan Beckford (Maple, Ont.) Tyrus Rathan-Mayes (Scarborough, Ont.) Torian Lee (Surrey, B.C.) Ramogi Nyagudi (Winnipeg, Man.) Jaion Pitt (Norwood, Ont.) Spencer Ahrens (Oakville, Ont.) Matthew Dann (Oakville, Ont.) Justus Haseley (Scarborough, Ont.) Marial Akuentok (Edmonton, Alta.) Ramón Díaz Sánchez – coach Nathan Grant – assistant Charles Hantoumakos – assistant Kyle Landry – assistant |
| POOL A | DOM | CAN | VEN | PUR | Record | |||||
| Dominican Republic | —– | 79-77 | 99-63 | 63-52 | (3-0) | |||||
| Canada | 77-79 | —– | 89-53 | 93-54 | (2-1) | |||||
| Venezuela | 63-99 | 53-89 | —– | 80-69 | (1-2) | |||||
| Puerto Rico | 52-63 | 54-93 | 69-80 | —– | (0-3) | |||||
| POOL B | USA | ARG | BRZ | BLZ | Record | |||||
| United States | —– | 88-66 | 88-57 | 150-54 | (3-0) | |||||
| Argentina | 66-88 | —– | 66-74 | 109-73 | (1-2) | |||||
| Brazil | 57-88 | 74-66 | —– | 102-106 | (1-2) | |||||
| Belize | 54-150 | 73-109 | 106-102 | —– | (1-2) | |||||
| QF | Canada 72 Brazil 68 | |||||||||
| QF | Dominican Republic 79 Belize 69 | |||||||||
| QF | United States 98 Puerto Rico 66 | |||||||||
| QF | Argentina 79 Venezuela 75 | |||||||||
| 5-8th | Brazil 71 Puerto Rico 57 | |||||||||
| 5-8th | Venezuela 87 Belize 80 | |||||||||
| Semi | Argentina 75 Dominican Republic 66 | |||||||||
| Semi | United States 107 Canada 69 | |||||||||
| 7th | Puerto Rico 79 Belize 51 | |||||||||
| 5th | Brazil 66 Venezuela 64 | |||||||||
| Bronze | Canada 89 Dominican Republic 67 | |||||||||
| Final | United States Argentina | |||||||||
In their opener, Canada fell 79-77 to the Dominican Republic in overtime. The Dominican Republic led 15-13 after one quarter by capitalizing on a 9-0 run. Canada led 35-30 at the half and 53-43 after three quarters after Ramogi Nyagudi and Jalen Rougier-Roane notched late treys. Tristan Beckford notched an and-one to give Canada a 59-54 lead with six minutes to play. A trey from Justus Haseley gave Canada a 65-56 lead with less than five minutes to play. But the wheels fell off. The Dominican Republic knotted the score at 67 with two minutes to play. With 11 seconds to play, Canada pilfered the ball but was unable to finish on a runout, sending the game into overtime with the score knotted at 69. The Dominican Republic’s Frank Siaca hit the winning runner and Canada coughed up the ball on its last possession. Canadian coach Ramón Díaz said “{ball movement] was definitely an emphasis in training camp and a pillar of our offense. Every game is a growth opportunity; we will definitely grow from this. … I think we showed a lot of character in that game as a group,” said coach Díaz. “Unfortunately, we didn’t close out the game like we wanted to, but I think we all understand what we need to do to take that next step.” Lucas Morillo paced the Dominican Republic with 19 on 5-10 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 6-9 from the line, 8 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Felix Jorge added 16 on 5-9 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 0-1 from the line, 4 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Danny Carbuccia notched 12 on 1-10 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 7-7 from the line, 5 boards, 9 assists and 6 steals. Frank Siaca scored 9 on 4-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 9 boards and 4 assists. Fernando De Los Santos added 9 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 3 boards. Yenndy Baez scored 4 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the line and 5 boards. Adrian Brito added 3 on 1-1 from the arc. Albert Reyes scored 3 on 1-1 from the arc. Anderson Diaz added 2 on 1-4 from the floor and 0-2 from the arc. Wilmer De La Rosa scored 2 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 0-1 from the line and 3 boards, while Christopher Maldonado was scoreless and Darell Mercedes did not play. The Dominican Republic (coach Jose Cabrera, assistant Jose Frias) hit 28-75 (.373) overall, 21-54 (.389) from the floor, 7-21 from the arc and 16-26 (.615) from the line, while garnering 48 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 19 assists, 24 fouls, 22 turnovers, 14 steals and 4 blocks. Tristan Beckford paced Canada with 12 on 5-10 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 10 boards. Justus Haseley added 11 on 1-4 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 6 boards, 5 assists and 2 steals. Jalen Roane notched 10 