82-51 entering the final quarter. “I'm surrounded by great players,”
said Sims of her performance. “We have shooters all around, Kaleena, Aaryn, everybody can hit a shot, Tricia (Liston). That's my job as the point guard. I really don't worry too much about scoring, as long as I can find the open teammate. Coach Coale, she stresses getting out in transition and finding the open shooters, so that's what I did. I was able to push it up, and they were able to finish.” A jump shot in the paint by Liston
with 7:55 left in the fourth quarter gave the USA its largest lead of the game at 37 points (89-52), an amount the USA would reach three more times in the game before ultimately arriving at the final score of 105-75. Bradford scored 12 points, while
Hooper and Mosqueda-Lewis each added 11 points and Gray contributed 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting to give the USA five
USA 105, Brazil 75 July 10, 2013
USA Sims
Hartley
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 19 2- 7 2- 2 2 10 16 21 4-10 1- 1 4 21 9
Ellenberg 19 7-13 0- 0 2 12 19 M.-Lewis 18 4- 7 2- 2 6 14 11 Plaisance 15 2- 4 2- 2 7 02 6 Massengale 20 0- 1 2- 4 0 11 2 Schimmel 18 1- 4 2- 2 2 42 4 Bradford 15 6- 8 0- 1 4 30 12 Hooper Gray
Liston
BRA Silva
13 5-11 0- 0 4 02 11 10 5- 6 0- 0 2 03 10 16 4-10 0- 0 3 22 9
Harberts 16 1- 3 4- 6 4 03 6 Totals
Nascimento 22 3- 6 1- 4 7 22 7 Souza Zabani
30 5- 7 3- 3 3 32 16 29 3- 9 0- 0 2 12 6
26 7-12 4- 6 2 41 18
Ferreira 17 2- 3 0- 0 3 05 4 Graciano 10 1- 2 0- 0 1 20 2 Arantes Frediani
19 1- 5 0- 0 3 21 2 7 1- 3 0- 1 0 02 2
Vasconcellos 6 2- 2 0- 0 0 00 4 Sirtoli
Ciciarte 13 0- 3 1- 2 3 13 1 Rocha Totals
5 0- 3 0- 0 1 00 0 16 5- 9 1- 7 5 32 13
USA Brazil
200 30-64 10-23 30 18 20 75 36 20 26 23 -- 105
16 16 19 24 -- 75
3-PT FGs-USA (8-29): Ellenberg 5-9, Liston 1-5, Mosqueda-Lewis 1-4, Hooper 1-4, Sims 0-3, Hartley 0-2, Schimmel 0-2; Brazil (5-16): Silva 3-3, Rocha 2-2, Souza 0-3, Frediani 0-2, Sirtoli 0-2, Nascimento 0-1, Zabani 0-1, Ferreira 0-1, Ciciarte 0-1. TO-USA 16, Brazil 23; BLKS-USA 1, Brazil 2, ; STLS-USA 13, Brazil 5.
USA Basketball News
200 41-84 15-20 40 24 23 105 MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
The USA World University Games coaching staff directed the United States to a flawless 6-0 record and the gold medal. Pictured (L-R): Assistant coach Brian Giorgis, head coach Sherri Coale, and assistant coach Coquese Washington.
scorers in double-digits. Plaisance led the USA with seven rebounds. The USA shot 48.8 percent from the
field (41-84 FGs) with 24 of the field goals being assisted. Brazil shot 46.9 percent from the field (30-64 FGs), but turned the ball over 23 times which led to 36 U.S. points coming off turnovers. Mosqueda-Lewis and Sims each had three steals to lead the USA.
USA 103, Sweden 72 The American women were tested
but went on a 17-2 run in the third quarter to gain separation on the way to a 103-72 victory over Sweden in the quarterfinal round. Sims scored a game-high 20 points,
shooting 9-of-9 from the free throw line to set a U.S. World University Games record for most free throw attempts in a game without a miss (previous best per- formance was 8-of-8 by Adrienne Goodson in 1993 against Russia). Hartley added 17 points, including 11 in the first quarter. The USA took a 51-40 lead into
halftime, which Sweden quickly cut into to bring the score to 53-49 with 6:38 left in the third quarter. The score remained tight, with
Sweden trailing 58-52 with 5:00 left in the third. The USA finally put the clamps on defensively and went on a 17-2 run that was punctuated by Bradford’s 3-pointer with 28 seconds remaining in the period to put the USA ahead 75-54.
“Our defense in the second half was
much better than it was in the first,” said Coale. “We kept the ball in front and forced them into taking contested shots. We did a much better job on the defen- sive glass. They are a tremendous offen- sive rebounding team and go at it very hard. If you can block them out, then you have an advantage in transition on the other end. That was what we were able to do in the second half.” Sweden had 14 offensive rebounds
in the first half, but finished the game with only 16 as the USA’s effort on the defensive boards enabled the second-half U.S. run. The USA continued to extend its
lead in the fourth quarter, taking its largest advantage of the game and reach- ing the century mark on a layup by Massengale to go ahead by 33 points, 100-67, with 2:18 left in the game. The final tally of 103-72 gave the
USA its fourth-straight victory of at least 30 points, though Sweden represented the most competitive opponent to date. The difference for the USA was its
defensive efforts in the second half, particularly those of Massengale and Gray off the bench. “Reshanda Gray was tremendous
tonight,” stated Coale. “She came in and defended the post with great activity. She blocked out, she scored a couple of times at the block through a lot of physicality. I thought Ariel Massengale played just as
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