2011 Shenzhen, China – Men

FINAL STANDINGS 1. Serbia 2. CANADA 3. Lithuania 4. Russia 5. United States 6. Germany 7. Finland 8. Romania 9. Ukraine 10. Turkey 11. Czech Republic 12. Japan 13. Brazil 14. Israel 15. Australia 16. Mexico 17. South Korea 18. China 19. Hungary 20. United Arab Emirates 21. New Zealand 22. Hong Kong 23. Philippines 24. South Africa

CANADIANS Jordan Baker (Edmonton, Alta/Alberta) Kyle Desmarais (Montreal, Que./Concordia) Cole Hobin (Ashton, Ont./Carleton) Jahmal Jones (Mississauga, Ont./Ryerson) Warren Ward (London, Ont./Ottawa) Nathan Yu (Prince George, BC/UBC) Boris Bakovic (Toronto, Ont./Calgary) Kale Harrison (Stratford, Ont./Wilfrid Laurier) Tyson Hinz (Ottawa, Ont./Carleton) Owen Klassen (Kingston, Ont./Acadia) Michael Lieffers (Saskatoon, Sask./Saskatchewan) Lien Phillip (Toronto, Ont./Windsor) Kevin Hanson – coach John Campbell – assistant Barnaby Craddock – assistant Sandy MacIntosh – manager Geoff Mabey – athletic therapist

	POOL A	GER	ROU	CZE	BRA	CHN	UAE	Record
	Germany	—–	71-60	66-63	61-53	75-51	82-33	(5-0)
	Romania	60-71	—–	87-71	74-77	98-80	68-37	(3-2)
	Czech Republic	63-66	71-87	—–	85-69	75-55	91-61	(3-2)
	Brazil	53-61	77-74	69-85	—–	97-70	103-57	(3-2)
	China	51-75	80-98	55-75	70-97	—–	85-80	(1-4)
	United Arab Emir.	33-82	37-68	61-91	57-103	80-85	—–	(0-5)
	POOL B	CAN	SER	TUR	AUS	HKG	RSA	Record
	Canada	—–	70-67	85-75	61-63	83-50	2-0	(4-1)
	Serbia	67-70	—–	84-36	72-67	102-46	2-0	(4-1)
	Turkey	75-87	36-84	—–	82-74	84-57	2-0	(3-2)
	Australia	63-61	67-72	74-82	—–	103-51	2-0	(3-2)
	Hong Kong	50-83	46-102	57-84	51-103	—–	2-0	(1-4)
	South Africa	0-2	0-2	0-2	0-2	0-2	—–	(0-5)
	POOL C	RUS	LIT	UKR	JPN	NZL	PHI	Record
	Russia	—–	77-62	77-48	91-73	78-42	105-47	(5-0)
	Lithuania	62-77	—–	71-55	101-89	88-79	108-59	(4-1)
	Ukraine	48-77	55-71	—–	85-67	84-64	102-46	(3-2)
	Japan	73-91	89-101	67-85	—–	88-81	112-44	(2-3)
	New Zealand	42-78	79-88	64-84	81-88	—–	102-55	(1-4)
	Philippines	47-105	59-108	46-102	44-102	55-102	—–	(0-5)
	POOL D	USA	FIN	MEX	ISR	KOR	HUN	Record
	United States	—–	124-64	108-67	94-84	112-68	102-53	(5-0)
	Finland	64-124	—–	73-62	72-57	71-92	78-54	(3-2)
	Mexico	67-108	62-73	—–	77-72	107-96	86-74	(3-2)
	Israel	84-94	57-72	72-77	—–	87-82	67-60	(2-3)
	South Korea	68-112	92-71	96-107	82-87	—–	77-73	(2-3)
	Hungary	53-102	54-78	74-86	60-67	73-77	—–	(0-5)

	QFs	Canada 71 Romania 58
	QFs	Lithuania 76 United States 74
	QFs	Serbia 77 Germany 55
	QFs	Russia 74 Finland 39
	17-24th	Hungary 90 New Zealand 56
	17-24th	South Korea 2 Philippines 0
	17-24th	United Arab Emirates 86 Hong Kong 73
	17-24th	China 2 South Africa 0
	9-16th	Czech Republic 78 Australia 69
	9-16th	Turkey 92 Brazil 84
	9-16th	Ukraine 95 Israel 80
	9-16th	Japan 92 Mexico 88
	Semis	Canada 83 Lithuania 68
	Semis	Serbia 81 Russia 61
	21-24th	Hong Kong 2 Philippines 0
	21-24th	New Zealand 2 South Africa 0
	17-20th	China 79 Hungary 72
	17-20th	South Korea 87 United Arab Emirates 61
	13-16th	Israel 88 Australia 83
	13-16th	Brazil 79 Mexico 61
	9-12th	Ukraine 71 Czech Republic 52
	9-12th	Turkey 85 Japan 83
	5-8th	United States 94 Romania 73
	5-8th	Germany 84 Finland 63
	23rd	Philippines 0 South Africa 0
	21st	New Zealand 92 Hong Kong 61
	19th	Hungary 84 United Arab Emirates 62
	17th	South Korea 88 China 87
	15th	Australia 71 Mexico 68
	13th	Brazil 65 Israel 60
	11th	Czech Republic 94 Japan 81
	9th	Ukraine 76 Turkey 71
	7th	Finland 76 Romania 69
	5th	United States 86 Germany 83
	Bronze	Lithuania 76 Russia 74
	Final	Serbia 68 Canada 55

