Omaha Biliew scores eight in USA Basketball blowout win

USA Basketball came out of the gates making shots and never looked back in Wednesday’s 122-70 win in the final pool play game of the FIBA U-19 World Cup.

Iowa State freshman Omaha Biliew ended the game with eight points, two boards, two steals and two blocked shots to help his team finish pool play with a 3-0 record.

Biliew and the rest of the team will face off with China (0-3) at 7 a.m. Wednesday as part of the quarterfinal round. The game can be seen live on YouTube.

Connor Ferguson

Connor will be covering women’s basketball for Cyclone Fanatic during the 2018-19 season. He is currently a junior enrolled at Iowa State and is studying journalism at Iowa State’s Greenlee School of Journalism. Connor also covers a variety of sports around the state of Iowa, including Indoor football and motorsports for Last Word on Sports. He also appears on-air four times a week covering high school football for 1460 KXnO, college football for his own podcast, and professional sports for 88.5 KURE – Iowa State’s student radio station.

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