on 1-3 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 3 boards. Efeosa Oliogu scored 10 on 2-7 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 2 boards and 5 assists. Jaion Pitt added 9 on 4-6 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-3 from the line, 9 boards and 3 assists. Ramogi Nyagudi scored 8 on 1-3 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 2 boards and 5 assists. Marial Akuentok added 6 on 3-5 from the floor and 4 boards. Spencer Ahrens scored 6 on 2-8 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 3 boards and 4 steals. Olivier Rioux added 4 on 2-4 from the floor and 6 boards. Matthew Dann scored 1 on 0-3 from the floor, 1-4 from the line, 4 boards and 2 blocks, while Tyrus Rathan-Mayes and Torian Lee were scoreless. Canada hit 29-79 (.367) overall, 21-55 (.382) from the floor, 8-24 (.333) from the arc and 11-21 (.524) from the line, while garnering 56 boards, including 19 on the offensive glass, 21 assists, 20 fouls, 21 turnovers, 12 steals and 6 blocks.
Canada improved to (1-1) by clocking Puerto Rico 93-54 after leading 26-15, 59-33 and 80-48 at the quarters. “I thought our guys showed an incredible amount of toughness and resilience today,” said coach Ramón Díaz. “We knew we didn’t play like ourselves yesterday, and after we watched film as a group last night and identified some deficiencies, our boys came in today and executed.” Matthew Dann said “we got 40 mins in, and it was all hard work. Rebounding was our main goal, pushing the ball ahead in transition.” Efeosa Oliogu said “I would say the energy we came out with was really high,” said Efeosa Oliogu. “We came out on a loss yesterday in a close game that I know we should have won. This was just motivation to come out and dominate. We should always have this mentality, and we will continue it throughout the tournament.” Matthew Dann paced Canada with 18 on 7-7 from the floor, 4-6 from the line, 7 boards and 2 blocks. Jalen Roane added 15 on 1-2 from the floor, 4-6 from the arc, 2 boards and 3 assists. Efeosa Oliogu notched 13 on 5-12 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 3-3 from the line, 4 boards, 5 assists and 2 steals. Tristan Beckford scored 8 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 6 boards. Olivier Rioux added 7 on 1-4 from the floor, 5-6 from the line and 9 boards. Spencer Ahrens scored 7 on 3-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-3 from the line, 3 boards and 3 assists. Ramogi Nyagudi notched 7 on 0-1 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 boards. Justus Haseley scored 6 on 3-3 from the floor, 2 boards, 5 assists and 3 steals. Torian Lee added 5 on 1-1 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 7 assists. Jaion Pitt scored 5 on 2-4 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 3 boards and 2 steals. Tyrus Rathan-Mayes added 2 from 1-3 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 6 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals, while Marial Akuentok did not play. Canada hit 34-69 (.493) overall, 26-46 (.565) from the floor, 8-23 (.348) from the arc and 17-24 (.708) from the line, while garnering 48 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 30 assists, 23 fouls, 16 turnovers, 14 steals and 3 blocks. Alejandro Aviles paced Puerto Rico with 11 on 5-14 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 7 boards and 3 assists. Jayden Ramirez added 10 on 1-3 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 2-3 from the line and 5 boards. Isaiah Medina notched 9 on 4-9 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 4 boards. Brandon Lee scored 9 on 1-3 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc and 1-1 from the line. Chalier Torres added 6 on 3-5 from the floor and 0-4 from the arc. Adiel Lopez scored 5 on 1-4 from the floor, 3-4 from the line, 5 boards and 2 blocks. Elijah Espinosa added 2 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-2 from the line and 2 boards. Felipe Quinones scored 2 on 1-1 from the floor and 6 assists, while Kenneth Rodriguez, Ryan Tolliver, Nicolas Casanova and Isaiah Brown were scoreless. Rodriguez dished 2 assists. Puerto Rico (coach Jorge Rincon, assistant Luis J. Cintron) hit 21-66 (.318) overall, 17-47 (.362) from the floor, 4-19 (.211) from the arc and 8-13 (.615) from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 14 assists, 17 fouls, 22 turnovers, 9 steals and 4 blocks.