        In their opener, Canada defeated Turkey 85-75 in overtime as Warren Ward scored eight in the extra session. Trailing 68-60 with five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Canada closed out regulation with a 13-5 run, using a Tyson Hinz free throw with 24 seconds left to tie the game at 73-73. In extra time, the Canadians showcased their quickness and conditioning, running at Turkey from the opening whistle. Ward scored the first six points, while the Canada held its rivals to just two points in the extra frame, both on free throws, to close out the win. “We went small ball in overtime, they were playing a zone and we went with our more offensive players to attack it, and it paid off,” said Canadian coach Kevin Hanson. “Warren has the ability to turn it on offensively and we needed someone to do that in overtime. He was getting stops in transition; he was getting offensive rebounds and making plays off the dribble; he was just outstanding.” Ward said ‘we are a tough, resilient team, and even though we are undersized we knew that if we stayed mentally tough and believed in ourselves, we would represent Canada well. We stuck to our principles, we have only been together 10 days, but we stuck to our plan and finished this game.” Birkan Batuk came off the Turkish bench on fire in the first quarter, scoring seven points during a 9-4 run to put Turkey up 17-12 with two minutes left in the stanza. The 6-6 guard added another three and finished the quarter with 10 points to give his team a 24-20 lead after ten minutes. Canada struggled from the perimeter in the first half while Turkey opened up their largest lead of the opening 20 minutes, using a 7-0 run to lead 41-31 with 1:39 to play in the second quarter. The Canadians answered with a 5-0 run before the half, highlighted by a Ward three-pointer, to trail 41-36 at halftime. “We weren’t happy with how we came out in the first half, but we were much more aggressive in the second half and didn’t back down,” added Hanson. “We held their leading scorer in check in the second half, [Hobin] locked him down and didn’t allow him to really touch the ball, and in overtime we could tell [Turkey] didn’t have any legs left.” Canada appeared to have righted the ship in the third quarter, opening the period on a 9-0 run to take their first lead of the game since the early stages of the first frame. The Canadians opened up their largest lead of regulation in the third, at 56-49 midway through the period, but Turkey closed the gap to 58-54 heading into the fourth. Cole Hobin paced Canada with 16 on 3-6 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 10 boards, 1-1 from the line, 10 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Warren Ward added 15 on 6-8 from the floor, 1-8 from the arc and 6 boards. Tyson Hinz notched 15 on 5-14 from the floor, 5-6 from the line, 7 boards and 2 assists. Nathan Yu added 11 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 3 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Owen Klassen scored 7 on 1-6 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 5 boards. Jahmal Jones added 6 on 3-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the line, 2 boards, 5 assists and 2 steals. Michael Lieffers added 6 on 3-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the line, 6 boards and 2 steals. Boris Bakovic scored 5 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-3 from the line and 7 boards. Kyle Desmarais added 4 on 2-4 from the floor, while William Harrison, Jordan Baker and Lien Phillip were scoreless. Canada hit 33-83 (.400) overall, 27-60 (.450) from the floor, 6-23 (.260) from the arc and 13-21 (.620) from the line, while garnering 49 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 14 assists, 22 fouls, 21 turnovers, 14 steals and 3 blocks. Birkan Batuk paced Turkey with 23 on 4-7 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc, 6-8 from the line and 2 boards. Ibrahim Yildirim added 14 on 2-4 from the floor, 2-8 from the arc, 4-4 from the line and 5 boards. Bora Hun Pacun notched 13 on 5-11 from the floor, 3-5 from the line, 14 boards and 2 blocks. Can Ozacan added 12, Yigitcan Turna 6, Osman Gokhan Sirin 3, Melih Mahmutoglu 2 and Ali Isik 2, while Gokper Gen, Erdinc Balto, Sahin Muzaffer Ekmen and Gokhan Karabiyik were scoreless. Turkey hit 24-71 (.340) overall, 16-38 (.420) from the floor, 8-33 (.240) from the arc and 19-23 (.830) from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 10 assists, 22 fouls, 22 turnovers, 6 steals and 7 blocks.

