Olympic Beavers: Stephen Thompson Jr. Scores 8 As Puerto Rico Basketball Exits Paris
After reaching his first Olympics with the Puerto Rican national team, former Oregon State basketball star Stephen Thompson Jr.'s time in Paris has come to an end.
Puerto Rico lost their third and final game of group play on Saturday after the United States pulled away for a 104-83 result. Thompson finished with eight points, making three field goals on nine attempts. He was 2-5 from beyond the three-point line and 1-4 inside the arc. Thompson also had a rebound and an assist in 13 minutes of action off of the bench.
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Puerto Rico finish the games with an 0-3 record and do not qualify for the knockout rounds. Team USA clinch Group C as well as the #1 overall seed in the knockout rounds.
Thompson, who plays professionally in Puerto Rico for Vaqueros de Bayamon, was the 2017 Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year. He finished his four-year career at OSU in 2019 as the program's all-time leader in three-point shots made with 230.
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