Canada closed out pool play at (2-1) by thrashing Venezuela 89-53 after leading 23-17, 51-27 and 74-36 at the quarters. Canada forced a raft of turnovers for runouts in the romp. Tristan Beckford said “it started on the defensive end, just getting back in transition hands up and being active, which caused the turnovers, and we replicated that energy on the offensive end.” Tristan Beckford paced Canada with 17 on 5-7 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc and 4-4 from the line, while garnering 5 boards and 2 assists. Olivier Rioux added 10 on 3-4 from the floor, 4-7 from the line and 4 boards. Justus Hasekey notched 10 on 2-2 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 5 assists and 3 steals. Ramon Nyagudi scored 9 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 5 boards, 4 assists and 5 steals. Jalen Roane added 9 on 0-1 from the floor, 2-9 from the arc, 3-6 from the line and 5 boards. Spencer Ahrens scored 9 on 1-3 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 9 boards. Marial Akuentok notched 6 on 3-4 from the floor, 2 boards and 2 steals. Efeosa Iliogu added 5 on 1-3 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2 boards and 5 assists. Tyrus Rathan-Mayes scored 5 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 3 boards. Jaion Pitt added 4 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 8 boards and 3 assists. Torian Lee scored 3 on 0-3 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 3 boards and 6 assists. Matthew Dann added 2 on 1-5 from the floor, 8 boards and 2 steals. Canada hit 30-78 (.385) overall, 21-41 (.512) from the floor, 9-37 (.243) from the arc and 20-29 (.690) from the line, while garnering 59 boards, including 27 on the offensive glass, 26 assists, 19 fouls, 17 turnovers, 18 steaks and 4 blocks. Estoyan Vargas paced Venezuela with 11 on 3-10 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 6 boards. Anthony Reyes added 11 on 2-4 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 boards. Ydderick Gonzalez scored 8 on 1-3 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 2 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Jeiminson Marquez added 8 on 3-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-6 from the line, 6 boards and 2 blocks. Marlon Ascanio scored 7 on 3-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 6 boards and 2 assists. Daniel Saracual added 4 on 2-2 from the floor. Jesus Centeno scored 2 on 0-1 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 2 assists. Lois Castillejo added 2 on 1-1 from the floor, while Cesar Becarra, Diego Sulbaran, Jose Guerra and Jose Colmenarez were scoreless. Becarra nabbed 2 boards, Guerra dished 3 assists. Venezuela (coach Yonaiker Ecker, assistant Jose Gallardo) hit 20-54 (.370) overall, 15-34 (.441) from the floor, 5-20 from the arc and 8-18 (.444) from the line, while garnering 32 boards, including 6 on the offensive glass, 14 assists, 21 fouls, 25 turnovers, 8 steals and 3 blocks.