        Canada improved to (2-0) by nipping defending champion Serbia 70-67. Serbia led 23-22 after one quarter and 43-36 at the half. Canada led 55-51 after three quarters. Tyson Hinz paced Canada with 14 on 7-8 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 0-1 from the line, 5 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Warren Ward added 14 on 5-8 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 4-6 from the line, 2 boards and 2 steals. Michael Lieffers notched 13 on 6-8 from the floor, 1-4 from the line, 8 boards and 2 steals. Boris Bakovic scored 9 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 3 boards. Owen Klassen added 7 on 2-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 3-4 from the line. Jahmal Jones notched 5 on 0-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Nathan Yu added 4, Cole Hobin 2, along with 3 boards, and Lien Phillip 2, while Kyle Desmarais, Jordan Baker and William Harrison were scoreless. Canada hit 28-59 (.470) overall, 26-48 (.540) from the floor, 2-11 (.180) from the arc and 12-21 (.570) from the line, while garnering 32 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 7 assists, 25 fouls, 17 turnovers, 10 steals and 2 blocks. Vladimir Lucic paced Serbia with 25 on 7-9 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 5-6 from the line and 8 boards. Mladen Jeremic added 12 on 2-5 from the floor, 2-9 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Nikola Dragovic added 11 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 4-9 from the line and 7 boards. Vladimir Stimac added 7, along with 5 boards, Marko Ljhbicic 6, along with 6 boards, Stefan Zivanovic 4 and Dusko Bunic 2, while Sava Lesic, Milos Dimic, Stefan Bircevic, Luka Drca and Mikola Cvetinovic were scoreless. Serbia hit 23-51 (.450) overall, 18-30 (.600) from the floor, 5-21 (.240) from the arc and 16-25 (.640) from the line, while garnering 33 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 9 assists, 23 fouls, 25 turnovers, 7 steals and 5 blocks.

