Luka Doncic scores 37 Slovenia beats Venezuela at World Cup

FIBA World Cup 2023: Luka Doncic drops 37 points, Slovenia roll past Venezuela in his World Cup debut.

At Okinawa, Mavericks star Luca Doncic poured in 37 points and added seven rebounds and six assists. Slovenia will go as far as Doncic can carry them. Mike Tobey added 21 points and Klemen Prepelic had 18 with six rebounds.

Slovenia led 56-51 at halftime and pulled away steadily in the final 20 minutes.

Garly Sojo topped Venezuela with 16 points and Jhornan Zamora and Heissler Guillent each had 12.

Venezuela faces Cape Verde on Monday and Slovenia is up against Georgia.

More: FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023: Schedule, scores, bracket, TV times, teams, Results, channel, live stream 

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