USA U17 Women’s Team Finish 4-0 In Exhibition Games
USA 80, Brazil 38 Jumping out to an early
lead, the USA cruised past Brazil 80-38 in an exhibition contest held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resorts in
Orlando, Fla. The game wrapped up a week of training camp in Florida for the USA. “I see so many ways we can
get better, so the sky is the limit on how good this team can be,” said USA head coach Jill Rankin Schneider (Monterey H.S., Texas). “We've got so much depth and athleticism at every position. I was really pleased with how strong we came out. The USA was led by 15
points, four steals and three assists from DeShields; Kaela Davis (Buford H.S./Suwanee, Ga.) added 11 points; and Greenwell and Reimer scored 10 points apiece. The USA started red hot, and
Brianna Turner averaged 8.0 ppg., 4.5 rpg., and shot a team second best 64.7 percent in the USA’s four exhibition contests.
exhibition games and won the 2012 Italy U17 International Invitational. The U.S. got off to an impressive
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start recording an 80-38 victory over Brazil on May 31 in Orlando, Fla. Playing games over three
consecutive days in Caorle, Italy, the Americans upended Brazil on Aug. 10 by an 80-34 tally, then routed Australia 103-58 on Aug. 11, and handled host Italy 86-60 on Aug. 12 to capture the Italy U17 International Invitational. Diamond DeShields (Norcross
H.S./Norcross, Ga.) led the USA averag- ing 13.5 ppg. and 2.5 apg.; Mercedes Russell (Springfield H.S./Springfield, Ore.) posted averages of 12.0 ppg. and 7.0 rpg.; Taya Reimer (Hamilton Southeastern H.S./Fishers, Ind.) added 11.0 ppg.; and Rebecca Greenwell (Owensboro Catholic H.S./Owesnboro, Ky.) contributed 10.8 ppg. and 3.0 spg.
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n preparation for the FIBA U17 World Championship for Women, the USA U17 squad went 4-0 in
by the time Brazil called a timeout at 5:01, led comfortably 20-4. Opening the second quarter
with a 28-11 advantage, the USA held Brazil to five points in the
period and took a 48-16 lead into the halftime locker room. “There are lots of things we can
improve upon, particularly in our defense,” Schneider said. “Playing a team like Brazil is a great experience to see things like that this early in the process. “As many good things as I saw, I
know that there are so many things we can improve to make us much, much better.” Lindsay Allen (St. John’s College
H.S., D.C./Bowie, Md.), who grabbed six rebounds, and Linnae Harper (Whitney Young H.S./Chicago, Ill.), who collected seven boards, each dished out four assists for the USA. Russell led the U.S. with nine rebounds.
USA 80, Brazil 34 Playing the first of three games at
the 2012 Italy U17 International Invitational in Caorle, Italy, the U.S. started slowly before taking control and
cruising to an 80-34 over Brazil. Reimer led the U.S. with 17 points,
including a 9-of-12 performance from the free throw line. Brianna Turner (Manvel H.S./Pearland, Texas) added 16 points and Russell scored 10 points to round out the USA’s double-digit scorers. Russell also led the team with seven rebounds, while Harper recorded a team-high five assists. With the game tied at 6-6 with 5:00
minutes left in the first quarter, the U.S. began to take control and by the end of the opening stanza led 18-10. The USA outscored Brazil 16-9 in
the second quarter to open a 34-19 lead at halftime. “We got off to a really slow start,”
said Schneider. “I felt like as the game went on, our depth became more and more of a factor because we were able to extend our lead by putting fresh bodies in the game. Our bench was able to provide us with a big spark offensively, particularly Jessica Washington, Brianna Turner and Linnae Harper.” Brazil managed just six points in the
third period, while the U.S. scored 20 and took a 54-25 lead into the final quarter. The U.S. outscored Brazil 26-9 in the fourth quarter to claim the 80-34 win. The USA shot 29-of-68 (.426) from
the field in the game, and 20-of-27 (.741) from the charity stripe. The U.S. bench accounted for 35 of the team’s 80 points. Brazil shot just 29.5 percent (13-44 FGs) from the field and 50.0 percent (7-14 FTs) from the free throw line.
USA 103, Australia 58 The United States trailed Australia
in the second quarter, but behind a game high 27 points from DeShields pulled away for a 103-58 win. DeShields finished 12-of-15 shoot-
ing from the field, while also adding five steals, three assists and two blocked shots for the game. The U.S. led 16-11 after the first
quarter, but Australia battled back to take a three-point lead midway through the second quarter. DeShields then provided the spark that allowed the U.S. to take control of the game and build a 41-29 halftime lead.
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