The U.S. U19 national team, with Georgia Tech guard Josh Okogie in the lineup, will take the floor at 11:30 a.m. (ET) for its opening game in the U19 FIBA World Cup.
The U.S. team will play Iran in its first of three group-play games. The following two will be Sunday at 1:30 p.m. against Angola and Tuesday at noon against Italy. Okogie came off the bench for the team's two exhibition games.
The game will be live streamed on the FIBA website and also on its Youtube channel .
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