before half. The U.S. game deciding run was capped by back- to-back 3-pointers by Dekker. Leading 49-28 to start the
third, Brazil was still down 21, 57-36, with 6:10 to go. The home country got its near capacity crowd something to cheer for when it outscored the USA 9-0 which reduced the deficit to 57-45 with 3:36 to play in the quarter. Dekker halted the Brazilian
streak with a steal and layup, then Robinson converted a fast break to lift the U.S. to a 61-45 lead. “I think this was something
we needed going into the medal round just because the first two games at halftime were non- competitive. Playing almost a road game against Brazil was a good environment, you knew they were going to continue to fight and battle. I though at the start of the second half we didn’t handle that real well, but we kind of settled down and were able to get the lead back up to 20. I thought it was a game where we saw some adversity, which we had not seen in the first two games, which was good for us,” said Donovan. “I thought we showed a lot of maturi-
A pair of baskets from Marcus Smart launched the USA on a 10-3 run, and a 3-pointer by Sulaimon capped the run as the USA jetted out in front of Argentina by 10, 15-5. Leading 27-17 entering the second
quarter, the two teams traded baskets and with 1:53 remaining before half
the U.S. lead was still 10, 46-36. Goodwin stepped up and completed
back-to-back 3-point plays and added another free throw to push the U.S. lead to 53-36, and at halftime the Americans were enjoying a 53-38 advantage. A pair of baskets from Randle and
The only team member possessing college experience, Tennessee’s Jarnell Stokes aided the U.S. to gold averaging 14.0 points and 5.6 rebounds a game.
21.1 percent from 3-point, the USA also battled to a 43-39 edge on the boards.
USA 107, Argentina 72 Utilizing its superior depth and
ty in that first half. When we got up by 21 I think we probably let our guard down a little bit and didn’t handle the second half as well as we did the first half.” While Brazil never allowed the USA
to put the game away until the final minutes, the U.S. did its part and never let Brazil get any closer than 13 points in the fourth period. “Jarnell (Stokes) was really great,
he really gave us great minutes,” stated Donovan. “Jarnell really stayed the course and gave us a great presence; he had a really good solid game in around the basket. I though Julius (Randle) also played very, very well. As the game wore on he impacted the game a little bit more.” Also aiding the U.S. in the win were
Smart, with nine points, five rebounds, a U.S. high six assists and four steals; Sulaimon, with nine points, and Dekker with eight points. The U.S. made 50 percent of its
shots for the night, including 5-18 3-point tries. Limiting Brazil to 34.7 percent shooting from the floor and just
90
balanced scoring, the USA handled Argentina and claimed a 107-72 victory. The win, which featured all 12 U.S. players scoring including seven in double figures, improved the USA’s record to 4-0 and advanced the Americans into the gold medal game. The U.S. offense, which registered
107 points on 54.8 percent shooting overall, was paced by 15 points from Randle, Sulaimon added 14 points, Goodwin tossed in 13, Purvis and Stokes each accounted for 11 points, and Britt and Layman were credited with 10 points apiece. “Coach Donovan told me if they
play off me to just to shoot the jump shot so I started shooting jump shots and made a couple, which made it harder for them to guard me,” said USA leading scorer Randle. The USA outrebounded Argentina 44-27 as every member of the U.S. team registered at least two rebounds. In a fast-paced game from the
opening tip, the U.S. got points from Purvis, Grant and Britt to take a 5-2 lead.
two baskets from Britt greeted the Argentines at the start of the second half as the U.S. upped its advantage to 61-40. Argentina closed the deficit to 15 (61-46), but a drive by Grant and an offensive putback by Stokes ended the threat and the USA sailed on in for the 35-point win. “I thought in the second quarter we
USA 107, Argentina 72 June 19, 2012
ARG Barral
Bernardini 20 3- 9 0- 0 4 21 7 Torres Deck
9 4- 5 2- 2 0 04 11 22 4- 6 3- 5 2 43 11
Massone 21 0- 3 0- 0 2 31 0 Moreno 19 5-10 4- 7 5 00 15 Tognon 15 2- 4 1- 2 6 05 5 Haag
Araujo
13 1- 4 2- 2 1 23 4 18 2- 6 0- 0 0 13 4
Whelan 18 0- 0 0- 0 0 41 0 Del Risco 8 0- 0 0- 0 0 02 0 Gonzalez 18 2- 6 1- 2 0 12 5 Totals 200 28-60 13-20 27 17 28 72
USA
Randle Stokes Britt
Smart Grant
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 19 7-11 1- 2 4 13 15 17 5- 8 1- 3 5 00 11 22 5-11 0- 2 2 32 10 22 2- 6 2- 2 4 30 6 14 3- 3 1- 3 2 10 7
Layman 15 3- 6 2- 2 4 22 10 Dekker Harrell
9 0- 2 3- 4 4 01 3 13 1- 2 0- 0 2 03 2
Goodwin 15 4- 5 5- 6 2 12 13 Sulaimon 20 5- 9 2- 3 4 02 14 Purvis
17 4- 7 3- 4 4 41 11
Robinson 17 1- 3 2- 2 4 21 5 Totals 200 40-73 22-33 44 17 17 107
Argentina USA
17 21 17 17 -- 72 29 24 25 29 -- 107
3-PT FGs-Argentina (3-15): Bernardini 1-6, Moreno 1-3, Deck 1-2, Araujo 0-2, Barral 0-1, Haag 0-1; USA (5-18): Sulaimon 2-5, Layman 2-4, Robinson 1-1, Britt 0-3, Smart 0-2, Randle 0-1, Dekker 0-1, Purvis 0-1; TO-Argentina 20, USA 12; BLKS- Argentina 0, USA 3; STLS-Argentina 4, USA 12.
USA Basketball News
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 19 5- 7 0- 0 3 03 10
Craig Miller/USA Basketball
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