ninth place, which is the best-possible finish for the USA after missing the medal round.
“The bench has been superb, today
and against Norway (yesterday),” said McKillop. “They were active on the bench, and then as soon as they came into the game, they uplifted our spirits and gave us great energy. So, being able to use the full roster has been very advantageous for us.
“It's so easy to hang your head and
not fight back when you have the disap- pointment of being knocked out of the medal round,” McKillop continued. “These guys showed outstanding team- work and toughness in responding to that adversity. I wish we could start today, because I think we are coming together as a team. We are starting to make the extra pass, get the long rebound, defend as a team, and we'd love to have the opportunity to play some teams again.”
McDermott paced the USA with 18
USA 92, Germany 70 July 15, 2013
USA MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
Sheehey 28 5-10 0- 0 5 11 10 Hancock 23 4-11 6- 6 7 12 16 Dinwiddie 28 3- 7 0- 0 5 72 7 McDermott 24 7-15 2- 2 4 00 18 Jefferson 18 5- 7 1- 2 7 03 11 Ferrell Haws
9 3- 6 0- 0 3 11 7 14 2- 4 2- 2 3 00 6
Kilpatrick 18 3- 6 1- 1 1 10 8 White Payne Kirk
Graham Totals
GER Klein
16 1- 1 0- 0 1 01 2 12 2- 6 1- 2 4 22 5 10 1- 1 0- 0 2 12 2 DNP-Injured
200 36-74 13-15 44 14 14 92 MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
31 5-10 2- 2 3 34 16
Schmidt 20 2- 5 2- 2 2 00 6 Moenninghoff 21 4- 9 0- 0 2 11 9 Wendt
Wohlfarth 22 4-11 5- 6 7 03 13 Canty Joenke Koch
10 0- 3 0- 0 2 14 0 22 2- 9 0- 0 2 30 4
Kramer Zeis
16 0- 3 1- 2 0 01 1 6 2- 3 0- 0 1 01 4 11 1- 5 0- 0 0 02 3 13 1- 2 1- 2 3 02 4
Woigtmann 24 3- 9 4- 4 7 12 10 Ziegenhagen 4 0- 0 0- 0 0 01 0 Totals
USA Germany
200 24-69 15-18 33 9 21 70 17 29 19 27 -- 92
19 13 19 19 -- 70
3PT FGs-USA (7-27): Hancock 2-8, McDermott 2-7, Kilpatrick 1-4, Dinwiddie 1-3, Ferrell 1-3, Sheehey 0-2; Germany (7-26): Klein 4-5, Moenninghoff 1-6, Kramer 1-3, Zeis 1-2, Canty 0-7, Wendt 0-2, Woigtmann 0-1. TO-USA 14, Germany 14, BLKS-USA 3, Germany 1; STLS-USA 9, Germany 6.
USA Basketball News
Trevon Graham started the first five games for Coach McKillop’s USA squad but missed the last three contests due to injury. The 6’5” forward averaged 9.4 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 2.4 assists a game.
points and four rebounds; Hancock added 16 points and seven boards; Jefferson was 5-of-7 from the field on his way to 11 points and seven rebounds; and Sheehey finished with 10 points, five rebounds and four steals. Additionally, Dinwiddie dished out a game-high seven assists to go with his seven points and five rebounds. For a second-consecutive game, all 11 healthy players scored.
“I thought we were really unselfish
once again,” McDermott said. “It's just a little too late. We wish we could have those games that we lost back, because we are starting to click really well as a team. I thought Germany was a really physical team, but we did a good job of setting the tempo early.”
After Germany put the game’s first
points on the board with a free throw, the lead changed hands five times in the first quarter and three times the score was tied.
Trailing 12-8, the USA put together
a 7-0 run that included six points from Hancock to lead 15-12 with 2:00 left in the period. From there, Haws scored two points, but Germany closed the quarter with two free throws, then sank a 3-pointer at the buzzer to grab a 19-17
lead at the first break. The combination of
McDermott, with six points, and Dinwiddie, with five points, opened the second quarter with an 11-0 run that was the USA’s largest spurt of the game, and the Americans led 28-19 at 5:59. The lead stretched to 11
points, before Germany began to respond to nearly every U.S. score. A 3-pointer from Hancock with 59.5 seconds left before half, however, pushed the lead to 14 points, 42-28. Trading scores over the last minute of the first half, the USA headed into the locker room with a 46-32 advantage. Germany managed to cut
the gap to nine points in the third quarter, 54-45 at 6:28, but five points from Kilpatrick along with two points apiece from Kirk, Sheehey and White helped the USA widen the gap to 17 points, 63-46 at 3:52.
While Kirk dunked one more time in
the period, Germany put up five points to narrow the margin to 65-51 headed into the final 10 minutes. The USA, which continued to push
the pace, led by as many as 23 points in the fourth quarter and outscored Germany 27-19 to bring the game to its 92-70 final.
USA 97, Finland 70 A 27-6 scoring advantage in the
second quarter, including 12-straight points from Sheehey, who finished with a game-high 20 points, helped the USA take control on its way to a 97-70 win against Finland. The win was the third- straight for the USA, which finished 6-2 overall and in ninth place.
Five U.S. players finished scoring in
double figures, and the Americans forced 18 Finnish turnovers while compiling a 44-32 rebounding advantage.
“In order to play defense, you need
energy, number one, and number two, you need teamwork,” said McKillop. “Being in this situation, our guys responded by giving terrific energy and superb teamwork. To see our guys develop as a team as we have progressed
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