Nike Hoop Summit 2016: Score, Highlights and Twitter Reaction

The USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Select Team defeated the World Select Team 101-67 in a showcase of the sport's best 19-and-under talent in the 2016 Nike Hoop Summit on Saturday afternoon at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. 

According to Draft Express' Jonathan Givony, the 34-point margin of victory was the largest in Hoop Summit history. 

Terrance Ferguson led Team USA with 21 points on a Hoop Summit record 7-of-10 shooting from three. The previous record for most triples made in a Hoop Summit performance was six and  was shared by the sharpshooting tandem of Xavier Henry and Casey Jacobsen, according to USA Today's Jason Jordan. 

Duke commit Jayson Tatum added 14 points, five rebounds and two blocks, while future Oregon Duck Payton Pritchard tallied 12 points. USA shooters combined to hit 45 percent of their total shots and 38 percent of their three-point attempts. 

The World Select Team, however, didn't experience a similar degree of success. The international stars finished with more turnovers (33) than made field goals (19), and none of their players finished in double figures. 

Andres Feliz, Ziming Fan, DeAndre Ayton and Isaia Cordinier dropped eight points apiece to lead World scorers. 

The USA Select Team got off to an outrageous 16-0 start, and it never looked back, using a serious talent disparity to its advantage.

The World team couldn't muster any consistency throughout the opening frame, and nine turnovers over the first 10 minutes ultimately put them in a 13-point hole entering the second quarter. 

Draft Express' Mike Schmitz broke down the many factors that contributed to the World's early struggles: 

The Red, White and Blue youngsters continued to heat up in the second quarter behind the sweet shooting stylings of Ferguson, who drilled six of his first nine threes. At one point, he was outscoring the World team all by himself, 18-16, per CBS Sports' Sam Vecenie: 

Nike Hoop Summit on Twitter documented the Advanced Prep International standout as he started to feel it from distance: 

Ferguson's outburst was particularly noteworthy because he tied the Hoops Summit single-game record in the first half alone, according to Givony.  

The USA Select Team had plenty to be thrilled about beyond Ferguson's brilliant outside shooting display, though. Kentucky Wildcats commit De'Aaron Fox (nine points, four assists, two steals) was a pure ball of energy throughout the first half, and his early contributions left USA Today's Adam Woodard impressed: 

By the time the first half came to a close, the U.S. Select Team had doubled up the World Select stars, 44-22, thanks to 14 points off 20 turnovers.

The American youngsters also used overwhelming advantages in the length and athleticism departments to hold the World squad to 30 percent shooting from the field and 0-of-6 shooting from three over the first 20 minutes.  

Unfortunately for an overmatched World squad, the second half wasn't any easier. The international ballers were held scoreless for the first five minutes of the third quarter as the U.S. pushed its lead upwards of 30, and the Americans' physicality was just far too much for the World to handle. 

The U.S. attacked the World Select Team with tenacity on defense, using high traps and different pressing schemes. It wound up outscoring the opposition by 13 points in the third frame before hitting cruise control in the final quarter. 

University of Washington commit Markelle Fultz was particularly active, as he finished with 11 points (5-of-9 shooting), three assists and three steals. 

All in all, Saturday's showcase served as a reminder of just how deep the United States' talent pool is.

The Class of 2016 is widely considered one of the best in recent memory, and some of the players who showed off their scary potential Saturday should become household names by the time the 2016-17 college hoops season rolls around. 

And with Fox, Fultz, Ferguson and Tatum all ready to rise into a realm of superstardom, next year's freshman crop should have no problem setting the bar for first-year college stars. 

Postgame Reaction

"I just had to put my hand in some ice when I went in the back," Ferguson joked, according to Jordan. "I don’t even really want to tough this mic; it’s still hot. I just had it going. The first few felt good and I knew it was on. They just kept feeding me after that. I just said, ‘Throw it up!’ That was the plan, throw it up."

And according to Tatum, the USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Select Team set out to execute a certain plan and succeeded in doing so.  

"Our focus coming into this game was on defense," Tatum said, per Jordan. "I feel like we did a good job with that then T. Ferg got hot.”

“It was fun just to go out with a big win with all of the guys,” USA's Josh Jackson (seven points, three rebounds) said, according to Jordan. "A lot of us have played USA Basketball for year and this was a cool way to end it."

Stats courtesy of USABasketball.com.