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Wrentham's Layman Shoots USA Basketball to Win over Mexico

Former King Philip star Jake Layman will be playing for the USA 18 basketball team today against Brazil.

Led by former King Philip standout Jake Layman’s game high 18-points, the USA’s Men’s U18 Team won its second game in as many days, routing Mexico 110-59 in preliminary play of the FIBA Americas U18 Championship for Men on Sunday afternoon in Sao Sebastiáo do Paraiso, Brazil. The Wrentham native was 3 for 5 in three-point attempts. "Yeah, I felt good shooting," said Layman. "They were leaving me open so I took the shots and I was putting them in today. In their second outing in the tournament, Team USA played much better. “I thought we came with really good energy. I though be played better today than we did yesterday, which we’re trying to do, play better and better as we go along,” said USA and University of Florida head coach Billy Donovan. “I thought we were really unselfish. We kept our turnovers down a little bit better than what we did yesterday and I thought we were well balanced. “Jake Layman gave us really good 3-point shooting and obviously our front court did a great job on the glass. When we subbed everybody today contributed and gave us really good minutes. Everybody scored and I think when we subbed we didn’t really have a drop off, everybody really contributed and helped." Next up for the 2-0 United States men is host Brazil. The winner of the USA-Brazil clash will claim preliminary round Group A’s No. 1 seed for the medal round semifinals. "We just need to play together the entire time, have good team play and trust each other that we can all do it," said Layman of the match-up with Brazil. Layman scored seven points and had 10 rebounds as the USA team opened up the tournament with a 105-42 win over the U.S. Virgin Islands, Saturday.


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