KU’s Taylen Kinney scores double-digit points in Team USA’s hoops rout of Mexico
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- Taylen Kinney scored 12 points, had four assists and one rebound in the 107-50 win.
- Kinney hit 3 of 4 three-pointers and played 19 minutes in the FIBA U18 AmeriCup game.
- Team USA beat Argentina and Mexico and will face Brazil on Thursday.
Freshman Kansas Jayhawks point guard Taylen Kinney scored 12 points, dished four assists and grabbed one rebound in the USA Basketball Under 18 national team’s 107-50 victory over Mexico in Group A action Tuesday at the FIBA U18 AmeriCup tournament in Leon, Mexico.
Kinney, a 6-foot native of Newport, Kentucky who played for Overtime Elite in his senior season of high school, hit 4 of 6 shots. He was 3-of-4 from 3-point range and 1-of-3 from the free-throw line. He played 19 minutes.
Kinney hit two 3s in the opening 2:47 of the third quarter, keying a 19-3 run. Caleb Gaskins scored 13 points to lead Team USA. Kinney and Adan Diggs each had 12 points.
“It was a great feeling, great atmosphere,” Kinney said of the home team’s crowd in an interview with USA Basketball. “That’s how a road game in college is going to be, so just playing in that atmosphere was great.”
Kinney had scored six points with five assists in Team USA’s first game in the tourney, an 88-58 win over Argentina on Monday.
The U.S. plays its next game on Thursday, facing Brazil at 4 p.m.
