KU basketball’s AJ Storr scores 15 points for Team Bahamas in a loss to Montenegro

Kansas junior guard AJ Storr scored 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting in the Bahamas National Team’s 93-80 loss to Montenegro on Wednesday at the Greek Basketball Federation’s Acropolis Tournament in Piraeus, Greece.

Storr, a 6-foot-7 transfer from the University of Wisconsin, was 0-for-1 from 3 and 1-of-1 from the free throw line. He played 23 minutes. Storr, a second-team all-Big Ten selection last season, contributed four rebounds with one assist against one turnover.

NBA big man Deandre Ayton had 11 points and five rebounds, while NBA guard Buddy Hield had eight points and six rebounds. Ayton was rested the entire second half. Baylor freshman V.J. Edgecombe scored 11 points for Team Bahamas.

Montenegro on Wednesday bounced back from Tuesday’s 29-point loss to Greece. Team Bahamas was a chilly 8-of-37 from 3 in Wednesday’s defeat.

Storr, who is from Rockford, Illinois, is eligible to play for the Bahamian National Team because his father, Ambrozino Storr Sr., was born in Nassau, Bahamas.

Bahamas will play Greece on Thursday then head to the Olympic qualifying tournament July 2-7 in Valencia, Spain.

Bahamas, which has never qualified for the Olympics in a team sport, will battle five other countries for a spot in the Olympics. Bahamas will open with Finland on July 2 and Poland on July 3 in the qualifier.

Last August, Storr averaged 15.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in a pair of Team Bahamas exhibition games against KU. The Jayhawks and Team Bahamas split the pair of games.

The Olympics are set for July 27 to August 11 in Paris, France.