        Canada dropped a 63-61 decision to Australia in its third match to fall to (2-1). “In an international tournament like this one, where you play a lot of games in a short time, I really believe it’s important to get into a rhythm,” said Canadian coach Kevin Hanson. “We were coming off a two-day break while Australia played Hong Kong yesterday. I really think that hurt us today.” Canada overcame deficits of 16-10 after one quarter, 37-25 at halftime and 49-41 after 30 minutes to salvage the two-point loss. In a wild finish, UBC guard Nathan Yu made it 63-61 Australia with 22.2 seconds left in regulation on a decisive drive inside. On Australia’s ensuing possession, Concordia guard Kyle Desmarais of Montreal intercepted a pass deep in his zone and ran the ball back all the way to the Aussie basket, but missed an easy lay-up that would have tied the affair at 63. Australia recovered the ball with 10.8 seconds remaining but couldn’t add to its lead, the contest ending when a three-point attempt by Cameron Gliddon hit the Canadian rim but refused to fall. “It’s a weird feeling because part of me was hoping Kyle wouldn’t make that lay-up, because if he makes it and we go to overtime, who knows what can happen,” said Hanson. “But at the same time, we’re all competitive and we wanted him to score.” Midway through the third frame, reigning Canadian Interuniversity Sport player of the year Tyson Hinz scored seven straight points to bring his team back from a 14-point deficit to within five, at 39-34. “Tyson had to be the guy getting the touches. He’s so smart and quick, he’s almost impossible to defend one-on-one,” said Hanson. “He’s just a winner. And sometimes, in a must-win game like today, you have to jump on the back of a winner.” Hinz said “we didn’t make it easy on ourselves today. We didn’t play well on defence. We missed our share of easy shots, but at our end we gave them way too many easy ones as well.” After jumping out to a quick 7-3 lead, Canada was outscored 11-0 over the next five minutes en route to the 16-10 deficit at the end of an opening quarter that saw the Canucks shot a dismal 4-for-16 from the floor. The offensive woes continued in the second stanza for the Canadians, while Gliddon hit back-to-back three-pointers in the final moments before the break. In the third, the Australians were up by as much as 14 and led 49-36 in the final minute. The Canadians scored the last five points of the frame however including a Desmarais three with two seconds left on the clock. Early in the fourth, Hinz hit from long range and then set up an alley hoop by Michael Lieffers of Saskatoon to cut the deficit to 53-50. But Gliddon once again hurt Canada with a three to make it a 62-55 affair with four minutes to go. Hinz used his trademark spin move to make it 62-59 with 40 seconds left before Yu closed out the scoring from up close with 22.2 remaining. Cameron Gliddon paced Australia with 19 on 2-4 from the floor, 5-7 from the arc, 3 boards and 3 steals. Ryan Broefkhoff added 9 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 4 boards. Clinton Steindl scored 9 on 2-3 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Alexander Gynes added 7, Benjamin Dowdell 7, along with 6 boards, Thomas Daly 5, Christian Salecich 3, Corey Maynard 2 and Angus Brandt 1, while Triantafillos Iliadis, Benjamin Smith and Matthew Hodgson were scoreless. Hodgson had 5 blocks. Australia hit 22-53 (.420) overall, 14-32 (.440) from the floor, 8-21 (.380) from the arc and 11-25 (.440) from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 3 on the offensive glass, 12 assists, 24 fouls, 17 turnovers, 6 steals and 6 blocks. Tyson Hinz paced Canada with 22 on 7-11 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 5-7 from the line, 3 boards and 2 assists. Michael Lieffers added 13 on 4-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 5-10 from the line and 8 boards. Kyle Desmarais notched 10 on 1-5 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 5 boards and 3 steals. Nathan Yu added 8 on 3-12 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 6 boards and 2 assists. Boris Bakovic added 3, Warren Ward 2, along with 4 boards, Cole Hobin 2, along with 4 boards and 2 steals, and Jordan Baker 1, while Jahmal Jones, William Harrison, Lien Phillip and Owen Klassen were scoreless. Canada hit 21-62 (.340) overall, 18-49 (.370) from the floor, 3-13 (.230) from the arc and 16-28 (.570) from the line, while garnering 47 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 9 assists, 24 fouls, 20 turnovers, 7 steals and 3 blocks.

