USA clashes with Uruguay

Photo by. www.usab.com COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — USA Basketball’s quest to qualify for next year’s FIBA World Cup will resume Sept. 14 in Las Vegas, where the Americans will face Uruguay.

That will be the first US game in the second qualifying round for next year’s world championships in China.

Like the first round, the US will continue being coached by Jeff Van Gundy and will have a roster made up primarily of G-League players.

The Americans went 5-1 in the first round.

The U.S. and Uruguay are among 12 teams from the Americas zone vying for seven World Cup spots. The others are Argentina, Panama, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Chile, Canada, the Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Second-round qualifying ends in late February.