In the quarterfinals, Canada qualified for the 2025 U19 World Cup by edging Brazil 72-68. Canada nearly squandered 17-point lead with careless ballhandling and forced shots, but held on for the win by dominating the boards and parading to the foul line. Canada led 13-0 early and 15-5, 40-33 and 55-53 at the quarters. Brazil took a 58-55 lead in the fourth before Canada closed out the affair with a 17-10 run. “It feels great to qualify. We all left our hearts out there, and it pays off. It always feels great to earn something you worked really hard for,” said Jaion Pitt, who led Canada with 17 on 6-9 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 11 boards and 3 assists. Tristan Beckford added 16 on 5-9 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 3-6 from the line and 10 boards. Jalen Roane notched 10 on 0-5 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 4-4 from the line and 3 boards. Spencer Ahrens scored 10 on 3-8 from the floor, 4-4 from the line and 10 boards. Justus Haseley added 10 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 5-6 from the line, 2 boards, 8 assists and 2 steals. Marial Akuentok scored 4 on 2-2 from the floor and 4 boards. Efeosa Oliogu added 3 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 1-1 from the line. Olivier Rioux scored 2 on 1-1 from the floor and 2 boards, while Tyrus Rathan-Mayes, Torian Lee, Matthew Dann and Ramogi Nyagudi were scoreless. Dann nabbed 4 boards. Canada hit 24-64 (.375) overall, 19-43 (.442) from the floor, 5-21 (.238) from the arc and 19-23 (.826) from the line, while garnering 54 boards, including 17 on the offensive glass, 14 assists, 31 fouls, 19 turnovers, 5 steals and 5 blocks. Pedro Pastre paced Brazil with 11 on 2-3 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 3 assists and 2 steals. Patrick Perna added 10 on 0-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 7-8 from the line, 6 boards and 5 assists. Nolan Junior Kemm notched 10 on 3-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4-7 from the line and 2 boards. Gustavo Guimaraes scored 10 on 1-4 from the floor, 8-10 from the arc, 9 boards and 5 blocks. Mathias Vazquez added 10 on 0-6 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 10-12 from the line, 4 boards, 3 assists and 3 steals. Enrico Borio scored 9 on 2-3 from the floor, 1-7 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 5 boards. Thaylor Dos Santos added 6 on 0-2 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc and 4 assists. Matheus Monteiro scored 2 on 1-4 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc and 2 assists, while Gabriel Ferreira was scoreless and Diogo Alves, Zion Lima Sampaio and Joao Neves did not play. Brazil (coach Rodrigo Carlos, assistant Demetrius Ferracciu) hit 15-57 (.263) overall, 9-32 (281) from the floor, 6-25 (.240) from the arc and 32-43 (.744) from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 17 assists, 23 fouls, 11 turnovers, 9 steals and 6 blocks.
In the semis, the United States schooled Canada 107-69 after leading 27-14, 57-31 and 76-54 at the quarters. “We are obviously disappointed in the loss today, but we can’t lose sight of the fact that we have an opportunity to play for a medal tomorrow,” said coach Ramón Díaz. “We need to take tonight to rest so that tomorrow we are ready to compete at the highest level and bring bronze back to Canada.” Derrion Reid paced the United States with 12 on 6-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 10 boards and 3 assists. Darius Acuff Jr added 12 on 4-8 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 7 boards and 3 assists. Jeremiah Fears notched 12 on 3-3 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 6 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. John McKenney III scored 12 on 2-7 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 3 boards and 3 assists. Jasper Johnson added 11 on 1-2 from the floor, 3-8 from the arc and 3 assists. Shelton Henderson scored 10 on 4-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 6 boards and 2 blocks. Morez Johnson Jr added 10 on 4-5 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Daniel Jacobsen notched 10 on 4-5 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 9 boards. Christopher Brown added 8 on 2-3 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 6 boards and 5 assists. Nikolas Khamenia scored 6 on 3-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Nathan Ament added 2on 1-4 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 2 blocks. Patrick Ngongba scored 2 on 1-1 from the floor, 0-2 from the line, 4 boards, 2 assists and 2 blocks. The United States (coach Tommy Lloyd, assistant Jeffrey McCasland) hit 44-86 (.512) overall, 35-56 (.625) from the floor, 9-30 (.300) from the arc and 10-14 (.714) from the line, while garnering 59 boards, including 19 on the offensive glass, 23 assists, 17 fouls, 8 turnovers, 10 steals and 8 blocks. Spencer Ahrens paced Canada with 13 on 2-4 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 306 from the line and 3 boards. Tristan Beckford added 9 on 4-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-4 from the line and 6 boards. Tyrus Rathan-Mayes notched 9 on 1-5 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 1-3 from the line, 3 boards and 3 assists. Jaion Pitt scored 8 on 1-3 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 0-2 from the line and 3 boards. Efeosa Oliogu added 7 on 1-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 5-6 from the line, 3 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Justus Haseley scored 6 on 3-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2 boards and 4 assists. Jalen Roane added 5 on 1-3 from the floor and 1-2 from the arc. Ramogi Nyagudi scored 5 on 1-6 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 2 boards and 2 assists. Matthew Dann added 5 on 2-3 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 3 boards. Torian Lee scored 2 on 1-3 from the floor, while Olivier Rioux was scoreless and nabbed 6 boards. Marial Akuentok did not play. Canada hit 25-70 (.357) overall, 17-50 (.340) from the floor, 8-20 (.400) from the arc and 11-23 (.478) from the line, while garnering 38 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 16 assists, 12 fouls, 16 turnovers, 4 steals and 3 blocks.
