began to stir, and with 1:54 to go in the first period the USA lead was 20-18. Frankamp hit a three at 1:31 and Williams scored inside off a feed from Jones with 30 seconds to go to give the U.S. a 25-18 lead, and after the first 10-minute stanza the U.S. led 25-20. Egypt opened the second period
with a 10-2 run to take a short-lived lead, 30-27, at 7:45. Parker drove hard to the basket
and converted on a traditional three- point play to knot the score at 30-all at the 7:34. Berry took one of his three charges in the game, negating a bucket by Egypt on the other end. He followed that with a driving layup at 7:03 to push the U.S. ahead for good, 32-30.
But the Americans were unable
to shake Egypt over the next few minutes, and with 5:28 to play before halftime, Egypt hit a jumper to again pull within two points, 37-35. Fueled in part by a second
charge by Berry at 5:08, the U.S. went to work.
USA 111, Egypt 73 July 1, 2012
USA Jones Nunn Parker
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 18 4- 5 0- 0 350 8 18 5- 9 2- 3 112 12 20 8-10 2- 2 213 18
S. Johnson 18 2- 7 0- 0 311 4 Okafor
Frankamp 21 8-13 0- 0 411 18 Berry
20 5- 8 0- 1 701 10 20 4-10 0- 3 442 8
Domingo 17 3- 6 0- 0 502 9 Winslow 15 3- 5 2- 6 404 8 D. Johnson 12 0- 2 0- 0 102 0 Anya
9 3- 3 0- 0 200 6
Williams 12 5- 7 0- 4 511 10 Totals 200 50-85 6-19 44 14 19 111
EGY Nabil Aly
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 22 3- 6 0- 0 420 6 32 4-11 4- 4 531 12
Abdeen 28 0- 3 0- 0 613 0 Emad Hosny Amin
25 5-13 1- 2 102 11 25 4- 7 5- 7 305 13 26 3- 9 2- 2 343 9
Hesham 1 0- 0 0- 0 000 0 Soliman 15 6- 9 0- 0 011 12 Elmanestrly 11 3- 5 0- 0 200 6 Osama 15 2- 6 0- 0 611 4 Totals 200 30-69 12-15 38 12 16 73
USA Egypt
25 25 36 25 20 17 15 21
-- 111 -- 73
3PT FGs-USA (5-12): Domingo 3-5, Frankamp 2-4, Berry 0-1, S. Johnson 0-1, Nunn 0-1; Egypt (1-7): Amin 1-3, Aly 0-4; TO-USA 16, Egypt 28; BLKS- USA 2, Egypt 8; STLS-USA17, Egypt 7.
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away, 79-46, at the 2:37 mark. In all the red, white and blue outscored Egypt 36-15 in the third period to go up 86-52 with 10 minutes remaining. Egypt kept pace in the final
stanza, but was never a threat as the U.S. sailed in for the win. Domingo shot 3-of-5 from
3-point to contribute nine points and
Anya finished with six points on a perfect 3-of-3 from the field. After shooting 48.8 percent (21-43
FGs) from the field in the first half, the United States finished the game with its best shooting effort over the first three games at 58.8 percent (50-85 FGs), outrebounded Egypt by a 44-38 margin, scored 34 points off of 26 Egyptian turnovers. The U.S. also scored 80 points in the paint, had 21 second- chance points and 16 on the fast break.
USA 86, France 50 The USA applied full-court
Justice Winslow claimed FIBA U17 World Championship All-Tournament Team honors after posting 9.9 points and 8.8 rebounds a game, while adding seven blocked shots and a team best 2.6 steals a game.
At 4:49 Nunn was fouled trying to
attempt a put-back. Making his first try, he missed the second, but Williams was right there for the tip-in. While its defense forced Egypt into consecutive turnovers, Williams grabbed an offensive board and hit a turn-around jumper, then Nunn stole the ball and sprinted in for a layup as the Americans went up 44-35 and Egypt called a time-out at 3:44. That didn’t stop the USA’s
onslaught, however. Fifteen seconds later Berry got a steal and layup, Nunn scored another free throw after a Frankamp steal and the USA led 47-35, with 3:10 on the clock. At halftime the score was 50-37. Showalter, who utilized a little full-
court pressure in the first two games, had his players press to start the second half. It took about a minute to get going, during which time Egypt scored three points, but then the press had the Americans firing on all cylinders. Stanley Johnson and Nunn had
back-to-back steals, resulting in a pair of Nunn baskets. Those plays sparked a 12-0 spurt that saw Okafor score six points. The USA’s run eventually expanded to 22-4 that put the game
pressure defense from the opening tip and the result was an 86-50 defeat of France.
Stanley Johnson and Okafor came
up big for the U.S. with Stanley Johnson contributing 12 points and 10 boards and Okafor posting game-highs of 21 points and 13 rebounds. Additionally, Frankamp scored 12 points; while Winslow hauled in 10 boards, seven on the offensive end, and tied a FIBA U17 World Championship record for steals with seven. “One of the things that we have is
really good depth. When we bring kids off the bench, we don’t lose anything. When you bring guys off the bench you still keep up that pressure, and that’s what we wanted to do against France. We held them to 24 points in the first half, which doesn’t really happen very often with a 24-second shot clock. We really played well defensively,” said Showalter.
Utilizing a fourth different starting
line-up in as many games, Showalter gave Berry and Winslow their first starting nod, while Domingo, Stanley Johnson and Okafor rounded out the starting five. The starters wasted no time in
applying intense pressure to France on the defensive end and pushing the ball inside on the offensive end. The result
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