percent (23-61 FGs) from the floor and 25.0 percent (6-24 3pt FGs) from afar.
USA 95,
Czech Republic 57 Behind double-doubles of 16
points and 12 rebounds from Dakari Johnson and 10 points and 14 rebounds from Okafor, the U.S. ran out to a 41-22 halftime lead and flew past Czech Republic 95-57. All 12 American players
contributed points, including seven in double digits. In addition to Dakari Johnson, who notched his double-double in just 13 minutes of action; Parker scored 12; Frankamp contributed 11 points, three assists and four steals; while Berry, Stanley Johnson and Jones scored 10 points apiece. Berry dished out a team-best four assists. “Our emphasis was getting a
good start in the first quarter,” said
USA 95, Czech Republic 57 June 30, 2012
CZE Soula Kouril Dedek
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 20 1- 7 5- 5 402 7 24 3-14 1- 2 432 8 21 3- 6 1- 2 205 8
Pechacek 23 2-11 3- 4 803 7 Peterka 20 3-10 2- 2 411 8 Zumer
Slanina 22 4- 9 0- 0 404 8 Rubes Subert
16 1- 5 0- 0 002 2 5 0- 0 0- 0 000 0
Svoboda 12 1- 8 0- 2 311 2 Soukal
15 1- 3 0- 0 001 3 17 2- 3 0- 0 401 4
Stegbauer 5 0- 1 0- 0 001 0 Totals 200 21-77 12-17 35 5 23 57
USA Jones
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 20 4- 8 2- 2 230 10
Domingo 20 1- 4 0- 0 302 3 Parker
S. Johnson 22 4- 7 2- 2 423 10 Okafor
Frankamp 19 5- 7 0- 0 331 11 Berry Nunn
16 4-10 4- 4 502 12 21 4- 9 2- 3 14 01 10 20 2- 6 6- 7 342 10
14 1- 7 0- 0 300 2
Winslow 17 2- 6 1- 2 512 5 D. Johnson 13 6- 8 4- 4 12 00 16 Anya
4 1- 1 0- 0 100 2
Williams 14 1- 3 2- 2 603 4 Totals 200 35-76 23-26 64 13 16 95
Czech Republic 13 9 23 12 USA
24 17 23 31
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3PT FGs-Czech Republic (3-18): Kouril 1-4, Subert 1-2, Dedek 1-2, Peterka 0-4, Pechacek 0-3, Soukal 0-1, Zumer 0-1, Svoboda 0-1; USA (2-9): Domingo 1-3, Frankamp 1-1, Nunn 0-2, Jones 0-1, Parker 0-1, D. Johnson 0-1; TO-Czech Republic-19, USA 22; BLKS-Czech Republic 2, USA 4; STLS-Czech Republic 8, USA-12.
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defense, the red, white and blue showed no let-up in the second period and at 3:28 owned a 34-17 advantage. The lead grew to 20, 41-21, following a Frankamp three with less than a minute remaining, but the Czechs hit one of two from the charity stripe to leave the score 41-22 at halftime. The U.S. advantage hovered around
20 points throughout the third period, and the third stanza closed with the U.S. still up by 19, 64-45. The Americans turned up the heat
again. In fewer than three minutes the USA expanded the lead to 72-48 and outscored the Europeans 21-4 to close the game for the win. The USA outrebounded Czech
Conner Frankamp, who averaged 14.1 points per game to lead the USA in scoring, hit 4-of-6 3-pointers and accounted for a game high 22 points in the team’s win over Australia in the gold medal game.
Showalter, “The defensive intensity was really good. To hold somebody like the Czech Republic to 22 points in a half means we’re doing something right on defense. First of all, we’re dominating the glass. We’re getting a lot of rebounds. If you can do that, get some deflections, some steals, you’re doing okay. We probably didn’t finish around the basket as well as I’d like, but in the fourth quarter we really stretched it out and played well.” Following three lead changes and a
pair of knotted scores, the Czech Republic took its final lead of the contest 9-8 at 5:43 in the first quarter. Thanks to the USA’s relentless
pressure defense, that would be the last field goal Czech Republic made until the 7:35 mark in the second quarter. With 5:23 to play in the first period
Stanley Johnson went to the line and made both tries to put the Americans up for good, 10-9. His free throws launched a 16-4 USA run, which featured 10 points from Dakari Johnson over a 4:20 span, and four more points from Frankamp as the first period ended with the U.S. up 24-13. Continuing the high-pressure
Republic 64-35, scored 18 points off of 18 turnovers, notched 36 points in the paint and 18 second-chance points. Further, the USA’s bench outscored the Czech bench 50-19. The U.S. shot 46.1 percent (35-76
FGs) from the floor, while limiting its opponent to just 27.3 percent (21-77 FGs) overall and a frigid 16.7 percent (3-18 3pt FGs) from 3-point.
USA 111, Egypt 73 The USA used a smothering full-
court press in the second half to pull away from a determined Egypt squad for a 111-73 victory. Frankamp and Parker, who shot a red-hot 8-of-10 from the field, scored 18 points each to help the U.S. remain undefeated. In a well-rounded effort that saw 10
players score at least six points each, Nunn added 12 points, while Okafor and Williams chipped in 10 apiece. “Egypt came out prepared to play,”
Showalter stated. “We jumped out to an eight or 10-point lead early, but then they got back into the game. They felt they could play with us the first half and obviously they did. “Our kids just have to understand
that there’s not a switch that’s going to turn on or off. They have to come out more prepared mentally than they did today.”
Jones, who finished with five assists,
scored six points and Parker had five in a 12-2 opening run as the USA looked as if it would put the game away early. Utilizing its length, Egypt disrupted the USA’s inside game, while its offense
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