In the bronze medal match, Canada dusted the Dominican Republic 89-67 after leading 23-14, 46-40 and 70-55 at the quarters. “We came out with passion,” said Efeosa Oliogu. Spencer Ahrens said “the The most important thing I learned this week was just to have fun on the court. While our team was having fun and smiles on our faces, we were more motivated to compete and play for each other and to play for our country.” Ramón Díaz said “I thought that we grew as a team with each day that passed. We have an incredible group of kids that bought in and showed resilience when we needed it most.” Efeosa Oliogu paced Canada with 23 on 7-9 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc, 3-4 from the line and 7 assists. Spencer Ahrens added 19 on 3-7 from the floor, 4-8 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 11 boards and 4 assists. Tristan Beckford notched 16 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 7-8 from the line and 7 boards. Jaion Pitt scored 11 on 4-9 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 6 boards. Justus Haseley added 6 on 0-1 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 6-8 from the line, 3 boards and 2 assists. Olivier Rioux scored 4 on 2-2 from the floor. Matthew Dann added 4 on 2-4 from the floor, 9 boards and 4 blocks. Jalen Roane added 3 on 1-1 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 3 assists. Tyrus Rathan-Mayes scored 3 on 0-4 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 0-2 from the line, 5 boards and 4 assists, while Torian Lee and Ramogi Nyagudi were scoreless. Nyagudi nabbed 3 boards. Lee dished 2 assists. Marial Akuentok did not play. Canada hit 31-70 (.443) overall, 22-45 (.489) from the floor, 9-25 (.360) from the arc and 18-26 (.692) from the line, while garnering 56 boards, including 18 on the offensive glass, 24 assists, 21 turnovers, 14 turnovers, 5 steals and 8 blocks. Fernando De Los Santos paced the Dominican Republic with 17 on 2-6 from the floor, 3-8 from the arc, 4-7 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Anderson Diaz added 9 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 5-5 from the line and 8 boards. Yenndy Baez scored 8 on 3-3 from the floor and 2-4 from the line. Danny Carbuccia notched 6 on 1-1 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 assists. Felix Jorge scored 6 on 1-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 assists. Lucas Morillo added 6 on 1-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 7 boards. Adrian Brito scored 4 on 1-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 5 boards and 3 assists. Christopher Maldonado added 3 on 1-2 from the arc and 2 boards. Wilmer De La Rosa scored 3 on 1-4 from the floor and 1-2 from the line. Albert Reyes added 3 on 0-1 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 3-4 from the line. Frank Siaca scored 2 on 1-6 from the floor and 0-2 from the line, while Darell Mercedes was scoreless. The Dominican Republic (coach Jose Cabrera, assistant José Frias) hit 20-66 (.303) overall, 13-44 (.295) from the floor, 7-22 (.318) from the arc and 20-31 (.645) from the line, while garnering 36 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 11 assists, 20 fouls, 12 turnovers, 4 steals and 4 blocks.
The all-tournament team featured MVP Darius Acuff Jr (United States); Christopher Brown (United States); Tyler Kropp (Argentina); Tristan Beckford (Canada); and Danny Carbuccia (Dominican Republic).
The 2nd-team featured: Daniel Jacobsen (United States); Josiah Moseley (Belize); Jeiminson Marquez (Venezuela); Felipe Minzer (Argentina); and Nolan Junior Kemm (Brazil).