        Canada closed out round robin play by clubbing Hong Kong 83-50 to finish (4-1), tied atop their pool with Serbia. But Canada wins the pool by virtue of their win over Serbia. “Winning the pool was a goal of ours when we began the tournament, so obviously we are quite happy with the win,” said Canadian coach Kevin Hanson. “[Thursday] was a good opportunity to get everyone into the game, we were able to share the workload. At this stage of the tournament, bodies are starting to break down and getting any rest is a good thing.” Hong Kong opened with a 7-0 run but Canada knotted the score at 14 after one quarter. From that point on, it was all Red and White, as Canada started the quarter on an 18-to-4 run, to lead 40-22 at the half and 60-34 after three quarters. Warren Ward paced Canada with 17 on 3-8 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 5-6 from the line, 6 boards and 2 steals. Jahmal Jones added 12 on 2-6 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 5 boards, 2 assists and 4 steals. Cole Hobin added 12 on 1-2 from the floor, 3-8 from the arc, 1-4 from the line, 5 boards and 2 steals. Nathan Yu notched 11 on 1-2 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 3-4 from the line and 3 steals. Boris Bakovic scored 10 on 3-7 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 4-9 from the line and 9 boards. Jordan Baker scored 8 on 2-6 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 4-6 from the line, 7 boards and 2 steals. Michael Lieffers notched 6, along with 6 boards, Owen Klassen 3, along with 5 boards, Tyson Hinz 2, along with 4 boards and 2 steals, and Lien Phillip 2, along with 7 boards. Kyle Desmarais and William Harrison were scoreless. Canada hit 27-80 (.340) overall, 18-48 (.380) from the floor, 9-32 (.280) from the arc and 20-35 (.570) from the line, while garnering 59 boards, including 30 on the offensive glass, 16 assists, 15 fouls, 16 turnovers, 17 steals and 5 blocks. Kachun Mok and Yiklun Chan each scored 8 to paced Hong Kong. Hochun Lin added 6, Waikong Auyeling 6, Ki Lee 5, Shuwing Lee 5, Wingho Ng 4, Tungleung Lau 4, Chinhung Choi 2 and Yautin Wong 2, while Kingho Chiu and Lungtak Tsoi were scoreless. Hong Kong shot 20-55 (.360) overall, 18-41 (.440) from the floor, 2-14 (.140) from the arc and 8-12 from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 8 on the offensive glass, 6 assists, 23 fouls, 30 turnovers, 9 steals and 1 block.

        In the quarterfinals, Canada dumped Romania 71-58. Tyson Hinz, the reigning Canadian Interuniversity Sport player of the year from Carleton University battled through foul trouble in the first half, but helped generate a 14-to-2 run to start the third quarter that gave the Canadians the lead outright. “We knew what we had to do and we came out hungry,” said Hinz of the third quarter surge. “Our goal is to win a gold medal at this tournament, and that is still our goal, but we have only been focusing on our next game, so now our focus shifts to Lithuania.” Cole Hobin, of Ashton, Ont., drew the toughest defensive assignment of the night, playing 36 minutes glued to Vlad Moldoveanu, the tournament’s leading scorer. The 6-9 forward averaged 22.2 points per game entering Saturday and didn’t leave the court, playing all 40 minutes, but Hobin locked down Moldoveanu, holding him to only 13 points and six total field goal attempts. “We challenged Cole last night and told him that [Moldoveanu] was going to be his assignment, and he stepped up once again,” said Canadian coach Kevin Hanson. “This team wants it, they are a resilient group and have a great ability to regroup at the half.” Canada opened the game strong, leading 25-14 after the first quarter, but scored only seven points in the second, shooting 3-for-16 from the field, including 0-for-9 from outside the arc to lead 32-29 at the half. But the third quarter run put the game well out of reach; Romania was only able to cut Canada’s lead to 56-50 in the fourth before the Canadians again turned it on, closing the game with a 15-to-8 surge to advance. Tyson Hinz paced Canada with 23 on 8-11 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 4-10 from the line, 4 boards, 1 assist and 3 steals. Boris Bakovic added 13 on 4-7 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 5 boards. Jordan Baker notched 12 on 4-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 5 boards. Warren Ward scored 10 on 4-9 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 6 boards. Nathan Yu added 5 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 4 assists and 5 steals. Owen Klassen added 3, along with 3 boards, Jahmal Jones 2, along with 4 assists and 2 steals. Michael Lieffers 2 and Cole Hobin 1, along with 7 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Lien Phillip, Kyle Desmarais and William Harrison were scoreless. Canada hit 27-68 (.400) overall 24-48 from the floor, 3-20 (.150) from the arc and 14-26 (.540) from the line, while garnering 45 boards, including 21 on the offensive glass, 13 assists, 22 fouls, 15 turnovers, 15 steals and 2 blocks. Titus Nicoara paced Romania with 20 on 8-13 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4-10 from the line, 13 boards and 3 steals. Vlad Sorin Moldoveanu added 13 on 3-3 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 7-10 from the line, 8 boards and 2 assists. Rares Andrei Mandache added 8, along with 4 boards and 2 assists, Bogdan Tibirna 6, Daniel Ionut Popescu 5, along with 3 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals, Dragos Mihai Andrei 4 and Adrian Gutoaia 2, while Laszlo Emil Lazar, Valentin Octavian Boian, Radu Paliciuc, Szabolcs Santa and Iulian Orbeanu were scoreless. Romania hit 21-50 (.420) overall, 17-31 (.550) from the floor, 4-19 (.210) from the arc and 12-22 (.550) from the line, while garnering 36 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 13 assists, 22 fouls, 25 turnovers, 8 steals and 2 blocks.

