Olympic Beavers: Puerto Rico Basketball Fall To South Sudan, No Stephen Thompson Jr.
The Puerto Rican men's national team played their first matchup of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday morning. The result went the way of South Sudan, who beat the Puerto Ricans by a score of 90-79.
Former Oregon State Beaver Stephen Thompson Jr. , a part of the Puerto Rican roster for the Olympic games, did not see the court in this contest.
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Puerto Rico led the Sudanese 54-48 at the end of the first half, but went 10-for-39 from the field in the second half, opening the door for a Sudan comeback.
Puerto Rico also went 0-for-12 from beond the three-point arc in the fourth quarter. Thompson Jr. finished his four-year career at OSU as the program's career leader in three-point shots made with 230.
Puerto Rico continue their Olympic campaign on Wednesday, July 31 against Serbia. That game is scheduled for 11:15 AM ET/8:15 AM PT, streaming on Peacock & NBCOlympics.com.
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