“What we really wanted was 65
percent of our field goals assisted,” said Meier. “What that means is we need to settle down and share the ball, make sure we're making that extra pass. For a team that didn’t know each other five months ago to get together and have 26 assists on 38 field goals, that's somewhere in that (65 percent) range. That's really impressive for the first time putting this uniform on.”
USA 68, Argentina 28 Behind game-bests of 17 points and
12 boards from Stewart, the U.S. downed Argentina 68-28. The well-balanced scoring attack
also saw Mabrey collect 13 points; while Tuck scored 12. “Argentina is one of the best ball
reversal teams in this tournament with a really great pace of play,” said Meier. “We chose to be disruptive and take some risks, and we really took a couple
USA 68, Argentina 28 August 16, 2012
ARG
Sancisi Pilotti
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 14 1- 4 0- 0 2 00 2 13 2-11 0- 0 2 02 4
M. Armesto 18 0- 6 3- 4 0 12 3 Marchizotti 17 0- 4 0- 0 3 02 0 Leon
30 0- 2 0- 0 3 01 0
Martinez 17 1- 5 2- 6 2 22 4 Chelini 18 0- 7 0- 0 5 00 0 Larriestra 10 2- 5 0- 0 2 00 4 Jourdheuil 17 2- 5 0- 1 3 01 4 Llorente 13 1- 2 0- 0 3 00 2 Aispurua 15 1- 4 0- 0 1 00 2 J. Armesto 18 1- 6 0- 0 4 00 3 Totals 200 11-61 5-11 41 3 10 28
USA
Jefferson 19 3- 6 0- 0 4 62 6 Tucker Prince Tuck
29 4- 9 0- 0 9 20 8 22 3-11 6- 9 3 11 12
Cooper 19 0- 5 2- 2 7 05 2 Brown 17 2- 5 0- 0 2 03 6 Mabrey 32 5-11 0- 0 3 42 13 Stewart 24 7-13 1- 2 12 31 17 Graves Agee
14 0- 4 0- 0 4 00 0 19 2- 5 0- 0 4 13 4
Totals 200 26-70 9-13 57 18 17 68 Argentina
USA
6499 -- 28 18 17 17 16 -- 68
3-PT FGs-Argentina (1-17): J. Armesto 1-3, M. Armesto 0-3, Larriestra 0-3, Marchizotti 0-2, Jourdheuil 0-2, Aispurua 0-2, Pilotti 0-1, Martinez 0-1; USA (7-16): Mabrey 3-5, Stewart 2-5, Brown 2-3, Jefferson 0-1, Prince 0-1, Tuck 0-1; TO- Argentina 22, USA 17; BLKS-Argentina 5, USA 7; STLS-Argentina 10, USA 15.
96
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 5 0- 1 0- 0 1 10 0
Morgan Tuck,a 6’2” forward, was a scoring machine who set a new USA U18 record for scoring averaging 17.8 points per game.
things away to see if we could disrupt their offense. Obviously it really did.” The United States received four
points from Jefferson in a 9-0 run to open the game. Leading 13-6, a jumper from Prince and a 3-pointer from Stewart closed out the first stanza, giving the North Americans an 18-6 advantage. Up 21-8 early in the second period,
Mabrey drained a three to spark a 13-0 run in which four U.S. players scored and with 2:52 to play before halftime the game was blown wide open, 34-8. After an Argentine jumper and a U.S. free throw, the red, white and blue retired to the locker room ahead, 35-10. Argentina never seriously threatened
in the second half as the USA went up 52-19 at the end of the third and won the fourth period 16-9. In addition to the USA’s double-digit
scorers, Prince contributed eight points, nine rebounds, two assists and four steals to the winning effort; while Jefferson had six points and dished out six of the USA’s 18 assists. It wasn’t all good news for the U.S.
though, Tucker injured her left knee early in the game and missed the rest of the tournament. The USA defense held Argentina’s
shooting to an icy 18.0 percent (11-61 FGs) of its field goals overall includ- ing an even more frigid 1-17 from beyond the arc. Winning the battle of the boards 57-41, the U.S. notched 14 points off 22 turnovers. Further, the red, white and blue outscored Argentina 38-16 in the paint, 40-19 off the bench and 39-6 on the fast break.
USA 87, Colombia 36 Prince scored a game-high 19 points
to lead the USA to a 87-36 victory over Colombia to close out preliminary play. The game, which saw all nine
available U.S. players contribute at least four points apiece, advanced the U.S. to the semifinals as the Group A No. 1 seed. “I haven’t seen any selfish play at
all,” said Meier. “It’s been a really, really unselfish team. They’re trying to make the right basketball play and we’re ask- ing people to pass up shots and go deeper into the possession a little bit with our depleted roster. The result of
USA 87, Colombia 36 August 17, 2012
USA MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
Jefferson 28 3- 5 2- 2 2 31 8 Mabrey 23 5- 6 0- 0 1 20 15 Prince Tuck
28 8-14 0- 0 6 41 19 24 7-10 3- 3 6 22 17
Cooper 21 3- 8 0- 0 7 11 6 Brown 29 2- 6 0- 2 2 41 5 Stewart 14 1- 3 3- 4 6 00 6 Graves Agee
Tucker Torres
17 2- 4 3- 6 7 00 7 16 2- 4 0- 0 3 14 4 DNP-Injured
Totals 200 33-60 11-17 49 20 10 87 COL
D. Garcia 20 0- 1 0- 0 3 04 0 Pinilla
35 5-22 1- 1 1 03 15
Bustamante 25 1- 6 0- 0 3 02 2 S. Garcia 27 1- 3 0- 0 6 10 2 Mantilla Murillo
7 0- 2 0- 0 1 00 0 9 0- 0 0- 0 0 00 0
Mosquera 22 1- 3 0- 0 3 13 2 Caicedo 15 0- 1 0- 0 1 01 0 Rincon Suarez Mina
2 0- 1 0- 0 0 00 0 12 0- 4 0- 0 0 10 0 5 0- 1 0- 0 0 00 0
Totals 200 13-54 3- 4 23 3 14 36 USA
Colombia
26 17 24 20 -- 87 14 6 14 2 -- 36
3-PT FGs-USA (10-16): Mabrey 5-6, Prince 3-6, Brown 1-2, Stewart 1-2; Colombia (7-29): Pinilla 4-14, Torres 3-6, Suarez 0-4, Bustamante 0-2, S. Garcia 0-2, Rincon 0-1; TO-USA 11, Colombia 19; BLKS-USA 5, Colombia 3; STLS-USA 11, Colombia 5.
USA Basketball News
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 21 5-10 2- 3 2 01 15
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