USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFYING NOVEMBER 2025 RESULTS
MANAGUA, NICARAGUA & COLLEGE PARK, GA • NOV. 28-DEC. 1, 2025
The United States went 2-0 in the first round of qualifying for the 2027 FIBA Men’s World Cup, beating Nicaragua (102-67) in Managua, Nicara- gua, and then beating them 123-93 in College Park, Georgia. In the opener in Managua, the USA took a 59-39 lead in the first half with MarJon Beauchamp scoring 15 of the Americans’ first 22 points in the game. The U.S. had control from there, winning 102-67. Beauchamp scored 24 in the game, Brandon Knight had 14 points and five assists, and Kyle Guy contributed 11 points with two 3-pointers made. In game two in College Park, the Americans led 60-46 at the half, but the lead ballooned to 71-49 after Beauchamp buried three straight 3-pointers to open the second half. The U.S. led by as many as 33 points and went on to win with ease 123-93. Beauchamp went 5-of-8 from beyond the arc, making him the first American since Langston Galloway on Feb. 26, 2023, to make five 3-pointers in a USA Men’s World Cup Qualifying game. Knight finished with 12 assists to go along with 16 points, while Kessler Edwards added 14 points and Jaden Shackelford 11. The USA set a record across two games in the window, scoring 225 points (112.5 ppg), 25 more than the August 2022 squad, which scored 200 points in a pair of contests. The 123 points in College Park were the most points in a USA World Cup Qualifying game since the U.S. scored 114 in Uruguay in September 2018. Among all players in the Americas Qualifiers, Beauchamp ranked second in scoring, averaging 25.0 points per game, while his two-game total of 50 points marked the most by any player in a two-game USA World Cup Qualifying window dating back to 2019. He also led the squad with nine made 3-pointers, shooting an impressive 64.3% from beyond the arc, and finished shooting 69.2% from the field overall. Knight was third among all players in assists per game with 8.5 and fifth in field goal percentage at 64.7%. Torrey Craig had the most blocks across two games with four total.
NOVEMBER 2025 USA MEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFYING TEAM
NOV. 2025 USA RESULTS (2-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE CURRENTTEAM/SCHOOL
HOMETOWN
Nicaragua Nicaragua
W, 102-67 W, 123-93
MarJon Beauchamp Pedro Bradshaw Garrison Brooks
F
6-6 6-7 6-9 6-5 6-7 6-1 6-5 6-2 6-3 6-3
199 190 230 221 203 167 210 182 200 180 260 180
25 27 26 34 25 28 26 33 24 26 26 29
Delaware Blue Coats/Yakima Valley College Salt Lake City Stars/Bellarmine Univ. Birmingham Squadron/Mississippi State
Yakima, WA
G/F
Russellville, KY Meridian, MS Great Falls, SC Indianapolis, IN Gastonia, NC
C F F G G G G C G
Torrey Craig
Free Agent/USC Upstate
Kessler Edwards
Grand Rapids Gold/Pepperdine Noblesville Boom/Virginia Memphis Hustle/Houston Free Agent/Kentucky Valley Suns/Alabama Osceola Magic/LSU Wisconsin Herd/Missouri Windy City Bulls/Gonzaga
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Kyle Guy
Nate Hinton
G/F
Brandon Knight Jaden Shackelford Jeremiah Tilmon Jr. Ryan Woolridge Javonte Smart
Miami, FL
Hesperia, CA
Baton Rouge, LA East St. Louis, IL Mansfield, TX
6-10
6-3
Head Coach: Stephen Silas Assistant Coach: Marlon Garnett Assistant Coach: Patrick Mutombo Assistant Coach/Scout: Clay Moser
NOVEMBER 2025 USA MEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFYING TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
4 Woolridge
2/0 2/0 2/2 2/0 2/2 2/2 2/0 2/2 2/2 2/0 2/0 2/0
3-5
.600 .500 .250 .500 .600 .692 .625 .647 .375 .333 .500 .714 .520 .394
0-1
.000 .500 .100 .286 .643 .000 .571 .250 --- .250 .167
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3 5 2
6/3.0
2 2 5 1 5 6 5 4 2 3 9
0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 1 3
0 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 4 3 1 0
5 Guy
7-14 4-16 7-14
6-12 1-10
8-9 6-8 2-2 7-8 5-5 1-1 4-4 3-6 3-4 1-4 ---
.889 .750
28/14.0
6 Smart
15/7.5 18/9.0 13/6.5
7 Shackelford
2-7
1.000 2
8 Tilmon
3-5
---
.875
8
9 Beauchamp 10 Bradshaw 11 Knight 12 Craig 13 Hinton 14 Edwards
18-26
9-14
1.000 5 1.000 7 1.000 3
50/25.0 11/5.5 30/15.0 14/7.0 13/6.5 16/8.0 11/5.5
5-8
0-3 4-7 2-8 2-8 1-6
11-17 6-16 4-12 6-12
17
---
6 6 8 9
.500 .750 .250 .784 .694
15 Brooks
5-7
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USA OPP.
2 2
79-152 56-142
27-76 14-38
.355 .368
40-51 34-49
71 94
225/112.5 61
13
16
160/80.0
33
7
8
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