        In the semis, Canada clocked Lithuania 83-68. “It’s fabulous,” said Canadian coach Kevin Hanson of making the gold medal final. “These guys are all very focused, this is a mature group and we have been following that old cliché of ‘one game at a time.” Ottawa native Tyson Hinz continued to be Canada’s go-to scorer and left the court with 21 points before fouling out late in the fourth, marking his third 20-plus point performance of the tournament. “The guy is a winner, the fact that we are running everything through him isn’t a surprise to anybody,” said Hanson of his star forward. “He’s a bit undersized in the post, and a lot of people back home were questioning whether he can play internationally, and I think he is proving that he can right now.” Hinz started slow, Lithuania keyed defensively on the reigning Canadian Interuniversity Sport player of the year, and he had only five points at the half. “We are playing really well as a team and in particular we are defending well as a team,” said Hinz, who has led Canada in scoring in four of six games. “If they are going to key in on me, someone always steps up, whether it’s Boris [Bakovic], Warren [Ward], or someone else, we find a way.” Canada came out gunning. Boris Bakovic scored the first eight points of the game for Canada, including two three-pointers, to open the quarter on an 8-to-2 run. The Canucks led 24-18 at the end of the first, and went into halftime up 39-29. It was more of the same in the third quarter, as gave the Canadians their biggest lead of the third following a lay-up with 5:35 left in the quarter (49-33). But on the play Jones lost control in the air and came crashing down to the court chin first. Jones was forced to leave the game to get three stitches, but returned in the fourth quarter to a resounding ovation from the crowd. The loss of Jones killed some of Canada’s momentum. Lithuania was able to get within 53-47 before Warren Ward connected on a three-pointer with under 20 seconds left to put Canada up 56-47 heading into the fourth. “It feels really good, hopefully we can bring home a gold for Canada,” said Jones. “I’m a younger guy on this team and I look up to a lot of the other guys here. They have been to the [CIS] final eight, the Carleton guys have won it, and they have been a huge help to me. If they had said before the tournament that Canada was going to win a medal, they probably would have laughed, but we are proving them wrong.” The Canadians didn’t let their opponent off the mat in the fourth, their advantage never shrinking to under nine points and increasing to 17 on four occasions. Tyson Hinz paced Canada with 21 on 4-11 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 7—8 from the line and 7 boards. Warren Ward added 116 on 2-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 9-12 from the line, 4 boards and 5 steals. Boris Bakovic added 16 on 3-5 from the floor, 3-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 6 boards. Jahmal Jones scored 10 on 3-4 from the floor and 4-6 from the line. Jordan Baker added 8 on 3-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 5 boards. Michael Lieffers scored 6 on 2-8 from the floor, 2-6 from the line and 8 boards. Nathan Yu added 4 on 4-4 from the line, 3 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Cole Hobin added 2 on 2-2 from the line, 5 boards and 3 steals. Lien Phillip, Owen Klassen, Kyle Desmarais and William Harrison were scoreless. Canada hit 23-58 (.400) overall, 17-47 (.360) from the floor, 6-1 (.550) from the arc and 31-42 (.740) from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 7 assists, 18 fouls, 20 turnovers, 12 steals and 1 block. Gediminas Zyle paced Lithuania with 15 on 7-12 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-3 from the line and 8 boards. Marius Valukonis added 11 on 5-11 from the floor, 1-3 from the line and 8 boards. Augustas Peciukevicius added 9 on 3-5 from the floor, 3-5 from the line and 3 boards. Emestas Ezerskis added 8 on 4-6 from the floor. Gediminas Orelike added 8, Edgaras Stanionis 7, Mantas Kadzevicius 6 and Julius Jucikas 4, while Matas Sapiega, Osvaldas Matulionis, Darius Gvezdauskas and Mindaugas Kupsas were scoreless. Lithuania hit 28-75 (.370) overall, 25-49 (.510) from the floor, 3-26 (.120) from the arc and 9-20 (.450) from the line, while garnering 41 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 13 assists, 28 fouls, 16 turnovers, 13 steals and 3 blocks.

