USA Basketball’s under-18 men’s national team is one win away from a gold medal at the FIBA Americas U18 Championships in St. Catherines, Canada.
Paced by the 26-point outing of University of Kansas freshman Quentin Grimes, the Bill Self-coached U.S. squad downed Argentina 104-92 in Friday night’s semifinals and advanced into Saturday’s title game (7:15 p.m. Central time) against host Canada. Canada (5-0) was a 95-89 semifinals winner over Puerto Rico.
Grimes, a combo guard from The Woodlands, Texas, hit 10 of 21 shots. He was 2 of 6 on three-pointers and made 4 of 7 free throws.