BATON ROUGE – For LSU Basketball’s associate head coach David Patrick, it was a successful trip to serve as assistant coach as the Australia Boomers won the Gold Medal in the FIBA Asia Cup for a third straight time with a nail-biting 90-89 win over the People’s Republic of China on Sunday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Australia successfully completed their FIBA Asia Cup 'three-peat' bid after surviving China in a thrilling Final of the

Jaylin Galloway was instrumental with two crucial three pointers in a tense last quarter. Earlier in the day, Iran defeated New Zealand 79-73 to win the bronze medal.