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rebounds and five assists, drove straight to the basket 11 seconds later to tie the score and the Americans never again trailed.


The USA’s pressure defense forced


China into three turnovers and two missed shots, and less than five minutes into the first stanza the USA’s lead was 13-4. China scored five straight points, but the U.S. countered with a 9-0 spurt, and by the end of the first period it was a 14-point game, 24-10, with six U.S. players on the scoreboard. There was no faltering in the second


quarter as the United States strung together a 9-0 run and an 18-0 run and by halftime, the U.S. was up 53-18. Outscoring China 24-16 in the third


quarter and 39-13 in the fourth, the red, white and blue cruised in for the victory. The USA dominated in every


category, outrebounding China 63-37, gaining 32 points from 30 Chinese turnovers, outscoring China 68-20 in the


USA 113, Canada 59 July 6, 2012


CAN Zabo


MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 18 3- 6 0- 0 212 6


Bhullar 20 1- 1 0- 0 433 2 Shayok 17 2- 6 0- 0 411 4 Jackson 23 7-10 2- 4 501 17 Bellot-Green 24 5-13 2- 2 413 12 Babic


Robinson 12 1- 2 0- 0 203 2 Pate


10 2- 5 0- 0 001 5 15 1-10 0- 0 000 2


Duvivier 20 2- 9 0- 2 322 4 Steeves 15 0- 5 0- 0 100 0 Egi


10 1- 5 1- 2 302 3


McComber 16 0- 2 2- 2 310 2 Totals 200 25-74 7-12 36 9 18 59


USA Berry


MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 21 7-12 1- 1 332 15


Domingo 22 3- 9 0- 0 201 6 Winslow 24 7- 9 2- 2 13 22 17 S. Johnson 21 3- 9 1- 3 913 7 Okafor


Frankamp 23 3- 8 0- 0 231 7 Jones Nunn Anya


20 4- 7 2- 5 501 10 19 9-12 4- 4 361 22


Parker


13 3- 8 0- 0 521 6 13 2- 2 1- 4 201 5 12 4- 6 0- 0 801 10


Williams 12 3- 4 2- 5 301 8 D. Johnson DNP -- Injured Totals 200 48-86 13-24 59 17 15 113


Canada USA


15 15 13 16 26 20 32 35


-- 59 -- 113


3PT FGs-Canada (2-18): Babic 1-3, Jackson 1-2, Shayok 0-3, Duvivier 0-3, Pate 0-3, McComber 0-2, Zabo 0-1, Bellot-Green 0-1; USA (4-15): Parker 2-2, Frankamp 1-5, Winslow 1-1, Domingo 0-4, S. Johnson 0-1, Nunn 0-1, Jones 0-1; TO-Canada 22, USA 16; BLKS-Canada 0, USA 9; STLS-Canada 13, USA 16.


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paint, 18-5 on second- chance points and 16-4 on the fast break. Additionally, the USA bench contributed nearly half its point production and owned a lopsided 56-22 win over China’s bench. The U.S. also stymied China into shooting to just 26.5 percent (18-68 FGs) from the floor, while hit- ting a 54.3 percent (50-92 FGs) of its shots.


USA 113, Canada 59 Jones and Winslow


combined for 39 points, 16 rebounds and eight assists to lead the USA as it distanced itself from Canada in the second half for a 113-59 quarterfinals victory. Jones contributed game-bests of 22 points and six assists, while Winslow notched a double-double of 17 points and 13 rebounds. In addition to Jones and Winslow,


Tyus Jones ranked third among all U17 players in assists after averaging 5.4 a game, and also ranked third overall for assist- to-turnover ratio with a 2.15 average.


4:00 remaining before halftime trailed 36-24. The U.S. outscored its neighbor to the north 10-6 over the ensuing minutes for a 16-point halftime lead, 46-30. The USA in the second half’s first


who scored 12 points apiece in the sec- ond half, the USA’s winning effort was spurred by 15 points from Berry, and 10 points each from Chicago natives Okafor and Parker. “I give Canada a lot of credit,” said


Showalter. “They came out very strong in the first half. They really powered the boards in the first half. Of their 30 points, they had 24 in the paint. We had to shore some things up in the second half.”


“Shots were just falling for me,”


said Jones. “I was putting the ball in the hole. It was just one of those nights for me. I take what the defense gives me. Setting up my teammates, just running the team is what I do. But I’ll take what the defense gives me, and they were giving me shots tonight.” Tied 13-13 with 4:07 left in the first


quarter, the U.S. squad reeled off 11 consecutive points to go up 24-13 with less than a minute remaining and at the end of the first quarter the USA was ahead 26-15. Canada kept up the pace and with


five minutes received seven points from Jones and six from Winslow as it ran out to a 61-36 lead and never looked back. From there, the red, white and blue


put the hammer down defensively and outscored Canada 26-7 throughout the rest of the quarter to take a commanding 78-43 going into the final stanza. In the end, the USA outrebounded


Canada 59-36, and had 30 points from 22 Canadian turnovers, while Canada only managed 10 points off of the USA’s 16 miscues. Further, the U.S. outscored Canada 72-34 in the paint, 18-6 on the fast break and 58-18 off the bench. The USA’s high-powered offense


connected on a sizzling 55.8 percent (48-86 FGs) from the field, while its defense held Canada to 33.8 percent (25-74 FGs) shooting.


USA 95, Spain 66 After holding a six-point halftime


lead, the U.S. pulled away from Spain in the second half for an eventual 95-66 semifinal victory. The USA earned its gold medal game berth with the help of a


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