You have me and Sky (Diggins) who are like playmakers, then you have Ann (Strother) who is a shooter, then Chiney (Ogwumike) who can bang inside. So you have a bunch of people with different types of games but we all compli- ment each other. We can shoot it and we can bang it inside as well, so it’s good to have a variety of options when you’re playing these teams,” added Hartley.
Day 3- August 25 Day three saw the USA
Having already won gold at the World University Games and FIBA Americas U18 Championship, Chiney Ogwumike added a 3x3 World Championship gold to her collection.
guard each player so we try to make sure we get to the basket every time,” said Hartley about her team’s offensive prowess. “I think we compliment each other.
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women finish preliminary play as the No. 1 seed of Group D, then advance through to the medal semifinals after earning two medal round victories. The USA men also earned the No. 1 seed out of their pool and won their Eight Finals contest, but dropped a 20-16 heartbreaker to Serbia in quar- terfinals action and were elim- inated from the competition.
“Our women have won every game
with 21 (points) and they’re in a good position to medal,” said Johnson. “They’ve been playing extremely well together, they are very fluid on the court.”
“The men fell behind early against
Serbia and were starting on a huge comeback, but Serbia just hit some last- second bank shots that deflated us in the end and time just ran out,” added Johnson. “It was an unbelievable showing for
the first time competing internationally. They’ve been winning since our tourna- ment in Colorado Springs. The men lost their final pool play game, which might have been what they needed because they came right back and won their first bracket game, but just fell short to Serbia in the quarterfinals.” The U.S. women remained undefeat-
ed after rolling to a 21-2 victory over The Netherlands to close preliminary play and then eclipsed Estonia 21-11 in the first knockout game and then moved into the semifinals with a 21-8 win over Hungary. “I think we’ve been real
aggressive,” said Strother, about how her team won all its games before the 10:00 regulation period ends. “We’ve come out aggressive. As for tomorrow, we’ve watched Australia, they’re very physical as well. We kind of know what to expect, but if we stick to our game plan and do the things that we’ve done this whole tournament, get the ball inside … you can’t really help. In three-on-three there’s really no help side and there’s no time. You just have to be aggressive and
2012 USA Men’s 3x3 World Championship Team Roster POS HGT WGT DOB COLLEGE/HOMETOWN
G 5-11 205 10/07/83 Northeastern State University/Surprise, AZ 6-6 205 12/28/85 Cal State University, San Bernardino/Tempe, AZ
Team Leader: Travis Johnson, USA Basketball Team Consultant: Joseph Lewandowski, Deer Lakes High School (Pennsylvania) Athletic Trainer: Joseph Fritz, Lake Granbury Medical Center (Texas)
2012 USA Men’s 3x3 World Championship Team Results (5-2) DATE
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