The day after USA U19 basketball team beat Greece in a highly contested game in front of the Greek home crowd, the team took on Croatia in the Championship game and won the Gold!
.@USAbasketball are the 2015 #FIBAU19 World Champions! pic.twitter.com/CR4jQFhJx2
— FIBA (@FIBA) July 5, 2015
The arena was empty so the crowd wasn’t going to be a factor in this game, only about 200-300 people in the stands if that.
The USA and Croatia teams played evenly through the first quarter, ending it USA 14, Croatia 13 after a missed free throw which could have evened the score.