and gave us really good minutes. Everybody scored and I think when we subbed we didn’t really have a drop off, everybody really contributed and helped. The USA’s quickness, power inside,
and defensive focus quickly took its toll on Mexico as the Americans jumped out to a 19-4 lead and never looked back. Leading 6-4, Randle helped launch
the U.S. on a 13-0 run that quickly took the resolve out of Mexico as the USA moved ahead 19-4 with 5:35 to play in the opening quarter. The U.S. finished the first quarter
strong and outscored Mexico 13-6 to grab a 32-12 advantage. Pressured and chased by the USA press, Mexico turned ball over 10 times in the game’s first 10 minutes. If Mexico held any hope of rallying,
it was quickly crushed in the second quarter as the USA, after seeing Mexico score to open the second period, ripped
USA 110, Mexico 59 June 17, 2012
USA
Randle Stokes Britt
Smart Grant
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 18 4- 6 3- 6 4 20 11 14 3- 5 1- 3 3 13 7 22 2- 7 1- 1 6 23 5 12 4- 7 1- 2 3 42 9 16 1- 5 6- 9 4 00 8
Layman 16 7-10 1- 2 2 01 18 Dekker 10 1- 4 0- 0 2 02 2 Harrell
18 6- 6 0- 1 7 12 12
Goodwin 22 6- 8 1- 2 7 30 13 Sulaimon 18 3- 8 0- 0 5 11 7 Purvis
18 4- 8 5- 9 1 24 13
Robinson 16 2- 6 1- 2 2 45 5 Totals 200 43-80 20-37 50 20 23 110
MEX Avila
Alonso Stone Mejia
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 15 0- 1 0- 2 1 03 0 8 0- 1 0- 0 0 02 0 15 1- 5 2- 2 2 22 4 16 2- 6 0- 0 2 02 4
Sanchez 17 4-12 4- 4 1 01 13 Alvarado 16 1- 3 2- 6 2 14 4 Espinoza 19 3- 6 0- 0 3 13 7 Rubalcava 18 1- 2 1- 4 5 01 3 Paredas 16 1- 7 0- 0 2 10 2 Canton
Rebollar 23 2- 6 1- 4 6 30 5 Reyes
13 2- 7 5-10 5 23 9 24 4- 7 0- 0 6 03 8
Totals 200 21-63 15-32 38 10 24 59 USA
Mexico
32 26 27 25 -- 110 12 14 17 16 -- 59
3-PT FGs-USA (4-23): Layman 3-5, Sulaimon 1-5, Britt 0-3, Robinson 0-3, Dekker 0-2, Purvis 0-2, Stokes 0-1, Smart 0-1, Grant 0-1; Mexico (2-17): Sanchez 1-7, Espinoza 1-4, Mejia 0-2, Paredas 0- 2, Alonso 0-1, Rebollar 0-1; TO-USA 17, Mexico 25; BLKS-USA 3, Mexico 2; STLS-USA 12, Mexico 5.
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Rasheed Sulaimon offered scoring punch off the bench and averaged 10.0 ppg. and shot 54.1 percent from the field.
off 18 consecutive points to take total command, 50-16. All 12 USA players scored in
the game. Layman paced the USA’s offensive onslaught making 3-of-5 3-point attempts, while Purvis and Goodwin each contributed 13 points, Harrell tossed in 12 and Randle contributed 11. Led by seven rebounds from
Harrell and Goodwin, and six from Britt, the Americans outrebounded the Mexican squad by a 50-38 margin.
USA 83, Brazil 64 Getting points from every mem-
ber of the USA U18 Team, including a game high 22 points from Stokes and 15 more from Randle, the USA downed host Brazil 83-64. “I was able to use my strength and
size that God blessed me with,” said Stokes, who scored 14 of his 22 points in the first half. “Luckily I got a lot of easy baskets from my teammates such as Rodney (Purvis) who came in and gave us some good minutes, Marcus (Smart), Nate (Britt). So the guys really got me going early.” The win earned the U.S. a qualifying
spot in the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship, improved the Americans’ record to 3-0, and earned them the Group A No. 1 seed for the medal round semifinals. After jumping out ahead 6-3, the
U.S. found itself trailing for the first time in the tournament. Down 9-8 with 5:15 left in the opening quarter, Donovan’s USA squad got points from four different players and went on an 11-0 run that left them leading 19-9 with 1:56 to play in the period.
Following an offensive put back by
Stokes and one free throw by Purvis, the USA lead stood at 22-11. But Brazil’s Deryk Evandro Ramos gave his faltering team some much needed inspiration when he drained a deep 3-pointer with just :03 left in the first quarter. Owning a 29-19 advantage, the USA
offense went on a scoring binge and posted a 19-4 run to push its lead to a sizeable 48-23 margin with 1:04 left
USA
Randle Stokes Britt
Smart Grant
USA 83, Brazil 64 June 18, 2012
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 23 5- 9 4- 5 5 02 15 27 11-14 0- 3 8 12 22 17 2- 6 0- 0 0 32 5 27 2- 7 5- 6 5 62 9 22 1- 9 0- 1 7 01 2
Layman 11 1- 3 1- 2 4 12 3 Dekker 12 3- 4 0- 0 2 01 8 Harrell
8 1- 1 1- 2 3 00 3
Goodwin 11 1- 2 0- 0 4 15 2 Sulaimon 21 4- 7 0- 0 1 02 9 Purvis
8 0- 1 1- 2 1 20 1
Robinson 13 2- 3 0- 0 1 10 4 Totals 200 33-66 12-21 43 15 19 83
BRA Pereira
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 21 5- 9 2- 4 8 03 12
Demetrio 12 2- 3 0- 0 3 01 5 Faria
19 3- 7 1- 2 3 13 7
Siqueira 21 2- 5 0- 0 2 21 5 Ramos 28 2-11 2- 4 0 61 7 Leite
Junior
3 0- 1 0- 0 0 01 0 10 0- 2 1- 2 3 01 1
Dias Silva 28 6-17 2- 2 8 02 15 Sommer 21 3- 8 2- 3 2 05 8 Da Silva 25 2- 8 0- 0 2 31 4 Verardo
8 0- 1 0- 0 0 11 0
De Lima 4 0- 0 0- 0 0 21 0 Totals 200 25-72 10-17 39 15 21 64
USA Brazil
22 27 12 22 -- 83 14 14 19 17 -- 64
3-PT FGs-USA (5-18): Dekker 2-2, Sulaimon 1-4, Britt 1-3, Randle 1-2, Smart 0-4, Grant 0-2, Layman 0-1; Brazil (4-19): Ramos 1-6, Dias Silva 1-5, Siqueira 1-2, Demetrio 1-1, Da Silva 0-2, Faria 0-1, Junior 0-1, Verardo 0-1; TO-USA 13, Brazil 16; BLKS-USA 5, Brazil 3; STLS-USA 9, Brazil 5.
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