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Canada Defeats Lithuania 102-82 In Exhibition
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>DATE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TIME</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>OPPONENT</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>LOCATION</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 25, 2017</p></td><td><p>9:00 AM EST</p></td><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>Troyes, France</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
TROYES, FRANCE (June 25, 2017) - The U19 Men's National Team defeated Lithuania 102-82 in exhibition play this morning in Troyes, France. This was the second game of Canada's three-game exhibition series en route to the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2017 in Cairo, Egypt.
Lindell Wigginton (Halifax, NS) led Canada with 32 points and 2 rebounds while R.J. Barrett (Mississauga, ON) added 26 points and 9 rebounds. Abu Kigab (St. Catharines, ON) also had 15 points and 2 rebounds.
Lindell Wigginton, R.J. Barrett, Abu Kigab, Amidou Bamba and Anthony Longpre started for Team Canada.
Click here for the full team roster.
QUOTES
"Better game today. We continue to work on getting better at our execution on both our offensive and defensive end. Now we get ready for a tough Spanish team tomorrow." - Roy Rana, Head Coach
"We had great execution on the offensive end and got a lot of fast break opportunities. Coach told us to the focus on our transition defence, so we came out and made sure to focus on our defence throughout the game." – Abu Kigab (St. Catharines, ON)
UP NEXT
Canada finishes up its three-game exhibition series tomorrow against Spain at 11 AM EST. Click here for the team's complete summer schedule and follow us on Twitter for score updates.
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