TEAM USA tries to bounce back from a loss to Lithuania as it battles Italy on Tuesday at the start
Game time is set at 8:40 p.m. after the other quarterfinal matchup between Lithuania and Serbia at 4:45 pm.
Germany will battle Latvia and Canada will meet Slovenia in the other quarterfinal matchups on Wednesday.The winner of the Italy-USA match will take on the Germany-Latvia victor. Team USA, out to redeem itself from 7th place in the previous World Cup in China, went 4-0 in the classification phase, beating New Zealand, Greece, Jordan, and Montenegro, before bowing to Lithuania.After absorbing their first loss in the tournament, USA coach Steve Kerr said they need to play like they were always in the second half, the time when his boys play more aggressively than in the first half where they appeared lazy and tentative, allowing opponents to mount early leads.
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