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USA 89, Turkey 58 A trio of double-digit


scorers and stifling defense helped the U.S. top previously unbeaten Turkey 89-58. McCoughtry crashed


the glass for six offensive boards and shot 10-of-11 from the free throw line to set a U.S. Olympic women’s single-game record for free throws made to help compile a team-high 18 points. Charles grabbed seven rebounds on her way to 16 points, and Whalen also tallied seven boards to go with her 14 points. The U.S. defense


Consecutive 3-


pointers from Bird and a score from Jones, who was playing on her 32nd birthday, fol- lowed to put the USA up 33-20 at 3:54. The U.S. defense


held Turkey to just 10 points in the second period and the Americans had built a 41-26 lead by halftime. Turkey battled back


rejected eight shots to set a U.S. Olympic women’s team single-game record and held Turkey to 31.9 percent (22-69 FGs) from the field and 38.1 percent (8-21 3pt FGs) from 3-point. The game was a rematch of sorts as


A cornerstone in the success of USA Basketball teams since 2000, three-time Olympic gold medalist Sue Bird recorded a team-high 36 assists in the eight games.


throws from Taurasi at 7:44.


USA 89, Turkey 58 August 1, 2012


the U.S. beat Turkey 80-61 in exhibition on July 22 in Istanbul, Turkey. “My views haven’t changed that


much from the last time we played Turkey,” Auriemma stated. “When I saw them play in the European qualifier I thought they looked great. They were clearly one of the top two teams in the tournament. Watching them play leading up to our game, I haven’t changed my mind one bit; they have been shooting the ball great. They did that tonight, too. They are a very difficult team to match up with.” Turkey put the game’s first points on


the board and then went on to hit three more 3-pointers in the first period to help keep the game tight through the first 10 minutes. With the USA trailing 10-8 at 4:31,


Auriemma changed his side, and McCoughtry ignited the USA with two steals and seven points as the USA closed the quarter by outscoring Turkey 11-6 to take a 19-16 lead at the first break. Beginning with McCoughtry’s four


points to end the first quarter, the USA scored six more unanswered points at the start of the second to put together a 10-0 run and take a 25-16 lead with two free


USA Basketball News TUR MIN FG FT R A PF PTS


Palazoglu 15 2- 3 2- 2 11 2 7 Vardarli 18 4- 9 0- 0 53 0 11 Yilmaz 22 1- 6 0- 0 30 4 2 Holllingsworth 25 5-13 1- 2 80 1 11 Ivegin


16 2- 5 0- 0 12 1 6


Dalgalar 12 0- 1 2- 2 00 2 2 Kartaltepe 15 2- 5 1- 2 01 2 6 Canitez 10 1- 4 0- 0 20 3 2 Tuncluer 19 3- 8 0- 0 31 2 7 Alben


Horasan 16 1- 6 0- 0 11 0 2 Caglar


21 1- 6 0- 0 23 3 2 11 0- 3 0- 0 00 1 0


Totals 200 22-69 6- 8 30 12 21 58 USA


Bird Jones


Catchings 18 0- 2 0- 0 402 0 Taurasi 24 2- 6 2- 2 614 7 Parker


15 1- 7 0- 0 420 2


Whalen 18 5- 8 4- 5 720 14 Augustus 19 4- 8 1- 1 111 9 Moore


McCoughtry 16 4- 6 10-11 710 18 Cash


Charles 27 7-14 2- 2 722 16 Fowles


16 2- 5 1- 2 523 5 3 1- 2 0- 0 101 2 DNP-Injured


Totals 200 33-69 20-23 53 18 14 89 Turkey


USA


16 10 21 11 -- 58 19 22 22 26 -- 89


3PT FGs-Turkey (8-21): Vardarli 3-7, Ivegin 2-4, Kartaltepe 1-4, Tuncluer 1-2, Palazoglu 1-1, Canitez 0-1, Dalgalar 0-1, Alben 0-1; USA (3-13): Bird 2-4, Taurasi 1-4, Moore 0-2, McCoughtry 0-2, Whalen 0-1; TO-Turkey 16, USA 15; BLKS-Turkey 2, USA 8; STLS-Turkey 4, USA 8.


MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 26 3- 5 0- 0 241 8 18 4- 6 0- 0 430 8


to within five points at 2:42 in the third, 50-45, but the USA closed the period with a 10-0 run, including six points from Whalen, to take control of the game and a 63-47 lead headed into the final 10 minutes. The scoring spree


continued into the fourth quarter and totaled 14 points as a steal and fast break from Whalen pushed the lead to 20 points, 67-47, just 33 seconds into the stanza.


The 20-point spread lasted through


to 3:04, before the Americans closed with 11 unanswered points. By the time Moore flipped a rebound ahead to Whalen for two of the USA’s 28 fast break points, the USA had compiled its largest lead of the game, 31 points, for the 89-58 win. Bird dished out a game-high four


assists, and the USA outrebounded Turkey 53-30.


USA 88, Czech Republic 61 Trailing 28-26 after the first


quarter, the USA’s shooting warmed and its defense buckled down to help push the U.S. to an 88-61 win over World Championship silver medalist Czech Republic. “It was kind of a tale of two halves,”


said Auriemma. “In the first half we scored a lot of points and we gave up a lot of points. In the second half our defense was really, really good, especially defending the three. Offense isn’t going to be a problem for our team. It certainly wasn’t tonight; we’re scoring enough points.” Sinking 4-of-8 from 3-point, Taurasi


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