DUBAI, Aug. 11 -- China's U17 basketball men's team beat Egypt 85-58 at the FIBA World Championship here on Monday.
Chinese center Hu Jinqiu, who plays for the Zhejiang Guangsha of China, topped the rebounding list with 14.7 boards per game.
The 16-year-old, 2.06 meter high center helped his team for the first victory of the tournament so far after three games in the preliminary round. China is ranked third in Group D and will face Italy in the last game of the group.
The United States beat Philippines 124-64 for the third wins in Group A on Monday.
In Monday's other matches, Italy beat Spain 64-50 while Greece defeated Angola 62-51. Greece will face Australia, which lost to Canada 85-74.
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