The United States men’s team will begin play in the 2024 FIBA Men’s 3×3 U18 World Cup Monday in Debrecen, Hungary with a four-player team including Harvard-Westlake forward Nikolas Khamenia.
The 6-foot-6-inch senior will be seeking his second gold medal of the summer. He started all six games in the FIBA Men’s U18 AmeriCup, averaging 7.7 points and 6.3 rebounds in 19.4 minutes, as the U.S. went 6-0, including a 110-70 victory over Argentina in the final.
The U.S. is seeded first. It will play twice Monday, facing Egypt at 6:45 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time and Spain at 8 a.m. in pool play games. The U.S. will conclude pool play Wednesday with games against Brazil at 7:25 a.m. and Morocco at 8:50 a.m.
The quarterfinals, semifinals and final are set for Friday.
The tournament will be streamed on the FIBA 3×3 YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/fiba3x3.
The rest of the U.S. team consists of Kingston Flemings, a 6-foot-2-inch guard from Brennan High School in San Antonio, Amir Jenkins, a 6-foot-1-inch guard from Worcester Academy in Worcester, Massachusetts, and Bo Ogden, a 6-foot-5-inch forward from St. Michael’s Catholic Preparatory School in Austin Texas.
3×3 is played with a 12-second shot clock on a half court. Baskets inside the arc and free throws are worth one point and baskets made from outside the arc are worth two points.
The winner is the first team to score 21 points, or the leading team at the end of the 10-minute game clock.