average height. Mali held a brief 45-second lead
early in the game, 3-2. But a pair of put-backs by Bashaara Graves bookend- ed one from the line from Harper helped the USA edge out in front 7-3 at 7:10. From there, the red, white and blue
simply dominated. Receiving points from eight differ-
ent players in a 23-0 scoring burst, including five apiece from Stewart and Tuck, who scored nine points on the night, the American women were sud- denly up 30-5 with just over a minute left in the first quarter. By the end of the stanza the lead was 35-6. In the first quarter alone, the USA
shot 68.2 percent (15-22 FGs) from the field, dished out eight assists, had five steals, scored 18 points off of 10 Mali turnovers and outscored its opponent 24-0 in the paint. Outscoring Mali 26-4 in the second
quarter, the U.S. went to the locker room with a commanding 61-10 advantage. The second half was more of the
USA 103, Mali 26 July 20, 2013
USA Jones
Harper Stewart Tuck
Graves Plum Green Turner Coffey Wilson Agee
MLI
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 23 3- 6 3- 3 3 31 11 21 5- 8 1- 2 7 51 11 22 8-14 1- 1 7 22 17 22 4-12 0- 0 4 30 9 22 2- 2 6- 8 11 02 10 19 3- 7 0- 0 0 50 6 16 3- 7 0- 0 5 71 8 16 4- 8 3- 4 8 20 11 18 3- 4 0- 0 4 01 7 16 4- 7 3- 4 12 11 11 5 1- 4 0- 1 2 01 2
Jefferson DNP Totals
200 40-79 17-23 64 28 10 103 MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
Traore, H. 14 1- 4 0- 0 0 02 2 Kone, M. 18 0- 2 0- 0 2 00 0 Guindo
29 3- 9 0- 0 3 10 7
Camara, M. 16 1- 7 0- 0 5 03 2 Traore, A. 28 2- 6 1- 2 4 02 5 Kanoute 25 1- 7 1- 2 2 31 3 Maiga
17 1- 7 0- 2 0 00 2
Kone, P. 10 0- 1 0- 0 2 02 0 Camara, S. 9 0- 2 0- 0 2 02 0 Toure, P. 15 0- 0 1- 2 2 02 1 Dakouo 19 2- 7 0- 3 2 03 4 Totals
USA Mali
200 11-52 3-11 26 4 17 26 35 26 25 17 -- 103
6479 -- 26
3-PT FGs-USA (6-18): Jones 2-5, Green 2-3, Coffey 1-1, Tuck 1-4, Plum 0-3, Stewart 0-2; Mali 1-13): Guindo 1-3, Kanoute 0-2, Maiga 0-4, Camara 0-2, M. Kone. TO-USA 15, Mali 27; BLKS-USA 5, Mali 2; STLS-USA 15, Mali 4.
USA Basketball News
Head coach Katie Meier led USA teams to perfect records and gold in back-to-back summers. Directing the 2012 USA U18 Team to the FIBA Americas U18 Championship gold medal and a 5-0 record, in 2013 she led the USA to a 9-0 record and FIBA U19 World Championship gold.
same as the Americans outscored Mali 25-7 in the third quarter and 17-9 in the fourth.
The USA finished the game shooting
50.6 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from 3-point, while holding Mali to 21.2 percent overall and just 7.7 percent from beyond the arc. Further, the U.S. owned a 64-26 rebounding margin, scored 35 points off of 25 turnovers, outscored Mali 62-14 in the paint, 20-2 on second chances, 20-2 on the fast break and 45-10 off the bench.
USA 102, Netherlands 42 Wilson, the youngest member of the
USA team, posted game-highs of 20 points and eight rebounds to help pace the U.S. past the Netherlands 102-42. Tuck finished with 18 points, five
boards, three assists and three steals; Jones added 12 points, five caroms and four assists; while Graves and Stewart chipped in 10 points apiece. “The assistants are doing a great job
with the scouting, not overcomplicating things but understanding that if we take two or three things away from the other team, it’s very hard for them to over- come,” said Meier. “With our size and length, we can cover up for some mis- takes. We made some defensive mistakes tonight, but we had effort behind the ball, it didn’t matter. It didn’t burn us.” “(Morgan) Tuck sets the tone. She sets the tone from the beginning and
Stewie (Breanna Stewart), I would give Stewie more than two blocks. From what
USA 102, Netherlands 42 July 22, 2013
NED Zappeij
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 28 4-12 0- 0 4 33 11
Cornelius 23 0- 7 2- 2 2 21 2 De Jonge 30 3- 8 1- 2 2 22 7 Slim
24 0-13 0- 0 4 20 0
Treffers 19 5- 5 1- 2 7 02 11 Van Veen 17 0- 2 0- 0 0 21 0 Guijt
Fokke
7 1- 4 0- 0 2 00 2 12 2- 3 0- 0 0 02 5
Van Kleef 15 0- 5 0- 0 2 00 0 Hof
Heerschop 7 0- 2 0- 0 0 01 0 Totals
USA
Stewart Tuck
Graves Harper Plum Green Turner Coffey Wilson Agee
Totals
Jefferson 15 1- 4 0- 0 2 31 2 Jones
22 4-14 0- 0 6 32 10 15 7-12 4- 5 5 30 18 20 5- 8 0- 0 4 32 10 21 3- 8 0- 0 3 31 7 13 3- 4 0- 0 2 31 7 19 0- 5 2- 2 1 21 2 16 3- 7 0- 0 7 21 6 10 2- 4 4- 4 4 01 8 17 9-14 2- 3 8 11 20 7 0- 0 0- 2 3 02 0 200 41-86 15-19 55 27 15 102
Netherlands USA
15 4 12 11 -- 42 30 26 25 21 -- 102
3-PT FGs-Netherlands (4-21): Zappeij 3-6, Fokke 1-2, De Jonge 0-2, Guijt 0-1, Cornelius 0-1, Van Kleef 0-3, Slim 0-4, Heerschop 0-1, Van Veen 0-1; USA (5-11): Stewart 2-2, Jones 1-3, Plum 1-1, Harper 1-1, Green 0-2, Jefferson 0-1, Tuck, Morgan 0-1. TO-Netherlands 28, USA 9; BLKS-Netherlands 1, USA 8; STLS-Netherlands 4, USA 24.
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18 2- 7 0- 0 7 02 4 200 17-68 4- 6 44 11 14 42 MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 25 4- 6 3- 3 5 42 12
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