USA Rally Falls Short As World Select Team Hands USA Selects An 84-75 Setback In 15th Annual Nike Hoop Summit
Muhammad (Bishop Gorman H.S. / Las Vegas, Nev.), the World Select Team captured an 84-75 win over the USA Junior National Select Team in the 2012 Nike Hoop Summit on April 7 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore. Down by as many as 18 points
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in the first half, the USA fought back to take a 75-74 lead with 3:20 remaining in the game before the international squad closed on a 10-0 run to capture its fourth win and largest margin of victory in the 15-game history of the event. “Obviously, we were down
52-34 at halftime. We had forced nine turnovers, but we dug a hole of 10-0,” said USA head coach Kevin Boyle (Montverde Academy, Fla.). “We got it to 32-26, and I think they outscored us 20 or 22-2 to end the half to go up 18. We weren’t rotating good on defense. We were kind of standing and watching a little bit on offense. I don’t know if we started the game a little tight from the atmosphere, a lot of guys playing international basketball for the first time, or if they just came out more aggressive. “In the second half we forced
14 turnovers, were able to turn them over a lot, able to get back into the game. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get the job done with the hole being so large.” Muhammad, in addition to
setting the event scoring mark, also tied the U.S. record for field goals made (12) and set a new high for field goals attempted (19), while Kyle Anderson (St. Anthony H.S./North Bergen, N.J.) grabbed a
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espite a record-set- ting 35 points from the USA’s Shabazz
“In the second half we forced 14 turnovers, (we) were able to turn them over a lot, able to get back into the game. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get the job
done with the hole being so large.”
USA Head Coach Kevin Boyle
U.S. record-tying 10 rebounds to go with 12 points and four assists. “I wasn’t really aware of (the
scoring record),” Muhammad said. “I just thought my shot was going in tonight. I thought we really played well in the second half with the rotations on defense. If we would have done that in the first half, we would have come closer to winning the game.” A trio of double-digit scorers led the
Despite the USA’s Shabazz Muhammad pouring in a record 35 points, the Americans were upended 84-75 in the 15th annual Nike Hoop Summit.
World Select Team. Canada’s Andrew Wiggins tallied 20 points, including six attempted 3-pointers, tying the international record. China center Wang Zhelin added 19 points, and Croatia’s Dario Saric, making his second appear- ance in the Nike Hoop Summit, scored
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2012 USA Men's Junior National Select Team POS HGT WGT AGE HIGH SCHOOL / HOMETOWN / *COLLEGE
Kyle Anderson G/F 6-8 225 18 St. Anthony H.S./North Bergen, NJ/*UCLA Archie Goodwin G/F 6-5 181 17 Sylvan Hills H.S./Little Rock, AR/*Kentucky Gary Harris G 6-6 208 17 Hamilton Southeastern H.S./Fishers, IN/*Michigan State Mitch McGary C 6-10 265 19 Brewster Academy/Porter, IN/*Michigan Shabazz Muhammad G/F 6-6 215 18 Bishop Gorman H.S./Las Vegas, NV/*UCLA Nerlens Noel F/C 6-11 205 17 The Tilton School (NH)/Everett, MA/*Kentucky Tony Parker C 6-8 270 18 Miller Grove H.S./Lithonia, GA/*UCLA James Robinson G 6-3 195 18 DeMatha Catholic H.S./Mitchellville, MD/*Pittsburgh Rasheed Sulaimon G 6-3 180 18 Strake Jesuit College Prep/Houston, TX/*Duke Kaleb Tarczewski C 7-0 220 19 St. Mark’s School (MA)/Claremont, NH/*Arizona
Head Coach: Kevin Boyle, Montverde Academy (Florida) Assistant Coach: Mike Jones, DeMatha Catholic High School(Maryland) Team Physician: Don Roberts, Portland Trail Blazers Athletic Trainer: Andrew Rager, Nike
* Indicates college where the player had signed a National Letter of Intent. 101