United States Serbia Preview

After a demolition of Chile, Team USA moved into first place in the pool, and the United States can lock up a spot in the final round with a win over Serbia, and even a close loss might get them there due to the point differential tiebreak. After a nontelevised game against Chile, a team featuring college players (what a novel idea) the United States faces one of the pre-tournament favorites in Serbia tonight at 10 PM. Unlike the US's earlier opponents, many of the Serbian players play on decent to good teams, and quite a few of them play key roles. Pot's CSU Ploiesti team has won the last 10 Romanian titles, and Novak played for the 2013 U-19 team that won a silver medal.

Stefan Pot

Height: 6-5

Age: 21

2015 team: CSU Aesoft Ploiesti (Romania)

2015 stats: 6.8 ppg, 3 rpg, 3.6 apg

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Jovan Novak

Height: 6-2

Age: 20

2015 team: Vojvodina Srbijagas (Serbia)

2015 stats: 12.7 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 3.8 apg

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Nikola Pesakovic

Height: 6-4

Age: 24

2015 team: Nea Kifissia (Greece)

2015 stats: 12.7 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 3.8 apg

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Ognjen Dobric

Height: 6-6

Age: 21

2015 team: FMP (Serbia)

2015 stats: 8.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1 apg

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Dusan Kutlesic

Height: 6-6

Age: 20

2015 team: Metalac (Serbia, Adriatic League)

2015 stats: 8.6 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 1.7 apg

Sasa Avramovic

Height: 6-4

Age: 22

2015 team: Kumanovo (Macedonia)

2015 stats: 9.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 1.3 apg

Petar Torlak

Height: 6-1

Age: 24

2015 team: East Carolina (NCAA)

2015 stats: 2.4 ppg, .6 rpg

Aleksandar Marelja

Height: 6-9

Age: 23

2015 team: KK Mega Basket (Belgium)

2015 stats: 9.4 ppg, 4.2 rpg

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Nikola Jovanovic

Height: 6-11

Age: 21

2015 team: USC (NCAA)

2015 stats: 12.3 ppg, 7 rpg

Djordje Drenovac

Height: 6-8

Age: 22

2015 team: Igokea (Bosnia)

2015 stats: 7.7 ppg, 2.4 rpg

Nemanja Todorovic

Height: 6-9

Age: 24

2015 team: Metalac (Serbia)

2015 stats: 5.6 ppg, 1.8 rpg

Milan MIlovanovic

Height: 6-9

Age: 23

2015 team: Balkan (Bulgaria)

2015 stats: 6.6 ppg, 4.7 rpg