Team USA MBB Ends FISU World University Games as Silver Medalists

ESSEN, Germany – After per week of competitors and 6 video games performed, Team USA, represented by Baylor males’s basketball, ended the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games as silver medalists after dropping a heartbreaker in time beyond regulation to Team Brazil, 94-88.
 
Team USA held a lead as excessive as 20 factors within the third quarter however could not maintain its momentum from Team Brazil’s bodily recreation play and fiery offense, scoring 35 factors within the fourth to drive time beyond regulation and take the gold.
 
Wyoming-transfer guard, Obi Agbim, put up huge numbers for USA with a tournament-high of 30 factors, 11 rebounds, three steals and two assists. Cameron Carr additionally contributed closely with 26 factors.
 
THE RUNDOWN
Both groups started their ultimate recreation in Germany on a slower tempo, each capturing below 35-percent within the first ten minutes. Isaac Williams IV drove by the paint with a layup to place USA on the board, with Dan Skillings Jr. proper behind to provide USA its first lead of the evening. However, Brazil remained shut all through the primary quarter and maintained some momentum within the ultimate two minutes, pocketing eight factors to take the lead with a nook three, 20-17, on the finish of the primary.
 
Agbim got here out the gate within the second quarter with some hearth, snagging 12 consecutive factors on 5 photographs made, two being from behind the arc, in simply three minutes to provide USA a 31-26 lead on the halfway level. Carr secured a four-point play with an and-one exterior of the three-point line and adopted up with a step-back jumper to provide USA a 14-point benefit. At the half, Team USA outscored Team Brazil 26-9 within the second, with the assistance of Agbim (19pts) and Carr (10pts), to go up 43-29 heading within the ultimate 20 minutes.
 
A fan-favorite one-handed dunk, jumper within the paint and a lob up-top in a trio of sequences for Carr gave USA an excellent greater increase out of the half, sending USA on a 11-0 run. Team USA saved its foot on the fuel, on each ends of the courtroom, holding Team Brazil below 10 factors till the final three minutes of the quarter.
 
Agbim’s third three of the evening got here below contested protection to ship him previous the 20-point mark for the fourth day trip of six video games. Carr saved hammering with one other spectacular dunk to maneuver him plus 20 factors. After a spotlight present from Agbim and Carr within the third, USA went into the ultimate 10 minutes with a 67-45 lead.
 
Skillings hit double-figures within the fourth quarter, going six-for-six within the event with over 10 factors in every recreation.
 
Brazil rallied within the fourth to chop USA’s result in below 10 on the three minute mark, happening a 21-9 run. Overall, Brazil put up a whopping 35 factors within the fourth on USA’s protection. In the ultimate minute of the sport, Brazil solely trailed by three factors. A clutch bucket from Agmin to provide him 30 on the evening gave Brazil the ball again with 9 seconds on the clock, with USA main 80-77. A nailed triple from Brazil put the sport tied 80-all and despatched the ultimate championship recreation into time beyond regulation.
 
Brazil got here into OT on a tear, taking the lead for the primary time because the second quarter and going up 86-80. A pull-up three by JJ White minimize Brazil’s result in three but it surely wasn’t sufficient for Team USA to come back again, ending as silver medalists 94-88.