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and attempted (34) and 3-point percent- age (.529). Further, the team’s 47 made and 111 attempted 3-pointers were USA U16 records, while its 49.0 percent shooting from the field and 42.3 percent from 3-point tied U.S. highs. A three-time champion at the FIBA


Americas U16 Championship, the USA women have compiled an unblemished 15-0 record at this event, which was started in 2009.


USA 76, Brazil 20 Racing to an 8-0 lead in the first


three minutes of its opening game against Brazil, the USA went on to easily record a convincing 76-20 win. Durr led the USA with 20 points on


6-of-9 shooting from the field, including 3-of-5 from 3-point, and 5-of-5 from the free throw line. Samuelson added nine points and six rebounds, while Boykin had eight points and six rebounds and Cox had seven points and eight rebounds. The USA, using various pressure


defenses, forced 19 turnovers by halftime and 29 overall. “We definitely wanted to force the


tempo,” said Phillips. “I thought we were really playing at a pace that favored Brazil, so we went to more of a trapping, pressing scheme, both in the full court and half court, and I really thought that changed the game.” Two free throws from Durr kicked


things off for the USA at 8:23, and that lead quickly expanded to 8-0 after con- secutive 3-pointers from Ionescu and Durr.


Brazil came to life to trade baskets


with the USA over the next four minutes, and the U.S. lead stood at 13-5 after a fast-break bucket from the South Americans. The USA closed the quarter on an 11-0 run, however, to finish the first 10 minutes with a sizeable 24-5 lead. “When coach told us to get up and


pressure the ball, I think that's what changed the tempo in the game,” Durr said.


That U.S. run was stretched to a


total of 21 unanswered points after the USA added a 10-0 spurt to start the sec- ond period. Brazil did not score until a made free throw at 6:50 that brought the score to 34-6. As the U.S. added 14 more points


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Katie Lou Samuelson aided the USA its gold medal showing averaging 16.0 points and 5.6 rebounds a game, and made 18-of-34 tries from beyond the 3-point arc for a 52.9 percentage.


from five different players, including a four-point play from Durr at 2:41 after she was fouled on a made 3-pointer, Brazil managed just a three-point play at 1:14, and the United States headed to the locker room with a 48-9 advantage. The USA outscored Brazil in the


third quarter 15-5 and 13-6 in the fourth to earn the 76-20 win. Nine U.S. players had scored by halftime, and all 12 regis- tered points before the game’s end. The USA committed 23 turnovers in


the game, but outrebounded Brazil 53-33. The U.S. defense also held its opponent to just 16 percent shooting from the field and kept Brazil scoreless from deep despite 12 3-point attempts.


USA 98, Argentina 28 With a comfortable 23-point lead at


halftime, the United States outscored Argentina 38-6 in the third quarter to blow the game wide open and pave the way to a 98-28 rout. For a second consecutive game,


Durr led the USA with 23 points and six rebounds, and she made 7-of-10 from the


free throw line to set a USA U16 record for free throws attempted. Additionally, the USA’s 30 3-point attempts estab- lished a USA U16 single-game team high.


Dangerfield, who shot 7-of-9 from


the field added 16 points; Ogunbowale contributed 15 points; Boykin finished with a double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds to go with a team-high four assists out of the front court; and Samuelson added 11 points, eight rebounds. Once again using various trapping


and pressure defenses, the USA over- whelmed its opponent, forcing Argentina into 24 turnovers. “I thought we handled our offensive


transition much better tonight,” said Phillips. “I thought we had a balanced attack. We scored in a variety of ways. We scored with defense creating offense, we scored from beyond the arc, we scored inside, we scored from offensive boards, we scored from the free throw


USA 76, Brazil 20 June 19, 2013


BRA MIN FG FT R A PF PTS


Carneiro 22 1- 5 1- 2 2 01 3 Alexandrino 13 1- 1 0- 0 3 00 2 Motta


24 1- 7 2- 6 5 14 4


De Moura 25 2- 7 1- 1 1 12 5 Dos Santos 20 1- 7 0- 0 2 03 2 Eckert Leite


9 0- 2 0- 0 0 01 0 19 0- 6 0- 0 1 03 0


De Carvalho 18 1- 6 0- 2 8 11 2 Fuckner 12 0- 1 0- 0 2 01 0 Marins Calixto Totals


19 0- 3 0- 0 1 13 0 19 1- 4 0- 0 7 03 2 200 8-49 4-11 33 4 22 20


USA


Ionescu Durr


Boykin


MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 15 2- 4 0- 0 3 20 5 15 6- 9 5- 5 1 03 20 24 4- 8 0- 0 6 01 8


Samuelson 25 2- 8 4- 5 6 20 9 Cox


Dangerfield 19 1- 5 0- 0 1 11 3 Murray


Ogunbowale 18 1- 5 3- 3 6 21 5 Carter


Dungee 14 2- 5 0- 0 2 20 4 Mulkey Brown Totals


18 2- 3 3- 4 8 10 7 13 2- 2 0- 1 1 12 4 15 1- 4 1- 4 5 00 4 8 0- 1 2- 2 1 02 2


16 2- 7 1- 2 7 00 5 200 25-61 19-26 53 11 10 76


Brazil USA


5456 -- 20 24 24 15 13 -- 76


3-PT FGs-Brazil (0-12): Leite 0-5, Carneiro 0-2, De Carvalho 0-2, Dos Santos 0-1, Fuckner 0-1, Eckert 0-1; USA (7-23): Durr 3-5, Samuelson 1-6, Ionescu 1-3, Dangerfield 1-2, Carter 1-2, Ogunbowale 0-2, Dungee 0-2, Boykin 0-1; TO-Brazil 28, USA 23; BLKS-Brazil 1, USA 2; STLS-Brazil 7 USA 16.


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