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LILLE, France -- Team USA is through to Tuesday's Olympic quarterfinals after a 103-86 victory over South Sudan secured that berth on Wednesday.
The game was a far cry from the first matchup against South Sudan in a pre-Olympic exhibition earlier this month, where LeBron James needed a last-second layup to secure a 101-100 win.
The Bright Stars are technically the lowest-ranked team in the Olympics at 33rd in the FIBA World Rankings. But that is misleading, they will have a reasonable shot at advancing to the quarterfinals as well, depending on the outcome of their meeting with Serbia on Saturday.