Canada got the next bucket, but
the U.S. clamped down and turned on its impressive hallmark defense. Forcing Canada into five turnovers in the final 2:32 of the half, the USA got four points from Jones in an 8-0 run to close the midway point up 47-31. The run continued into the third
quarter as Stewart hit the first three buckets, followed by a 3-pointer and jumper from Jones and at 7:19 the USA had firm control of the contest, 58-31. In all, during the USA’s 19-0 run that bridged the two halves, Jones tallied nine points and Stewart notched six. By the end of the third quarter the
USA was up 78-42 and cruised through the fourth for the eventual victory. Holding a narrow 44-39 rebound-
ing margin, the USA shot 44.9 percent from the field and was hot from 3-point, hitting 42.9 percent (6-14 3pt FGs) from beyond the arc, while holding Canada to 32.8 percent from the field. Further, the USA dished out 22 assists, scored 25 points off of 28 Canada turnovers, while allowing Canada to
USA 69, France 63 July 24, 2013
FRA
Turcinovic 32 1- 7 0- 0 3 43 2 Epoupa Ayayi
Djaldi-Tabdi 21 4- 7 4- 5 7 23 13 Gaye
Lithard Sissoko Totals
USA
Stewart Tuck
Graves Harper Turner Coffey Wilson Agee Green Plum
Totals France
USA
Badiane 20 0- 5 0- 0 2 11 0 Toure
36 5-12 1- 3 6 22 11 36 9-12 0- 0 6 01 18 11 0- 4 0- 0 0 00 0
9 2- 4 0- 0 1 00 5 4 1- 1 0- 0 0 00 2 200 26-67 9-13 40 12 14 63
Jefferson 17 2- 5 0- 0 1 34 5 Jones
32 8-15 4- 5 6 04 22 35 7-16 1- 2 4 32 16 19 2- 3 0- 0 7 12 4 29 2-10 1- 2 7 32 5 13 0- 1 0- 0 1 00 0 6 0- 0 0- 0 3 00 0 17 3- 7 2- 4 9 02 8 DNP DNP DNP
200 27-68 10-15 43 15 17 69 15 9 22 17 -- 63
19 11 24 15 -- 69
3-PT FGs-France (2-15): Djaldi-Tabdi 1-1, Lithard 1-3, Ayayi 0-2, Turcinovic 0-3, Toure 0-3, Badiane 0-1, Epoupa 0-2; USA (5-14): Stewart 2-3, Tuck, Morgan 1-4, Jefferson 1-2, Jones 1-5. TO-France 15, USA 15; BLKS-France 2, USA 7; STLS-France 7, USA 8.
USA Basketball News
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 32 3-11 2- 2 3 51 9
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 31 4-15 4- 5 10 34 12
tempo tonight. We couldn’t impose our will on them, because they’re a very veteran team. We had to play their game and break through our box of tricks. We had to dig through our half court offenses and our half court defenses and really execute. We figured it out, but it took a long time to figure it out. They’re a very sophisticated, high-level bas- ketball club.” While the USA took the
lead late in the first quarter and never again trailed, France kept the game close through- out.
As the game was winding
down, France put together a 6-0 spurt - its largest run of the game - to inch to within two points, 65-63, with 1:03 left. After France picked up its
University of Tennessee’s Bashaara Graves recorded a team best 59.2 shooting percentage, and added 8.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.3 steals a game as a starter.
score just seven from its 15 miscues. USA 69, France 63
Counting on the play of its veteran
leadership, the USA fought off a deter- mined France squad for a 69-63 victory to close second round play undefeated.
Stewart and Tuck paced the U.S. in
scoring with 22 and 16 points, respec- tively. The Americans also received outstanding play, especially down the stretch, from Bashaara Graves, who finished with four points and seven rebounds; Jones, who notched nine points, three rebounds, five assists and two blocked shots; while Harper contributed five points, had seven boards and three assists. In addition to the contributions by the USA Basketball veterans, Wilson scored eight points, hauled in nine boards and had a pair of blocked shots.
With the win, the USA advanced to
the quarterfinals as the top seed out of Group F.
“We have a ton of respect for
France,” said Meier. “They match us athletically. They are better than us in pace of play and they controlled the
fourth team foul of the period with 44 seconds to play, the USA worked the ball around and Bashaara Graves managed to put up a shot between a pair
of French defenders. However, that shot was blocked and the shot clock contin- ued to wind down. She got her own offensive board, but had nowhere to go and passed the ball out of the key to Tuck with two seconds left on the shot clock. Tuck saw Jones open, passed it and Jones, who went 0-of-4 from 3-point to start the game, sent up her fifth 3-point attempt. The ball found its mark as the shot clock expired and the USA held a five-point cushion, 68-63. France called for a time out and
when play resumed, the Europeans put the ball in at half court and got it into the hands of Mamignan Toure, a 25.0 per- cent 3-point shooter through the team’s first five games. She stepped back to shoot, but Jones was there for the block and the Americans got the board. “I knew she was a shooter, so I just
tried to play up to her and as soon as she put the ball back on the floor, I knew it was going up,” said Jones. “So, I just tried to hurry up and contest the shot as best as I could.” “It was really big,” said Tuck, who
scored the game’s final point from the line with 18 seconds remaining. “That
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