through this experience here has been very delightful for the coaching staff. These are terrific young men, and they're going to have wonderful careers this year. They represented the United States with superb character and their effort as a team got better and better.”
In addition to Sheehey,
Payne contributed 13 points; White had a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds; Ferrell shot 3-of-4 from 3-point on his way to 11 points; and Haws finished with 10 points. Hancock had a team best five assists.
“We did what we've been
12-straight points for the USA, includ- ing two threes off of assists from Hancock to help widen the gap to 37-22 at 7:26. With the U.S. machine in motion,
the Americans allowed Finland just six points for the entire second stanza, while the U.S. offense raced to 27 points to open a comfortable 26 point lead at halftime, 52-26. Finland managed to nearly keep
pace with the USA in the third quarter, scoring 18 points to the USA’s 20, and then outscored the USA 26-25 in the fourth quarter. However, the USA was never threatened in the sec- ond half, and recorded the 97-70 win. “It's been a great experience meet-
doing the past couple of games, which is getting ball pressure early and forcing them to make turnovers and tough shots, and then get
USA 97, Finland 70 July 16, 2013
FIN Neimi
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 24 2- 6 3- 3 7 00 8
Sandberg 21 1- 4 2- 2 4 13 4 Lindom 26 6-15 3- 3 2 12 18 Ahonen 28 4-11 0- 0 1 41 9 Nikkarinen 31 4- 9 0- 0 3 71 10 Ojala
Molenius 11 2- 5 0- 0 2 01 5 Ikavalko
12 3- 4 0- 0 5 02 7 4 0- 1 0- 0 1 00 0
Lehtoranta 17 1- 2 0- 0 4 11 3 Toivonen 9 2- 3 0- 0 1 05 4 Vaenerberg 17 1- 3 0- 0 1 22 2 Totals
USA
Sheehey 21 9-12 0- 2 4 02 20 Hancock 20 1- 6 1- 1 2 51 3 Dinwiddie 18 2- 4 1- 1 0 23 6 McDermott 20 0- 5 0- 0 5 20 0 Jefferson 15 2- 4 3- 4 4 10 7 Ferrell Haws
20 3- 6 2- 2 1 31 11 20 4- 7 1- 1 5 21 10
Kilpatrick 21 2- 6 2- 2 2 21 7 White Payne Kirk
Graham Totals
Finland USA
20 4- 8 4- 7 10 10 12 16 6- 9 0- 0 4 00 13 9 4- 7 0- 0 4 11 8 DNP-Injured
200 37-74 14-20 44 19 10 97 20 6 18 26 -- 70
25 27 20 25 -- 97
3PT FGs-Finland (10-30): Lindom 3-7, Nikkarinen 2-5, Ahonen 1-5, Molenius 1-3, Neimi 1-3, Ojala 1-2, Lehtoranta 1-2, Sandberg 0-1, Ikavalko 0-1, Vaenerberg 0-1; USA (9-21): Ferrell 3-4, Sheehey 2-3, Kilpatrick 1-3, Payne 1-3, Dinwiddie 1-2, Haws 1-2, McDermott 0-2, Hancock 0-1, White 0-1. TO-Finland 18, USA 10; BLKS-Finland 3, USA 4; STLS-Finland 8, USA 12.
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200 26-63 8- 8 32 16 18 70 MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
for the United States delegation at the 2013 World University Games in Kazan, Russia. “I am very proud. I am not sure
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exactly what to expect, but I am looking forward to the opportunity,” said Hancock when he learned of his selec- tion. “I'm honored to lead the way for the U.S. I'm excited.” Hancock, a standout forward for
Louisville, was voted Most Outstanding Player of the 2013 Final Four leading the Cardinals to an NCAA championship. In the national championship game against Michigan, he totaled 22 points, three
Spencer Dinwiddie started all eight games and accounted for a USA team best 5.5 assists a game, while adding 7.9 points, 2.6 rebounds and a team best 1.5 steals a game.
easy baskets on offense,” Sheehey said. Finland led for the first 5:54 of the
game, and the USA trailed 12-8 at 4:28. A score from Payne started the USA on a 9-0 run that put the U.S. up 17-12 after two free throws from Kilpatrick at 2:13.
Finland scored at 1:55 to end the
spurt, but two free throws from Ferrell and 3-pointers from Payne and Kilpatrick helped the USA take a 25-20 lead at the first break.
The first 2:34 of the second period belonged to Sheehey, who ripped off
ing these guys and just being around them, being around high-profile athletes and players,” Hancock said. “Fortunately, they all are great guys and
fun to be around. They're people I want to be involved with for a long time, so the experience playing against this competi- tion was unbelievable. Being in Russia is obviously a pretty rare opportunity.” “We fell short of our goal, so that's
a little bit disappointing, but other than that it was a great learning experience,” said Dinwiddie. “You get to go across the world, learn how other people live and you also get to learn about other elite players and how they function and their programs. It was a great learning experience.”
Luke Hancock Selected U.S. Flag Bearer For 2013 World University Games
013 NCAA champion Luke Hancock (Louisville/Roanoke, Va.) was named the flag bearer
assists and two steals, hitting all five of his 3-point attempts. He had 20 points and four rebounds against Wichita State in the national semifinals. On June 24, Hancock’s dad, Bill,
died of cancer. It was just days before the USA World University Games Team would be chosen. He made the choice to pay tribute to his father’s memory by trying out for the USA team and traveling to Kazan and playing for his country.
Hancock is the fourth known USA
Basketball athlete to lead the USA World University Games Team into the Opening Ceremonies, following Orlando Johnson (2011), Alexis-Gray Lawson (2009) and Randy Foye (2005).
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