Australia made the intention to make a fairly clear of three vague by Korea giving a 97-61 pummeling for a Wednesday in the King Abdullah Sports City.
Jack McVeigh led the boomers with 20 points when the Olympian from 2024 caught fire from outside the arch, especially in the second quarter, which led to the enormous escape that overwhelmed their East Asian enemies.
The former NBA Pro struck four straight three to run a narrow four-point edge in a 40-29 advantage, before Will Magnay, Xavier Cooks and Jeylin Galloway entered to make a 48-31 lead during the break.
Since then it would all be Team Australia, giving Adam Caporn a triumphant debut if the new head coach of the men’s program and, more importantly, stay perfect in this tournament because they have won their 13th consecutive game.
“It is really important,” said the former player who became, when he was asked how crucial it was before he and the crew to start their campaign triumphantly. “You don’t just want to take things like they come, in my opinion.”
“Being well prepared for that and have a good performance, first game and a victory, is something that we wanted for sure, and something we appreciate and we are going to talk about,” Caporn continued.
Galloway ended with 12 points. Will Hickey came with 11 points, while Cooks added 10 points and 7 rebounds for the Aussies, which have nailed a total of 15 triples and shot a total of 50.7 percent of the floor.
But it was really their defense that the seasoned bank tactician was proud of after his accusations one of the traditional elite shooting teams of the continent limited to just nine, three pointers in 33 attempts.
“I was really happy with our defense. We kept a really good attacking team of the three -point line. That team up to nine through three, I think, is a really good result,” he said. “And we returned the ball (49-33).”
The reigning dual champions took the early lead in group A after the result and will certainly look to keep their winning ways against Lebanon on Friday at 18:00 local time in a rematch of the final of 2022.
Lee Junghyun, on the other hand, had 20 points to lead Korea. Lee Hyunjung was the only other double -digit scorer for the team with 11 points and 8 rebounds in the loss, where they only shot 33.3 percent of the field.
Korea (0-1) will look at Nab Win Nr. 1 against Qatar on Friday also at 11 am local time.
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