was a 10-2 opening run that featured five points from Okafor. France adjusted from there and managed to pull to 14-13 with 2:05 to play in the first quarter.
Picking up the pressure from end to
end, the USA got a put- back from Williams and the U.S. scored five straight points to start the second quarter for a 7-0 run that left the score at 21-13 at 9:03.
France converted on
a traditional 3-point play to halt the run. However, that was merely a blip in what would eventually become a 17-3 USA spurt, and with 5:56 to play before the half the
USA 86, France 50 July 3, 2012
FRA
Pontens 27 3- 7 1- 2 240 8 Inglis
Yao-Delon 17 3- 8 0- 0 202 8 Rigot Biog
Rozenfeld 16 1- 4 1- 1 702 3 Pfister
12 1- 6 0- 0 205 2 14 0- 3 0- 0 100 0
Duwiquet 9 0- 3 0- 0 200 0 Joumard 5 0- 2 0- 0 000 0 Chevrier 12 0- 2 0- 0 203 0 Cornelie 25 7-12 0- 1 413 14 Ebreuil
8 0- 1 0- 2 204 0
Totals 200 20-64 6-12 44 9 24 50 USA
Berry
Domingo 25 2- 8 0- 0 300 5 Winslow 23 1- 9 1- 2 10 13 3 S. Johnson 22 4-10 4- 6 10 23 12 Okafor
Frankamp 19 5- 9 1- 1 130 12 Jones Nunn
23 8-13 5-12 13 01 21 21 2- 6 4- 5 452 8
D. Johnson 3 0- 0 0- 0 002 0 Anya
Williams 16 2- 7 0- 0 401 4 Parker
15 3- 7 1- 2 402 7 14 3- 5 2- 4 402 8 DNP -- Injured
Totals 200 33-84 18-34 61 14 19 86 France
USA
13 11 8 18 16 24 20 26
-- 50 -- 86
3PT FGs-France (4-20): Yao-Delon 2-6, Rigot 1-4, Pontens 1-3, Inglis 0-2, Chevrier 0-1, Joumard 0-1, Duwiquet 0-1, Pfister 0-1, Rozenfeld 0-1; USA (2-12): Domingo 1-6, Frankamp 1-3, Nunn 0-2, S. Johnson 0-1; TO-France 30, USA-16; BLKS- France 4, USA 6; STLS- France 8, USA 19.
USA Basketball News
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 19 3-10 0- 2 433 6
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 25 2- 7 0- 1 534 4 30 3- 9 4- 5 511 11
Jabari Parker overcame a foot injury to average 12.6 points and 4.8 rebounds per outing, and earn his second gold medal in as many summers.
Americans had the game in hand, 31-16. By the midway break the USA was up 40-24.
Coming out of the locker room
strong, the U.S. reeled off 10 consecutive points before France finally connected on a shot, a three by Olivier Yao-Delon, who single-handedly scored every point for his side in an 8-2 spurt. France finally surrendered the battle
as the U.S. again scored 10 straight that extended to the fourth quarter, and with the scoreboard showing 62-32, there was no doubt as to the eventual victor. In all the USA outscored France 20-8 in the third period and 26-18 in the fourth for the eventual 86-50 final. Jones dished out five of the USA’s
14 assists and also contributed eight points and four steals; Anya notched eight points, four rebounds, three blocks and two steals, while Nunn had seven points and four caroms. The USA outrebounded France
61-44, outscored France 54-30 in the paint and 39-17 off the bench. Additionally, the U.S. had 24 second- chance points to France’s four. The U.S.
also forced 30 turnovers and only committed 16.
USA 116, China 47 The United States U17 Team cele-
brated its nation’s independence in style, improving to 5-0 with a commanding 116-47 rout of China to close 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship preliminary round play. Seven of the 10 U.S. players who entered the game posted double- digit scoring efforts, including two who notched double-doubles. Frankamp was the game’s leading
scorer with 17 points, followed closely by Domingo, who scored 16. Stanley Johnson contributed 15 points; Anya had one of the double-doubles with 13 points and 10 boards, six on the offensive end; Nunn and Okafor also pitched in 13; while Winslow finished with 12 points, 12 rebounds, three assists, three blocked shots and four steals. Further, Jones, who scored seven points, dished out 11 of the USA’s 25 assists. China scored first and at 8:14 sunk a
pair of free throws to move ahead 4-2. Berry, who contributed four points, four
USA 116, China 47 July 4, 2012
CHN Zhao Heng Han
Zhou Liu
Yang Xu
Wang Guo Ma
Berry
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 18 1- 8 0- 0 321 2 26 4- 9 0- 1 431 9 24 2- 9 0- 0 011 6 14 2- 4 2- 2 333 6 25 1- 4 0- 0 800 2 19 3- 9 0- 0 411 9 12 0- 3 1- 2 504 1 16 0- 2 0- 0 111 0 20 2-11 0- 3 311 5 26 3- 9 1- 2 214 7
Totals 200 18-68 4-10 37 13 17 47 USA
Domingo 22 7-13 0- 0 513 16 Winslow 24 6-11 0- 0 12 31 12 S. Johnson 22 6- 9 3- 3 622 15 Okafor
Frankamp 23 7-15 0- 0 320 17 Jones Nunn Anya
19 6-12 1- 3 902 13 22 3- 5 0- 1 2 11 07
16 5- 7 2- 2 202 13 16 5-10 3- 7 10 03 13
Williams 18 3- 5 0- 0 511 6 D. Johnson DNP -- Injured Parker
DNP -- Injured
Totals 200 50-92 9-17 63 25 14 116 China
USA
10 8 16 13 24 29 24 39
-- 47 -- 116
3PT FGs-China (7-23): Yang 3-6, Han 2-5, Guo 1-4, Heng 1-1, Zhao 0-4, Xu 0-2, Wang 0-1; USA (7-16): Frankamp 3-7, Domingo 2-6, Nunn 1-1, Jones 1-2; TO-China 30, USA 16; BLKS-China 5, USA 11; STLS-China 5, USA 15
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MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 18 2- 5 0- 1 450 4
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