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in six more games, including: 12 points versus Ivory Coast on June 27, 12 points against Russia on June 29, 15 points versus Australia on July 2, 11 points against Serbia on July 3, 12 points versus Canada in the quarterfinals and 14 points against Lithuania in the semifinals.
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scored with 152 points. Her 26 points against Lithuania rank as the second- most in USA U19 women’s single- game history, and she ranks tied for second in free throw percentage after making 8-of-8 from the line versus Lithuania. Stewart also helped the USA to the
tournament crown at the Lanzarote International Tournament with wins over Australia, Spain and Canada from in
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and turnovers forced (32) versus China. The 2013 squad set five U.S. men’s
U19 competition records in an event that dates back to 1979. This past summer’s team set highs for points (863), rebounds (439), field goals made (355) and attempted (685) and rebounds averaged (48.8). In 2012, Donovan led the U.S. men
to a 5-0 record and the gold medal at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship, which qualified the USA for the 2013 U19 FIBA World Championship.
Katie Meier Under the direction of Meier, the
USA topped its opponents by an aver- age of 43.0 points per game during the July 18-27 U19 championship in Lithuania, and she also led the USA to the Lanzarote International Invitational Tournament title with exhibition wins over Australia, Spain and Canada in the Canary Islands prior to the FIBA U19 World Championship. “Playing for Coach Meier the last
two summers with USA Basketball was awesome,” said Breanna Stewart (University of Connecticut/North Syracuse, N.Y.), who was MVP of the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship and the 2013 USA Basketball Female Athlete
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Also in 2013, Gordon averaged 21.5
points, 16.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.3 steals per game to help his team to a 29- 5 record and a California Interscholastic Federation NorCal regional title as a senior at Archbishop Mitty High School in California. Additionally, he grabbed 22
rebounds on March 15, 2013, to set a CIF NorCal all-division regional finals record, and he finished his prep career as
Lanzarote, Canary Islands. During exhibition play, she averaged 10.3 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. At the 2013 USA Women’s National
Team mini-camp from Oct. 4-6 in Las Vegas, Stewart was the youngest partici- pant among the 27 players on the court, and she was one of just six collegiate athletes. As a freshman at the University of
Connecticut in 2012-13, Stewart aided the Huskies to a 35-4 record and the 2013 NCAA National Championship,
Archbishop Mitty’s career leader for points (2,124), rebounds (1,457) and assists (275). At the conclusion of the 2012-13
high school season, Gordon was selected a McDonald’s All-American, and he earned MVP honors at the 2013 McDonald’s All-American Game after tallying 24 points, eight rebounds and two assists on April 3 in Chicago, Ill.
and she averaged 13.8 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. She was named the 2013 NCAA
Final Four Most Outstanding Player, the fourth freshman in history to earn the honor, and the 2013 NCAA Regional MOP. Following the 2012-13 season, she also took home Full Court Press Freshman All-American first team honors and was named All-Big East Conference honorable mention and to the Big East All-Freshman and All- Tournament teams.
great competitor. She is fun to play for but, at the same time, she is going to get as much as she can out of you. I had a great time with her for both summers.”
The USA set or tied for six single-
game highs, including points (113) and blocked shots (eight) versus Lithuania on July 18; field goals made (46), field goals attempted (101) and rebounds (70) against Japan on July 26; and steals (24) against the Netherlands on July 22.
Among all 16 teams at the tourna-
ment, the USA ranked first in 16 of 19 statistical categories, including scoring (91.6 ppg.), assists (191), steals (142), rebounding margin (+19.9).
The 2013 team set five records in
Katie Meier was selected a co-recipient of the 2013 USA Basketball National Coach of the Year award after leading the USA to a gold medal and perfect, 9-0 record at the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship. Meier’s USA squad topped its opponents by an average of 43.0 points per game.
of the Year. “I think the fact that we had such a great group of coaches on staff from big schools made it more of a college atmosphere on the team. Coach Meier is a
the USA women’s U19 competition book, which dates back to 1985, includ- ing most field goals made (712), highest free throw percentage (.763), most assists (191), most steals (142) and tied for most blocked shots (52).
In U.S. women’s U19 single-game
records, the team set highs for rebounds (70) and field goals attempted (101) against Japan, and a record for steals (24) against the Netherlands.
In 2012, Meier led the U.S. women
to a 5-0 record and the gold medal at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship, which qualified the USA for the 2013 U19 FIBA World Championship.
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