Championship weekend also featured a men’s and women’s 3-point shootout, a skills competition and a hot shot competition.
The winner of the
men’s 3-point shootout was Sam Owsley (Denver, Colo.) of Vae Victus, while Gibson won the women’s competition. Tyler Morris of Vae Victus and Walker won the men’s and women’s skills competition, respec- tively, and Nick Fox (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Nate Lark (Colorado Springs, Colo.) of Pluto, and Napheesa Collier (St. Louis, Mo.) and Cierra Porter (Columbia, Mo.) of Primus earned top honors in the men’s and women’s hot shot competition.
In addition to the
on-court experience, all of the participants stayed on complex at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, where they ate, slept and played amongst other national team members and Olympic hopefuls from many different sports.
“I think that is the best
part about it, even better than the basketball,” said Team Freestyle's Kevin Lawrence (Colorado Springs, Colo). “I'm from Los Angeles. I've been in Colorado Springs for about four years, and I've never seen anything like this before. Just from the dorms, reminds me a little bit of college, the cafeteria to seeing everyone in U-S-A gear. It feels really good. I never thought I'd put U-S-A on my chest, or have the opportu- nity to. It seems like an accomplishment for me.”
The first day of competition saw
outstanding competition and plenty of games that came down to the wire.
Two teams, one men’s and one
women’s, finished the preliminary round undefeated. Metro State out of Denver,
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Above: Team Denver staked its claim on the 2013 USA Basketball Men’s 3x3 National Championship Tournament title. Pictured (L-R) are Corey Campbell, Derrick Lemuel, Domonique Perez and Derek Griffin. Below: Team FST-L.I. from Long Island, N.Y., won the 2013 USA Basketball Women’s 3x3 National Championship Tournament. Pictured (L-R) are Ieasia Walker, Ashley Bruner, Kaitlyn Oberg and Gabrielle Gibson.
Colo., finished 5-0 on the men's side and was the lone squad to finish the preliminary round having scored 21 or more points in each of its preliminary round games. On the women’s side, Primus from St. Louis, Mo., finished the preliminary round a perfect 4-0, having won one game in OT and another by a tight 21-20 score. In the men’s quarterfinals play on
Aug. 4, No. 1 Group B seed Metro State was surprised by Group A No. 4 seed Freestyle 19-13, while Group A No. 1 seed Pluto narrowly slipped past
Group B No. 4 seed Grind Mode 21-20. Harvesters edged Chicago 21-19, and Denver downed Vae Victis 22-12 to earn the final spots in the semifinals. Pluto and Denver, the men’s top two
seeds in Group A, won their semifinals games to set the stage for the gold medal game rematch between the two teams. In the women’s semifinals, FST-L.I.
powered past Colorado Springs Ballers 21-14, while Primus rolled to a 21-8 victory over NYC Ballers setting the stage for a rematch for the gold medal.
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