        In the final, Serbia avenged a round-robin loss to Canada and took the FISU crown with a 68-55 win. Although Canada dominated teams in the second half throughout the tournament, they folded in the second half against Serbia. The Canadians shot a paltry 4-for-26 in the final two quarters, unable to even hit one field goal in the third after leading 34-32 at halftime. The Serbians used their significant size advantage to create space in the half court, slowing the game to a crawl over the final 20 minutes to win. “I’m really not sure what happened, we just started missing shots and couldn’t get into any type of rhythm,” said Canadian coach Kevin Hanson. “It’s been a tremendous journey, I’ve loved working with our coaching staff, our training staff and these players have been just tremendous. With only four days to work together before this tournament started, I don’t think a lot of people back home thought we would make it this far, this is a gutsy group of guys and I am extremely proud.” Tyson Hinz generated the first ten points of the game for Canada but was held without a field goal for the remaining 36 minutes, missing his next 13 attempts from the floor. “All the credit goes to Serbia, they stayed aggressive and we just weren’t aggressive enough,” said Hinz. “Our goal was to win gold, and to come this close is tough. This group did a great job to come together in such short a time, but we were one win away from what we wanted to accomplish.” Throughout the tournament, it had been the third quarter when Canada was putting opponents away, but in the finale to say the Canadians offence during the frame was lackluster would be kind. Canada was held to a tournament low six points during the period, and were unable to hit one field goal, fortunate to trail by only 49-40 heading into the fourth. “I take the blame, we were trying to get Tyson quality looks, but we could never seem to get rolling,” said point guard Nathan Yu. “We were trying to run, and they were able to slow us down. It’s been an amazing experience, I’m proud to have been given this opportunity and I think our performance here speaks volumes about CIS basketball.” Canada opened the first quarter with a 10-7 run and led 19-17 after one quarter. In the second quarter, the Canadians led twice by three points, but neither team seemed to find their offensive rhythm in the frame, and the Canucks went into the half up 34-32. Serbia pulled away in the fourth, while Yu, Edmonton’s Jordan Baker and Toronto’s Boris Bakovic all fouled out before the night was done. Mladen Jeremic paced Serbia with 17 on 4-7 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc and 3-4 from the line. Vladimir Lucic added 11 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 3 boards. Marko Ljubicic scored 9 on 2-3 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 5-10 from the line, 7 boards and 2 assists. Stefan Bircevic scored 8 on 1-1 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 8 boards and 2 blocks. Nikola Dragovic scored 8 on 4-5 from the floor and 2 boards. Vladimir Stimac added 6, along with 6 boards, Dusko Bunic 5, along with 3 boards, Milos Dimic 2 and Luka Drca 2, while Stefan Zivanovic, Sava Lesic and Nikola Cvetinovic were scoreless. Serbia hit 23-49 (.470) overall, 19-32 (.590) from the floor, 4-17 (.240) from the arc and 18-29 (.620) from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 7 on the offensive glass, 5 assists, 24 fouls, 15 turnovers, 5 steals and 6 blocks. Tyson Hinz paced Canada with 14 on 2-7 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 4-6 from the line, 7 boards and 3 assists. Nathan Yu added 14 on 1-5 from the floor, 3-4 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 3 boards and 3 assists. Jordan Baker scored 6 on 3-5 from the floor and 3 boards. Jahmal Jones notched 5 on 0-2 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 2-4 from the line. Boris Bakovic scored 5 on 2-3 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 3 boards. Owen Klassen scored 5 on 0-2 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 2 boards. Michael Lieffers added 2, along with 3 boards, Warren Ward 2, along with 4 boards, and Cole Hobin 2, along with 3 boards, while Kyle Desmarais, William Harrison and Lien Phillip were scoreless. Canada hit 18-57 (.320) overall, 11-34 (.320) from the floor, 7-23 (.300) from the arc and 12-22 (.550) from the line, while garnering 41 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 8 assists, 29 fouls, 17 turnovers and 4 steals.