Team USA 16u defeated Canada in the gold medal game by a score of 118-36. The 82-point margin was the second largest by Team USA at the 16u level, and the only win that was larger happened 10 years from the day of the game—a 99-point win, June 13, 2013 vs Mexico in the opening rounds of the tournament.

Cameron Boozer finished with a game-high 24 points, 12 shy of what Canada had all game, and also added 12 rebounds. Boozer was named to the All-Star Five, and the tournament MVP at the conclusion of the game. Boozer is the second youngest player to be named tournament MVP behind Chris Livingston in 2019

Player	Age (at tournament start)
2019 Chris Livingston	15yrs, 7mo, 19 days
2023 Cameron Boozer	15yrs, 10mo, 18 days
2009 Brad Beal	15yrs, 11mo, 20 days

Overall, Boozer finished the tournament averaging 16.8 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game on 59-percent shooting from the field.

His 59 total rebounds were second most by any player at the 16u level all-time just two behind the 61 Ron Holland pulled down in 2021. Furthermore, with another double-double in the championship game, Boozer became the third 16u player for Team USA to record three double-doubles in a single tournament run, joining 2021 Ron Holland and 2013 Ivan Rabb.

As a team, USA won by an average margin of 64 points per game. They led the entire tournament in points, field goal percentage, rebounds, blocks, assist and steals. They allowed 51.6 points per game and no team shot better than 34-percent from the floor in any of the six games. Additionally, as a team, they recorded 128 steals, a new team record.

Leading the charge defensively was Jayden Quaintance and Darryn Peterson. Quaintance finished the tournament with 17 blocks, tied for the most by any player during the tournament. Thomas Bryant in 2013 (18) is the only 16u player for Team USA to finish with more in a tournament run.

Quaintance had at least three blocks in 5 of his 6 games played. He finished the Group Phase game against Mexico with five blocks, the most in a game by an American since 2013.

Peterson finished with 20 steals, the second most by any player at the tournament. He recorded a steal in each game during the tournament, including two games with six steals. He is the first American with multiple games of 6 steals at the 16u FIBA Americas tournament and also the only one to finish a tournament with at least 100 points and 20 steals.

Peterson’s commitment on both ends of the floor is what also landed him on the All-Star Five team after the conclusion of the championship game.

Koa Peat finished the tournament as the leading scorer for Team USA and fourth leading scorer overall averaging 17.2 points per game. His 103 total points are the second-most by a Team USA 16u player in a single tournament run. Peat is 1 of 4 players for USA to score at least 100 points in a single tournament run.

Name	Total Points
2021 Ron Holland	114
2023 Koa Peat	103
2023 Darryn Peterson	101
2023 Cameron Boozer	101

In the semifinals against Puerto Rico, Peat scored 29 points, the third most in a game for Team USA at the 16u level despite not playing the 4th quarter. His 29 points through three quarter was the most by any player through three quarters in Team USA history at the 16u level. He joined Jabari Parker as the only USA player at the 16u level to record a 25-point double-double in 22 minutes or less.

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