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Just a week or two removed from pushing Team USA to the brink in an Olympics tune-up game, South Sudan‘s run at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games has come to an end, though an end not without a little controversy. South Sudan fell to Serbia 96-85 on Saturday, ending group play with four points and a 1-2 record. But there was one line on the stat sheet that immediately jumped out to South Sudan’s coach and its basketball president following the game against Serbia: the free-throw line. Serbia shot 31 free throws, compared to just six for South Sudan. “If that game is fair right there, we have a bett…

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