Venezuela men’s basketball beats China 72-68 for 1st win (Yahoo Sports)

The battle of the last winless men’s basketball teams in Group A went down to the wire as Venezuela squeaked past China 72-68 Wednesday night to take another step toward advancing. Venezuela power forward Nestor Colmenares made the two plays of the game down the stretch. After forcing the turnover, he hit a floater over the outstretched arm of 6-foot-11 Yi Jianlian with 15.8 seconds left to seal the win.