Kilpatrick led the USA with 18
points; White had 16 points; McDermott and Sheehey added 15 apiece; Dinwiddie contributed 11 points to go with his eight assists; and Graham scored 13 points and grabbed nine rebounds.
Also tallying double-doubles along
with Ferrell were Jefferson with 14 points and 11 boards and Kirk with 10 points and 12 rebounds.
The USA took an 18-point, 24-6
lead in the first quarter after a Graham put-back at 4:23. From there, however, United Arab Emirates managed to keep pace with the U.S. to close the opening quarter and the scoreboard read 35-16 at the end of the first period.
After a bucket from UAE to start the
second stanza, a score from Jefferson at 9:02 was the beginning of the USA’s largest run of the game, a 15-0 spurt that included four points apiece from Dinwiddie and White, and the USA led 50-18 following a White free throw at 6:39. The red, white and blue limited
USA 140, UAE 46 July 7, 2013
UAE
M. Ahmad 29 3-10 2- 4 3 01 8 Khalifa
Alameri 31 4-11 2- 2 4 03 12 K. Ahmad 29 0- 4 0- 2 3 13 0 Al Shabebi 16 1- 7 2- 2 1 01 4 Al Braiki 21 0- 3 1- 4 2 02 1 Aljneibi Alwali
2 0- 0 0- 0 0 00 0 7 1- 2 0- 0 2 00 2
Ghabish 14 1- 3 0- 0 1 02 3 Al-Ali Totals
18 1- 3 0- 0 2 12 2 200 18-63 7-15 23 4 15 46
USA MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
Hancock 14 3-10 0- 0 0 22 9 Dinwiddie 16 3- 5 4- 4 4 81 11 Graham 20 6-10 1- 1 9 21 13 McDermott 13 6- 7 0- 0 4 22 15 Jefferson 21 7- 9 0- 0 11 01 14 Ferrell
Sheehey 18 7-13 1- 1 4 21 15 Haws
Kilpatrick 24 7-14 0- 0 4 31 18 White Payne Kirk
Totals UAE
USA
16 7 11 12 -- 46 35 34 31 40 -- 140
3PT FGs-United Arab Emirates (3-13): Alameri 2-8, Ghabish 1-1, Khalifa Ahmad 0-2, Al Shabebi 0-2; USA (15-39): Kilpatrick 4-9, Hancock 3-8, McDermott 3-4, Ferrell 2-12, White 2-3, Dinwiddie 1-1, Graham 0-1, Haws 0-1. TO-United Arab Emirates 22, USA 7; BLKS-United Arab Emirates 1, USA 7; STLS-United Arab Emirates 5, USA 13.
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24 6-16 1- 2 5 13 2 15 11 1- 3 2- 2 7 24 4 20 5- 6 4- 6 4 11 16
2 0- 0 0- 0 2 00 0 17 4- 5 2- 4 12 11 10 200 55-98 15-20 70 36 17 140
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 33 7-20 0- 1 4 21 14
All-American Doug McDermott paced the USA offense and as a starter in all eight games averaged a team best 14.1 points a game, and also contributed 5.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game, while making 18-of-45 3-pointers.
UAE to just two field goals and one made free throw for the remainder of the first half, while it put up 19 more points to lead 69-23 at halftime.
The USA continued to push the
pace, and the third quarter featured a crowd-pleasing display of dunks, including a behind-the-back assist from Hancock to Graham, while White recorded three of the USA’s final four scores of the period with two alley-oop dunks. The last one at 20.5 broke the triple-digit mark for the USA, which led 100-34 heading into the final quarter.
In its highest-scoring period of the
game, the USA put up 40 points in the last 10 minutes, including 12 and 11 points, respectively from Indiana team- mates Ferrell and Sheehey. UAE man- aged just 12 points in the quarter, and the USA cruised in for the 140-46 win.
USA 96,
Czech Republic 53 Limiting its opponent to
just 31.3 percent shooting from the field, the U.S. easily defeated Czech Republic 96-53.
Twenty-three points
from McDermott, who also grabbed 10 rebounds and shot 5-of-5 from the free throw line, led the USA, while Hancock scored 15 points in 17 minutes, includ- ing shooting 5-of-10 from 3-point.
“I’m very pleased,” said
McKillop. “I see the devel- opment of the players trust- ing the system, the coaches understanding the talents of the players and the evolving teamwork that is a result of that. They’re talking more. There are great opportuni- ties for leadership out there for individuals; I think this is a very profitable experi- ence every time they step on the floor with us.”
Jefferson added 10
points and 15 rebounds, and Sheehey tallied 10 points, four rebounds and four assists. Ferrell also dished out four assists.
The USA shot 42.7 percent from the
field (35-82 FGs) and 82.4 percent from the line (14-17 FTs) while it compiled a 62-29 rebounding advantage.
For the first few minutes of the
game, Czech Republic stayed close, but a jumper from Jefferson at 6:01 was the start of the USA’s first run of the game – a 6-0 stretch that put the Americas up 12-4 after a score from Ferrell at 3:25.
The Czech Republic ended the
drought at the free throw line and sank five from the charity stripe before the USA once again tallied six unanswered points to close the period leading 20-9.
Ahead 21-11 with 8:43 left in the
second quarter, the red, white and blue held the Czechs scoreless for 2:50 while it raced to nine straight points to lead 30-11 following a put-back score from McDermott at 7:02.
USA Basketball News
Jenny Maag/USA Basketball
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