Team USA Improves to 2-0 in Paris, Defeats South Sudan

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00:00So we start with the men's action yesterday game number two of group play

00:07for Team USA against the South Sudan team that of course gave the Americans a

00:13big scare in that exhibition series only losing by one that was the South

00:18Sudanese as a 40 plus point underdog in yesterday Gilbert booked as a 28 and a

00:25half point underdog South Sudan did record the cover 103 86 the Americans

00:31though improved to a perfect 2 and 0 over in Paris both wins by a comfortable

00:37margin 17 over South Sudan 26 over Serbia on Sunday what is your main

00:44takeaway from win number two for Team USA over South Sudan you know first of

00:50all big credit to South Sudan I thought that the 28 and a half point spread was

00:54a lot given what we've seen from that team and they proved me right and

00:59hanging in there with Team USA there was a time where they could have folded and

01:02they hung around I think that they have a chance to advance to the quarterfinals

01:05because of that with Team USA I see a team that's still figuring it out still

01:09learning each other it's important to remember that they've been together for

01:12less than four weeks there are a lot of times in the half-court where you see

01:15that they're still struggling a little bit to kind of learn one another but

01:18those guys off the bench be it BAM out of bio Derek white really are stepping

01:22up and punishing other teams because nobody has the depth that Team USA has

01:27and that's really been the difference and will continue to be the difference

01:30as they continue their pursuit for a fifth straight goal