3-point and finished with 20 points and a game-high eight rebounds. Also scoring in double digits were Graves with 14 points on 7-of-8 shooting and Mabrey, who had 13 points, six rebounds, five assists and a pair of steals. “I think it was the first game that
those two together really took a game over,” said Meier. “They do it in so many different ways. At the end of the game we had Stewie at the two and Tuck at the three, with Bashaara (Graves) and Candice (Agee) inside. We were just huge. They just say, ‘okay,’ and adjust and adapt and fill in for you. They did a fantastic job. Those two players are as special as they come.” Canada led 4-2 early in the contest,
but Stewart evened the score and fol- lowed with a pair of free throws at 7:06 to put her side up 6-4, and the U.S. never again trailed. In fact, her four points sparked a 16-1 run that ended on a Tuck bucket at 2:56 with the U.S. up 18-5. Canada countered with a 3-pointer
to pull the game back to a 10-point difference, 18-8. However, the U.S. offense strung together six points to end the quarter leading 24-8. The unanswered run continued into
the second quarter with 12 consecutive points, and with 5:59 to go before half- time the U.S. was in command, 36-8. In all, Canada was held to four field
goals in the second quarter, all of which were 3-pointers, and the teams retired to their respective locker rooms with the United States up 53-20. The pace didn’t slow in the third
quarter as the USA outscored its neigh- bor to the north 22-11 in the stanza. The U.S. continued to sail and won the fourth quarter 20-15 to bring the score to its final of 95-46. The USA’s defense forced Canada
into 22 turnovers and its offense capitalized by collecting 32 points off of turnovers. The U.S. outrebounded Canada
44-27, outscored Canada 58-18 in the paint and 40-2 on the fast break. The USA closed the game shooting
57.1 percent from the field, while limiting Canada to 29.8 percent.
USA 71, Brazil 47
Finding itself in unfamiliar territory of trailing by double-digits, the U.S.
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Alexis Prince averaged 10.6 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, and additionally recorded a team best 3.0 steals a game.
never panicked and fought back from the deficit to claim the 2012 FIBA Americas U18 Championship gold medal with a 71-47 victory over Brazil. A trio of players posted double-
doubles, while a total of four scored in double digits, including tournament MVP Stewart, who finished with 13 points and 10 boards and was the tournament’s second leading scorer (14.0 ppg.) and third leading rebounder (7.8 rpg). Tuck, who topped the tournament charts for scoring (17.8 ppg.) closed the night with a team-high 15 points and grabbed 11 rebounds; while Graves finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Mabrey rounded out the USA's top scorers with 14 points. “Those three were workhorses down
there,” said Meier. “They just battled and battled and battled. When I say it was a physical game, it was an extremely phys- ical game. So every time Bre (Stewart) or B (Bashaara Graves) or Morgan (Tuck) got a touch, it was well earned. They real- ly had to even focus on a catch. They were getting swarmed. That's what opened up Michael Mabrey, and she just put us on her back there for awhile and brought us back into the game.” After trailing for just 1:44 combined
in its first four games, and never by more than three points early in a contest, the U.S. found itself in the position of having to overcome a double-digit deficit. Brazil came out on fire and the
United States, which missed its first four
shots (and shot just 2-14 in the quarter), found itself on the wrong side of a 9-0 score. Stewart converted on a put-back at
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USA 71, Brazil 47 August 19, 2012
USA MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
Jefferson 25 2- 5 0- 0 24 4 4 Mabrey 26 5-10 0- 0 53 1 14 Stewart 34 5-15 3- 4 10 41 13 Prince Tuck
27 4- 7 0- 0 31 2 8 34 5-15 5- 7 11 10 15
Brown 24 3- 9 0- 0 33 2 7 Graves Agee
Cooper Tucker
25 2- 3 6- 9 11 20 10 1 0- 0 0- 2 00 0 0 4 0- 0 0- 0 00 1 0 DNP-Injured
Totals 200 26-64 14-22 48 18 11 71 BRA
Da Costa 20 2- 6 0- 0 22 0 5 Goncalves 36 0- 8 0- 0 61 2 0 De Oliveira 21 2- 5 0- 0 70 5 4 Macedo 37 6-18 5- 7 65 4 18 De Freitas 25 2- 6 2- 2 30 3 6 Ribeiro 14 0- 2 0- 0 01 0 0 Demori
1 0- 0 0- 0 00 0 0
Gregorio 14 2- 3 0- 0 10 1 6 Teixeira 11 1- 2 0- 0 20 2 2 Da Silva 8 0- 1 2- 2 30 2 2 Imoniana 12 2- 3 0- 0 10 3 4 Borges
1 0- 0 0- 0 00 0 0
Totals 200 17-54 9-11 33 9 22 47 USA
Brazil
7 22 21 21 -- 71 16 87 16 -- 47
3-PT FGs-USA (5-16): Mabrey 4-7, Brown 1-4, Jefferson 0-1, Tuck 0-2, Stewart 0-1, Prince 0-1; Brazil (4-13): Gregorio 2-3, Da Costa 1-4, Macedo 1-3, Ribeiro 0-2, Goncalves 0-1; TO-USA 19, Brazil 23; BLKS-USA 3, Brazil 2; STLS-USA 10, Brazil 12.
USA Basketball News MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
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