powerful performance by Winslow, who finished the night with 17 points, 13 rebounds, three assists and two blocked shots.
Also contributing double-digit
scoring were Frankamp with 13; Stanley Johnson and Okafor, who played limited minutes after being whistled for his third foul less than three minutes into the contest, each chipped in 12 points; while Williams scored 10. “Words can’t really describe how
proud I am of this group of kids,” said Showalter. “First, we’re without Aaron Gordon. Then, we’re without Jabari Parker. Those are arguably two of the best players in the country. Then you have Dakari Johnson, a seven-footer, who can’t play, and Jahlil Okafor gets into foul trouble. What a rallying point for our kids. I think this game really showed it wasn’t about any individual; it was all about ‘we.’ When you wear that USA across your chest, these kids really buy into that. They don’t really care who
USA 95, Spain 66 July 7, 2012
USA Berry
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 16 3- 8 2- 2 313 8
Domingo 17 0- 3 0- 0 500 0 Winslow 33 8-14 1- 1 13 32 17 S. Johnson 23 4-11 4- 9 624 12 Okafor
Frankamp 22 3- 9 6- 6 311 13 Jones Nunn Anya
12 5- 8 2- 5 504 12 24 2- 6 4- 6 341 9
18 3- 9 1- 2 511 8 15 3- 6 0- 0 502 6
Williams 20 4- 7 2- 2 602 10 D. Johnson DNP -- Injured Parker
DNP -- Injured
Totals 200 35-81 22-33 57 12 20 95 ESP
Martin
Albalde 17 2- 8 0- 0 113 4 Gomila 11 1- 4 0- 0 102 3 Nogues 20 1- 5 4- 5 301 6 Diop
Adrover 21 4- 6 0- 0 122 8 Sans
20 1- 4 4- 4 214 6 22 0- 4 6- 6 362 6
Ventura 17 3- 6 0- 0 000 7 Portalez 13 3- 7 0- 0 311 6 Bauza Iriarte Moix
20 3- 5 0- 0 503 6 7 0- 1 0- 2 312 0 13 2- 4 0- 0 201 6
Totals 200 23-58 14-19 30 14 23 66 USA
Spain
14 29 26 26 19 18 17 12
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3PT FGs-USA (3-13): Frankamp 1-4, Nunn 1-3, Jones 1-2, Domingo 0-2, Berry 0-1, Winslow 0-1; Spain (6-22): Moix 2-4, Martin 2-3, Gomila 1-3, Ventura 1-1, Albalde 0-3, Sans 0-3, Diop 0-2, Bauza 0-1, Iriarte 0-1, Nogues 0-1; TO-USA 18, Spain 24; BLKS-USA 4, Spain 2; STLS-USA10, Spain 4.
USA Basketball News
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 19 3- 4 0- 2 122 8
gets the points, and I think you especial- ly saw that in the second half today.” Spain had a relentless defensive plan
that included a two-three zone and stymied the USA into a tournament-low 14 points in the first quarter. Further, the Americans, who have been able to pick apart their last few opponents from the start on the defensive end, allowed Spain to net three wide-open 3-pointers. To make matters even worse for the
red, white and blue, Okafor picked up his third foul at the 7:12 mark, and Showalter was forced to sit his starting center.
Despite falling behind 19-14, the
U.S. was not about to bow out after just 10 minutes of play. Stanley Johnson scored the first five points in a 7-2 run to start the second quarter to knot the game at 21-all at 7:57. From there the lead see-sawed back and forth. During that time Spain’s leading
scorer Ilimane Diop, a 6-10 center who had averaged 16.0 points and 10.2 rebounds per game through his first six games, was called for a foul and a tech after complaining about the call at 4:14. That was his third and fourth, respective- ly, so he was also forced to sit. The USA
connected on three of its four attempts from the line, before Spain went back in front for the final time, 34-33, on a pair from the charity stripe from Agusti Sans at 3:37. Nineteen seconds later,
Jones, who had nine points and four assists, calmly stepped to the line and swished in his two tries to put the USA in front for good, 35-34. With its defense picking
up, Williams hit a jumper and Stanley Johnson was fouled heading to the basket at 1:39. At that point, Spain’s
coach, who had been warned previously by the referee, was whistled for a technical and the USA hit three of four to expand its lead to six points, 40-34. Each team hit a three to
Sinking 7-of-12 shots, Joel Berry recorded 15 points, three rebounds and three assists in the USA’s 113-59 quarterfinals win against Canada.
close the half, including one from Jones with a second left on the clock, and the teams retired to the locker room with the U.S. up 43-37. Coach Showalter refocused
his team at halftime, and the U.S. outscored Spain 10-4 to start the second half. Okafor picked up his fourth foul and returned to the bench, and Spain immediately took advantage and outscored the U.S. 7-2 to cut the gap to 55-48 with 5:24 to play in the stanza. “I think they were the first team that
actually came out in a two-three zone,” said Johnson. “They really scouted our plays and knew what we were going to do to them. We just had to play basket- ball within that, attack the gaps, the basic stuff that beats a zone. We weren’t doing that. In the second half we got more comfortable in the zone, started finishing in the paint and everything else.” Winslow got his teammates fired up
with back-to-back put-backs that sparked an 11-0 run, and with 2:22 left in the period the USA’s lead had suddenly ballooned to 66-48. Spain managed a 6-3 run to end the quarter trailing by 15 points, 69-54. That took some of the wind out of
Spain’s sails, but it was the fourth quarter onslaught that proved to be the exclamation point in the game. Forcing three turnovers and reeling off nine
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