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United States forward Rudy Gay swoops in for a dunk during a Group C game at the FIBA World Cup in Bilbao, Spain, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014.

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Mobile native DeMarcus Cousins filled up his stat line in helping the United States beat the Dominican Republic 106-71 in the FIBA World Cup in Balbao, Spain, on Wednesday. The victory clinched the Group C championship for the United States.

At 4-0, the U.S. team has one Group C game remaining - against Ukraine at 11:30 a.m. CDT Thursday - before advancing to the 16-team, single-elimination round of the tournament.

Cousins, the center for the NBA's Sacramento Kings, came off the bench to get 13 points, five rebounds, two assists and six steals. Cousins' six steals were one more than the Dominican Republic had as a team. During the 12 minutes that Cousins was in the game, the United States outscored the Dominican Republic by 21 points.

"I believe everybody felt pretty good how they played tonight," Cousins told The Associated Press. "That's what we're going to need to continue this path."

United States center DeMarcus Cousin dunks against the Dominican Republic during a Group C game at the FIBA World Cup in Bilbao, Spain, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014.

Cousins made all five of his shots in the game. The United States again didn't have much of an outside shooting touch, making only six of its 21 3-point shots. But inside the arc, the United States made two-thirds of its shots and outscored the Dominican Republic 66-28 in the paint.

Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried led the U.S. scoring with 16 points. Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan had 11 points, Houston Rockets guard James Harden and New Orleans Pelicans center Anthony Davis netted 10 apiece. For the second game in a row, every U.S. player scored.

The United States rolled to another rout by scoring the final 11 points of the third quarter and the first 11 points of the fourth quarter. The U.S. team led by as many as 40 points.

The victory over the Dominican Republic will be shown again on NBA TV at 9 p.m. Wednesday. Thursday's game against Ukraine, which is guided by former NBA coach and TV analyst Mike Fratello, will be televised live by ESPN2.

The United States plays in the tournament quarterfinals on Saturday in Barcelona against the fourth-place finisher in Group D, which probably will be Mexico.

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