USA 120, Mali 32 Recording 34 assists and shooting
66.2 percent from the field, the USA opened preliminary round play with a dominating 120-32 victory over Mali. Hartley led six U.S. players who
scored in double figures with 17 points on a perfect 7-of-7 shooting perfor- mance, including 3-of-3 from beyond the 3-point arc. Schimmel added 13 points and a game-high nine assists to help propel the team to 34 total assists, a USA World University Games record. “We got out in transition, ran really
well, and Shoni Schimmel sort of opened the flood gates for us with her passing ability when we had advantages in transition offense,” said Coale. Harberts added 14 points; Liston had
13 points; Mosqueda-Lewis scored 12 points; and Ellenberg contributed 11 points. Plaisance led the USA with 11 rebounds, while Hooper added eight boards and eight points. The USA made 47-of-71 attempts
USA 120, Mali 32 July 8, 2013
USA Sims
Hartley
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 20 3- 4 1- 2 0 60 7 19 7- 7 0- 0 2 50 17
Ellenberg 14 4- 9 2- 2 1 02 11 M.-Lewis 21 5- 7 0- 0 7 31 12 Plaisance 11 2- 4 1- 1 11 20 5 Massengale 14 1- 2 4- 4 0 30 6 Schimmel 21 6- 8 0- 0 3 91 13 Bradford 17 3- 7 0- 0 6 20 6 Hooper Gray
Liston MLI Diallo
Sissoko Mariko Tolo
Toure Keita
Diakite Cisse
Konate Mariam Fomba Totals
USA Mali
16 3- 7 1- 1 8 10 8 10 4- 4 0- 0 3 02 8 15 3- 5 4- 4 2 21 13
Harberts 22 6- 7 2- 2 4 11 14 Totals
200 47-71 15-16 47 34 8 120 MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
25 1-10 0- 0 1 20 3 28 0- 4 0- 0 4 12 0 31 7-16 1- 2 1 02 15 14 2- 8 0- 0 3 03 4 32 0-13 5- 6 4 23 5 12 0- 1 0- 0 2 01 0 10 0- 2 0- 0 0 01 0 9 0- 2 0- 0 1 10 0 29 2- 4 0- 0 3 11 5 7 0- 1 0- 0 0 00 0 3 0- 1 0- 0 0 01 0 200 12- 62 6- 8 19 7 14 32
28 29 37 26 -- 120 12 884 -- 32
3-PT FGs-USA (11-23): Hartley 3-3, Liston 3-5, Mosqueda-Lewis 2-4, Ellenberg 1-4, Hooper 1-3, Schimmel 1-2, Massengale 0-1, Bradford 0-1; Mali (2-12): Diallo 1-8, Konate 1-1, Keita 0-1, Diakite 0-2. TO-USA 13, Mali 19; BLKS-USA 4, Mali 2; STLS-USA 13, Mali 9.
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from the field, shot 47.8 percent from 3-point territory (11-23 3pt FGs) and hit 93.8 percent from the line (15-16 FTs) to turn in an outstanding all-around shooting perfor- mance. Meanwhile, the USA held Mali to just 19.4 percent from the field (12-62 FGs) and forced 21 turnovers. Mali scored the game’s first
five points before the USA went on an 18-0 run, including eight straight points from Liston, to take an 18-5 lead with 4:56 remaining in the first period. Mali responded with a 7-0
run to tighten the game to 18-12, but the USA would not let the score get that close again as the U.S. closed the period on a 10-0 run to take a 28-12 lead after the first period. Holding a 38-17 lead with
under five minutes remaining in the first half, Schimmel took over for the USA, distributing six assists on seven U.S. field goals from 4:51 to 42 seconds in the second quarter as the USA lead ballooned to 57-20 heading into halftime.
Brian Hartley started in the USA’s six games and posted a team high 13.5 scoring average, while adding 2.5 rebounds, 3.3 assists a game, and shooting 48.3 percent from the field and 40.9 percent from 3-point.
scoring 26 to end the game with its largest lead of 88 points.
“Hitting the open player, getting in
position to find that open player, and having my guards and everybody run, it just helped a lot,” said Schimmel on what allowed her to tally nine assists for the game. “It took getting used to play- ing with everybody, and it finally came together.” After closing the first half on an 8-0
run, the USA scored the first 17 points of the third quarter to total a game-high 25-0 run and push the lead to 74-20 with 5:56 left in the third period on a Hartley 3-pointer assisted by Sims, who had six assists for the game. The USA outscored Mali 37-8 overall for the third period. “I don't really know why I was so
hot,” said Hartley on her perfect outing from the field. “Warming up, I was thinking, 'I like this gym,' and I was hitting shots. My teammates were able to find me, Shoni and Odyssey, and I was just able to knock down shots.” The USA held Mali to just four points in the fourth quarter, while
USA 101, Czech Republic 61 The USA jumped ahead 8-0 in the
first 80 seconds of the contest and the quick lead would never be threatened in a 101-61 win over Czech Republic. Mosqueda-Lewis scored a game-
high 19 points on 8-of-14 shooting, and Ellenberg scored 10 of her 12 points in the first quarter to set the tone for the USA.
“I thought our defensive intensity,
really set the tone for the game. We came out strong out of the gates in both the first and second half, but I thought it was our defensive intensity that set the stage. Czech Republic can really shoot that ball. They have a lot of players who can score in a lot of different ways, but we sped them up. They got some looks, but they were rushed, everything was rushed, and we made them play a little faster than they were comfortable with play- ing,” said Coale. Liston had 14 points and Bradford
scored 11 points, while Sims added 13 points and a game-high six assists as the
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