Pops, Ogo Shine as Team GB Secure First Victory - Hoopsfix.com

Pops, Ogo Shine as Team GB Secure First Victory

Pops Mensah-Bonsu and Ogo Adegboye combined for 46 points to lead Team GB to an 84-80 victory over Belgium in the opener of the Tel Aviv tournament.

Pops Mensah-Bonsu finished with 26 points on 11/15 shooting whilst adding 6 rebounds, Ogo Adegboye had 20 points and 6 assists shooting 6/9 from the field and 7/10 at the line. Dan Clark chipped in with 10 points and 5 rebounds.

Head Coach Chris Finch was pleased with his team’s second half performance:

“It’s a decent start to the tournament, Belgium are a good team and have had some good results in their previous games.

“I was disappointed by how we played in the first half because we let them push us around, but the guys came out in the second half and turned things around by being the more assertive team.”

“We had some good performances from the younger players such as Dan Clark, Ogo Adegboye and Eric Boateng and I’m looking for us to continue that against Israel tomorrow. They will give us a really good challenge, and that’s what we need at this stage of the summer.”

Full box score of the game can be found here. Luol Deng did not play due to insurance issues.

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