that has been some pretty basketball.” In addition to Prince, who shot
8-of-14 from the field, 3-of-6 from 3-point, and had six rebounds, four assists and three steals; Tuck shot 7-of-10 from the field and contributed 17 points and six rebounds; while Mabrey tied a U.S. U18 3-point field goal percentage record after netting 83.3 percent (5-6 3pt FGs) of her long- range attempts for 15 points. As a team, the U.S. shot a blister-
ing 62.5 percent (10-16 3pt FGs) from 3-point range, which eclipsed the previ- ous USA U18 single game record for 3- point field goal percentage of 57.1 (4-7 3pt FGs) set against Brazil in 1993. Colombia, which hit four if its
seven 3-pointers in the first quarter, became the first team in three games to own a lead over the United States. Striking first with a long ball at 9:06, Colombia’s lead was short lived and following a Cooper basket at 8:44, Tuck swished in a pair of free throws at ,8:18 to put the USA up 4-3 and the U.S. never again trailed. Colombia wouldn’t go away and
after its third 3-pointer of the period, trailed by just one point, 12-11, at 4:17. Just 14 seconds later Prince hit her
first three of the game, sparking a 14-0 run in which she contributed seven points. That spurt was capped by 3- pointers from Brown and Mabrey, and with 46 seconds to play in the first stan- za the U.S. had pulled away 26-11. One final 3-pointer from Colombia cut it to 26-14 before the buzzer. Stewart notched five points in a 7-0
spurt to go up 33-14 early the second quarter.
Colombia cut the gap to 15 points,
35-20, with 3:51 to go before halftime. Graves got a fast-break bucket off a steal and pass from Brown and followed that with another bucket at 2:27. Tuck then had her own 4-0 run as the USA outscored Colombia 8-0 in the closing minutes to take a commanding 43-20 lead at halftime. Colombia worked to narrow the
divide and at 3:34, after the opponents converted a steal into a bucket that pulled the score to 52-34, Meier was granted a timeout. “In a perfect world I’d like to not
have to call a timeout to make an adjust- USA Basketball News
category, including owning a 49-23 rebounding advantage.
USA 95, Canada 46
Stewart and Tuck, a pair of USA Basketball veterans, combined for 42 points to pace the Americans to a 95-46 victory over Canada in the August 18 semifinal game. “I felt like every game we’ve
seen another level from our team, some new type of focus or some nuance that they finally get or a concept that they apply,” said Meier. “That’s what’s been really fun
about coaching this team. When you don’t practice together all year, you learn a lot about them through game play versus practice. This is the second game in a row where we’ve made adjustments at halftime that we’ve never talked about before, and then they go out and apply it.” Tuck shot 9-of-12 and led the way
USA guard Michaela Mabrey, who nailed a team best 16-of-32 3-pointers, averaged 12.8 points and a team-high 4.8 assists a game.
ment,” said Meier. “They went on a lit- tle run there and cut it to 18 at the start of the second half. We had to call a time- out to make an adjustment. That adjust- ment led to a 25-0 run. The negative is that we had to call a timeout. The posi- tive is, that was a ridiculously impressive response to that timeout.” Eighteen seconds out of the timeout
Jefferson drove the lane for the first two points of the run that saw six different players score, including Mabrey, who drilled a trio of 3-pointers. The run, which spanned 6:45 and reached into the fourth quarter, slammed the door on any upset hopes that Colombia might have had. The Colombian scoring drought
lasted more than nine minutes and by the time they hit their only bucket of the fourth quarter at 4:12 to make it 77-36, the only item left for doubt was the final score. The red, white and blue closed out the contest on a 10-0 run for the 87-36 final.
Overall the U.S. team shot 55.0
percent (33-60 FGs) from the field and limited Colombia to 24.1 percent (13-54 FGs) from the floor and 24.1 percent (7-29 3pt FGs) from beyond the arc. The USA dominated in nearly every
with 22 points; while Stewart shot 8-of-11 from the floor and 2-of-3 from
USA 95, Canada 46 August 18, 2012
CAN Lukan
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 19 0- 6 1- 4 12 1 1
Crozon 24 3- 7 0- 0 20 2 9 Cooper 19 3- 7 0- 0 10 0 8 Hudyn 18 0- 5 0- 0 42 2 0 Roger Marios Byrne Hill
24 1- 4 0- 0 40 0 2 21 1- 6 1- 2 11 1 3 14 3- 7 0- 0 11 0 8 16 1- 3 1- 2 21 1 3
Halvorson 11 0- 3 1- 1 21 1 1 Purkovic 12 1- 2 0- 0 03 0 3 Campbell 9 0- 1 0- 0 01 1 0 Hamblin 13 4- 6 0- 0 30 0 8 Totals 200 17-57 4- 9 27 12 9 46
USA MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
Jefferson 24 0- 5 2- 2 43 1 2 Mabrey 24 5- 9 0- 0 65 3 13 Stewart 21 8-11 2- 3 81 2 20 Prince Tuck
26 4-10 0- 0 22 0 9 21 9-12 4- 5 32 0 22
Brown 26 2- 7 1- 2 66 2 5 Graves Agee
20 7- 8 0- 0 33 1 14 19 4- 5 0- 0 40 1 8
Cooper 19 1- 3 0- 0 71 2 2 Tucker
DNP-Injured
Totals 200 40-70 9-12 44 23 12 95 Canada
USA
8 12 11 15 -- 46 24 29 22 20 -- 95
3-PT FGs-Canada (8-16): Crozon 3-7, Cooper 2-3, Byrne 2-2, Purkovic 1-1, Marios 0-2, Lukan 0-1; USA (6-17): Mabrey 3-7, Stewart 2-3, Prince 1-4, Brown 0-2, Jefferson 0-1; TO-Canada 22, USA 7; BLKS-Canada 2, USA 6; STLS-Canada 4, USA 19.
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