TORONTO — The Georgetown Hoyas and Japan under-23 team played entirely different versions of basketball on Wednesday.

Hoyas centres Julius Halaifonua and Vince Iwuchukwu dominated the paint and Japan unsuccessfully fired from three-point range as Georgetown, representing the USA, cruised to an 88-53 blowout win to open the 2025 GLOBL JAM tournament at Mattamy Athletic Centre.

There were staggering differences in most statistical categories, including three-point attempts (Japan-38, Georgetown-19), points in the paint (Georgetown-52, Japan-14), fast break points (Georgetown-21, Japan-5) and assists (Georgetown-24, Japan-12).

Halaifonua opened the game by backing down his defender on a post-up and finishing at the rim with ease. It was the first of eight points generated from the paint in

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