the ball five times. While Bahamas finally began to
connect on buckets and outscored the U.S. 13-12 over the next few minutes, the Americans closed out the half on a 7-0 run for a 59-28 halftime lead. Showing no let-up in the second
half, the U.S. turned the ball over only four times in the game’s final 20 min- utes, while outscoring Bahamas 28-16 in the third quarter and 34-12 in the fourth. Bryant contributed seven points,
four rebounds and three blocked shots; Jackson added seven points, seven boards, three assists and a pair of blocks; while Ramsey posted two points, six rebounds, three assists and four steals. The U.S. forced 31 Bahamian
turnovers, outrebounded Bahamas 68-50, outscored the islanders 74-30 in the paint, 72-24 off the bench, and 23-6 on second chances. The USA shot 52.7 percent (48-91
FGs) from the field and 42.9 (6-14 3pt FGs) from 3-point, but still struggled
USA 93, Puerto Rico 64 June 14, 2013
PUR MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
Gandia Rosa 29 8-18 2- 3 1 21 21 Pacheco 21 2- 5 0- 1 0 62 5 Toro
26 2- 9 0- 0 9 13 5
Allende 22 0- 7 0- 0 2 13 0 E.-Ebube 22 5- 8 2- 4 7 03 12 Cancel
24 4-11 0- 0 0 00 10
Gonzalez 14 1- 8 0- 0 2 11 3 Munoz 10 1- 1 0- 0 2 21 2 Dunn
Martinez 4 1- 1 0- 0 0 15 2 Berry
4 0- 0 0- 0 1 00 0 14 1- 4 2- 2 5 13 4
Texeira 10 0- 0 0- 0 1 00 0 Totals 200 25-72 6-10 37 15 22 64
USA Woods
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 20 0- 5 0- 0 3 40 0
Newman 25 3-12 0- 0 3 31 6 Jackson 21 6-11 1- 2 5 02 13 Rabb Stone
20 8-12 3- 3 14 22 19 24 8-15 3- 4 8 21 19
Ramsey 14 1- 4 0- 0 2 32 2 Ferguson 15 2- 6 0- 0 3 11 5 King
Tatum Bryant
16 3- 6 2- 4 8 00 8 15 1- 7 0- 0 6 10 2 15 3- 6 5- 7 7 01 11
Giddens 15 3- 8 2- 7 6 10 8 Giles
DNP -- Injured
Totals 200 38-92 16-27 68 17 10 93 Puerto Rico
USA
18 7 19 20 -- 64 22 25 26 20 -- 93
3PT FGs-Puerto Rico (8-24): Gandia Rosa 3-6, Cancel 2-5, Pacheco 1-4, Toro 1-2, Gonzalez 1-6, Allende 0-1; USA (1-21): Ferguson 1-5, Jackson 0-1, King 0-3, Newman 0-6, Tatum 0-3, Woods 0-3; TO- Puerto Rico 28, USA 20; BLKS-Puerto Rico 6, USA 8; STLS-Puerto Rico 11, USA 17.
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Thomas Bryant was a consistent force for coach Showalter’s USA squad, averaging 10.0 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.6 blocked shots a game.
who pitched in 13 and 11 points, respec- tively.
“We knew Puerto Rico was going to
play that way,” said Showalter. “Give them a lot of credit. They have the makings of being a pretty good team, I don’t think they have the depth, but they have guys who can make shots. We kept thinking that they’re not going to shoot a
from the line, hitting just 45.2 percent (19-42 FTs). In contrast, Bahamas was held to a frigid 26.3 percent (21-80 FGs) from the field and 25.0 percent (4-16 3pt FGs) from 3-point.
USA 93,
Puerto Rico 64 Despite a sluggish first
quarter, which saw the USA trail for the first time in four games, the U.S. regrouped to surge past Puerto Rico 93-64 in the semifi- nals clash and advance into the gold medal game. Rabb posted a double-
double of 19 points and 14 rebounds, while Stone also contributed 19 points. Also contributing double-digit scoring efforts were Jackson and Bryant,
USA head coach Don Showalter is now a perfect 31-0 over the last five summers and has won three U16 zone championships and two U17 World titles.
lot of threes tonight and they shot 24 threes. They shot 24 over their first three games.” In unfamiliar territory of being
on the low end of the scoreboard, the U.S. never panicked. After lead- ing from wire-to-wire in its first three games, the Americans fell behind 5-0 in the early part of the
game. Jackson got the team on the board at 8:08 off a feed from Woods, who had a team-high four assists. Following a bucket on the other
end, Stone got a put-back and Newman hit a jumper to kick-start a 13-4 run that put the U.S. in front 15-11 at 4:51. However, Puerto Rico wouldn’t
back down and from there the lead swapped hands twice. Puerto Rico made a pair of free throws and earned their final lead of the game, 18-17, with 2:30 left in the first quarter. King tied the game at 1:24 after he
made the back end of a pair from the charity stripe. Then, with 36 seconds
left in the first quarter, King missed a 3-pointer, but was quick to grab his own rebound and redeposit it for two points to give the U.S. the lead for good, 20-18. Rabb got a layup with 11 seconds on the clock, and the Americans closed the first quarter up 22-18. Picking up right where they left off, the U.S. continued to stymie Puerto
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