Arizona's Bennedict Mathurin drops 30 in Canada's 100-75 win over Japan in FIBA U19 World Cup

Arizona's Bennedict Mathurin bounced back from a rough U19 World Cup debut in style Sunday.

After struggling (and having Azuolas Tubelis block his dunk -- see play No. 4 here) in Canada's win over Lithuania on Saturday, Mathurin came back to score 30 points on 11 for 15 shooting in Canada's 100-75 win over Japan on Sunday in a FIBA U19 World Cup game in Daugavpils, Latvia.

Mathurin hit 6 of 9 3-pointers, including back-to-back shots while he exploded in the third quarter, and also had three rebounds and two assists over 30 minutes.

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Montréal’s Benn Mathurin put on a show today at U19 @FIBA World Cup for 🇨🇦 in a 100-75 win 🇯🇵. 30pts, 11/15 FG, 6/9 from downtown 3rebs 2assists 5/6 FT’s. This young man is special. Should be an #NBA lottery pick next year. @ArizonaMBB @Sam_Vecenie @DraftExpress @MattBabcock11 pic.twitter.com/NXGNExVzJ9

— Peter Yannopoulos (@PeteYannopoulos) July 4, 2021

Also Sunday, Tubelis had eight points and six rebounds in Lithuania's 78-73 win over Senegal while former UA wing Tibet Gorener had eight points in Turkey's 64-62 win over Australia.

In a night game Sunday in Riga, UA center Oumar Ballo had nine points on 4-for-12 shooting plus five rebounds for Mali in a 100-52 loss to USA.