opened the second stanza with a 13-4 run during which Sulaimon hit three consecutive 3-point tries. With the U.S. leading 33-21, Brazil
battled back and scored eight straight to cut the lead to two, and at halftime the U.S. lead was just six, 40-34. While Sulaimon was the USA’s
high scorer, Gordon had an impres- sive stat line of 14 points (6-9 FGs), 10 rebounds, four assists and three steals. Winslow tossed in 11 points, and Smart also posted a double-double recording 10 points and 10 rebounds, and added four assists. “They were really packing it in
and I think we had a hard time getting the ball inside, we turned it over quite a bit,” said Donovan. “I thought our guys got a little bit frustrated with themselves, they knew they weren’t playing well and I think that bothered them a little bit. There’s a lot to learn from this. When you’re in a tourna- ment like this and you’re going to be
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USA
Harrell Stokes Payton
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 16 5-10 3- 5 4 02 13 11 3- 4 1- 2 5 02 7 12 2- 4 0- 0 2 13 4
Sulaimon 21 3- 8 1- 2 2 22 8 Smart
Winslow 19 5- 8 0- 0 10 20 10 Gordon Tobey Okafor
17 4- 8 2- 2 1 40 11 19 6- 9 3- 3 4 12 15
10 1- 4 0- 0 1 03 2 16 6- 8 0- 0 3 02 12
Williams-Goss 24 2- 5 2- 2 3 33 7 Frazier
Robinson 23 0- 2 0- 0 5 21 0 Totals
AUS Pineau
Exum Martin Pinder
Duncan 15 1- 3 0- 0 3 05 2 Naar
23 3- 9 2- 5 8 11 8 25 0- 6 2- 4 5 20 2
11 2- 3 2- 4 2 02 7 27 1- 7 0- 2 3 21 2 6 0- 2 0- 0 1 00 0
Vo Hofe 24 6-12 0- 0 1 01 17 Bolden Fisher
14 1- 4 0- 0 4 15 2 16 0- 3 1- 2 3 12 1
Rowley 22 4- 5 0- 0 0 02 8 Oswald Totals
USA Australia
24 31 22 17 -- 94 12 8 16 15 -- 51
3PT FGs-USA (4-14): Sulaimon 1-4, Frazier 1-4, Smart 1-2, Williams-Goss 1-1, Winslow 0-1, gordon 0-1,Tobey 0-1; Australia (6-25): Vo Hofe 5-9, Exum 1-2, Naar 0-3, Fisher 0-3, Martin 0-2, Oswald 0-2, Pineau 0-1, Duncan 0-1, Pinder 0-1, Rowley 0-1; TO-USA 8, Australia 23; BLKS-USA 2, Australia 2; STLS-USA 18, Australia 6.
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17 1- 4 0- 0 2 10 2 200 19-58 7-17 34 8 19 51
12 2- 5 0- 0 2 10 5 200 39-75 12-16 44 16 20 94 MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
playing nine games in 11 days, every game is not going to be perfect and I think it’s how well you learn and respond from some of these situations.” The U.S. shot a frigid 34.1 percent
double-double, recording 10 points and 10 rebounds. “I was obviously much more
pleased with the way we started the game then we did against Brazil. Our guys came out with a lot more energy; certainly the difference in the game was our defense. We forced 18 turnovers in the first half, I thought we did a good job of guarding them from behind the 3-point line; we didn’t give up a lot of threes,” said Donovan. Australia managed
2013 U19 World Championship MVP Aaron Gordon and USA head coach Billy Donovan celebrate with a high-five after the USA’s gold medal game victory over Serbia.
from the field in the first half, and Brazil’s shooting wasn’t much better at 35.5 percent. The U.S. shooting warmed in the second half and the Americans finished shooting 45.5 percent and Brazil finished making 34.8 percent of its tries.
Forcing Brazil into 22 turnovers that
resulted in 19 points for the U.S., the USA also outrebounded Brazil 50-44.
USA 94, Australia 51 With the full-court, non-stop pres-
sure defense again paving the way, the U.S. steamrolled Australia for a 94-51 victory and another dominating win in second-round play.
While the USA defense pressured,
chased and hounded the Aussies into 23 turnovers and a chilly 32.8 shooting percentage, the U.S. also again featured a balanced offensive attack that scored 26 points off of turnovers. Five U.S. players scored in double
figures, led by Gordon who finished with 15 points and four rebounds. Harrell contributed 13 points and four boards; Okafor added 12 points; Smart had 11 points and four assists; and Winslow, for the second consecutive night, earned a
to score nine points in the game’s opening 5:24 to keep pace with the U.S., but the Aussies accounted for just 11 more points over the course of the first half’s final 14:36 as the USA took full control. Tied 9-9 with 4:36
left in the first quarter,
Winslow slammed home two to help launch the Americans on a 15-3 run that saw the first quarter come to end with the U.S. leading 24-12. Gordon tallied six quick points in the run and Williams- Goss added four. “Finish,” said Gordon when asked
what he was thinking when he entered the game and helped fuel the U.S. in its game-deciding run. “I was talking to coach Donovan earlier and I was telling him I need to get out of my own head and he said the one way to get out of your own head is to give relentless energy and go hard all the time and then everything else will take care of itself. So that’s what I came in and did. I just focused on giving energy to my team and playing as hard as I could.” The U.S. kept the pedal to the metal
in the second stanza as well. After opening up a 33-19 lead with 7:21 to go before half, the USA pounded in 22 consecutive points to take a 55-19 lead and blow the game wide open. Okafor and Smart were the big contributors in the devastating run, with Okafor scoring eight points and Smart adding seven. Leading 55-20 at halftime, the U.S.
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