{"id":410264,"date":"2024-07-08T02:01:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T02:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=410264"},"modified":"2024-07-08T02:04:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T02:04:35","slug":"cameron-boozer-aj-dybantsa-lead-united-states-to-title-in-the-fiba-u17-basketball-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=410264","title":{"rendered":"Cameron Boozer, AJ Dybantsa lead United States to title in the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AJ Dybantsa and Cameron Boozer led the way for the United States on Sunday in the final of the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup. The Americans cruised to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u17-basketball-world-cup-2024\/news\/mission-accomplished-usa-defeat-italy-for-7th-undefeated-title\">129-88 win over Italy<\/a> to win the championship.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u17-basketball-world-cup-2024\/news\/cameron-boozer-named-tissot-mvp-after-usa-capture-crown\">Boozer was named the MVP<\/a> of the tournament, a fitting honor following his 24 points and 13 rebound output to help the United States to the emphatic win.<\/p>\n<p>Through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u17-basketball-world-cup-2024\/teams\/usa#statistics\">seven games with the U17 national team<\/a> at the World Cup, Boozer averaged 20.1 points and 9.9 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n<p>Also named to the All-Star 5 was Dybantsa, a five-star recruit and the consensus top player in the nation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u17-basketball-world-cup-2024\/teams\/usa\/341473-aj-dybantsa\">Dybantsa averaged<\/a> 14.1 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n<p>The United States was an absolute buzzsaw in the tournament, defeating opponents in the six games leading up to Sunday&#8217;s championship by an average of 68.2 points per game<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This pressure. <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f633.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude33\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f1fa-1f1f8.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USABMU17?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USABMU17<\/a> x <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FIBAU17?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FIBAU17<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8kOXFkW0Wq\">pic.twitter.com\/8kOXFkW0Wq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 USABJNT (@usabjnt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usabjnt\/status\/1809998335035470160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Their closest game came in their opener of the World Cup, a 104-81 win over France.<\/p>\n<p>Also making the All-Star 5 from Sunday&#8217;s championship game was Maikcol Perez of Italy. 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