line, and that's what we were looking for offensively, was just a better, well-rounded game. “Argentina is a much better
team than the score indicated,” Phillips continued. “We shot the ball well. With that being said, we started zero-zero. I think our pressure and our depth eventually started to wear them down a bit.” The USA jumped out to a 7-0
lead to start the game, but Argentina kept pace with the USA in the first quarter from there and trailed by eight points at the first break, 16-8. Two 3-pointers from
Samuelson and a longball from Durr in the second period’s first 3:11 gave the USA some breathing room, however, and the U.S. advantage was 25-10 when Argentina called a timeout a 6:36. The break in action did not slow the USA, which attacked the boards to
USA 98, Argentina 28 June 20, 2013
USA
Dangerfield 22 7- 9 0- 0 1 21 16 Murray Ionescu Boykin
Samuelson 29 3- 8 2- 4 8 11 11 Ogunbowale 15 5- 7 2- 4 1 32 15 Carter
Mulkey Brown Cox
Totals ARG
Castro Paladin
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 6 0- 2 0- 0 0 02 0
25 2- 7 1- 1 5 20 5 26 6-11 0- 2 12 40 12
Dungee 11 0- 2 0- 0 2 01 0 Durr
18 1- 4 3- 3 3 20 5 21 6-11 7-10 6 23 23
7 2- 3 3- 5 1 10 7 20 1- 3 2- 2 5 01 4 DNP-Illness
200 33-67 20-31 51 17 11 98 MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
12 1- 5 0- 0 2 03 2 28 0- 6 0- 0 5 14 0
Giorgetti 20 0- 3 0- 0 5 02 0 Delabarba 13 1- 8 2- 5 2 03 4 De Leon 19 0- 2 0- 2 2 01 0 Paz
26 3- 7 1- 2 3 02 8
Rodriguez 13 0- 3 0- 0 1 00 0 Albuerne 7 0- 1 0- 0 0 01 0 Mungo 21 1- 3 0- 0 4 04 2 Zapke
Giannini 14 2- 6 1- 2 1 10 7 Barzola Totals
5 0- 0 0- 0 1 00 0 22 2- 8 1- 2 6 14 5
USA
200 10-52 5-13 35 3 24 28 16 22 38 22 -- 98
Argentina 8767 -- 28
3-PT FGs-USA (12-30): Durr 4-7, Samuelson 3-8, Ogunbowale 3-5, Dangerfield 2-4, Ionescu 0-3, Murray 0-2, Dungee 0-1; Argentina (3-15): Giannini 2-6, Paz 1-1, Barzola 0-5, Paladin 0-2 Delabarba 0- 1; TO-USA 11, Argentina 24; BLKS-USA 3, Argentina 0; STLS-USA 12, Argentina 6.
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resulted in 54 bench points compared to Argentina’s 22.
USA 106, Costa Rica 19 Again capitalizing on its depth
and size advantage, the USA over- powered Costa Rica for a lopsided 106-19 win and improved to 3-0 and earn the No. 1 seed for Group A. The win also secured a USA berth
into the 2014 FIBA U17 World Championship as the top four finishing teams out of the FIBA Americas zone qualify for next year’s Worlds. Holding Costa Rica to just eight
made field goals for the entire game, the U.S. offense featured seven players in double-digit scoring as all 12 players took the court for at least eight minutes of action. “The game plan was to work on our
Asia Durr was named MVP of the U18 championship after averaging USA highs of 18.4 points and 3.2 steals a game. The 5-11 guard poured in 26 points in the USA’s gold medal game victory over Canada.
score four baskets off of offensive rebounds as it tallied 13 points overall to Argentina’s five, and the United States headed to the locker room with a comfortable 38-15 lead. The defensive intensity continued
for the USA in the third quarter, which opened with a steal and fast break bucket from Boykin at 9:50. Durr also sparked the USA in the third stanza, scoring 14 of her 23 points to help the USA outscore Argentina by an impressive 38-6 margin. Despite its lead, the USA did not let
up. In fact, its largest run of the game, 28 unanswered points stretched from 3:59 remaining in the third until Argentina scored with 4:38 to go in the fourth quarter – a total of almost 10 minutes. Six U.S. players put up points in the
final period to help the red, white and blue compile a 22-7 advantage to bring the game to the its 98-28 final. While the USA shot 49.3 percent
from the field (33-67 FGs) and 40.0 per- cent from 3-point (20-31 3pt FGs), it limited Argentina to an icy 19.2 percent from the field (10-52 FGs) and just 20.0 percent from deep (5-13 3pt FGs). Using its size advantage, the USA
also finished with a 51-35 rebounding advantage and a 36-10 scoring advantage in the paint, and the team’s depth
execution on both sides of the ball,” said Phillips. “We worked on various defenses and offensively we looked for
USA 106 Costa Rica 19 June 21, 2013
USA Boykin
Dangerfield 21 0- 0 0- 0 2 51 0 Ionescu Durr
20 5- 8 1- 2 2 21 12 18 4- 7 2- 5 6 30 10
Samuelson 20 8-12 0- 0 8 10 20 Murray
Ogunbowale 17 5-10 0- 2 6 21 13 Carter
Mulkey 12 7-12 2- 2 1 00 16 Brown Totals
CRC
Dungee 12 1- 4 0- 0 3 20 3 Cox
9 2- 2 0- 0 2 00 4 19 0- 3 2- 2 6 50 2 18 7-14 0- 0 7 10 14 18 5-10 2- 6 6 10 12
P. Mora 24 2-16 1- 4 2 00 5 Herrera
Quesada 32 4-16 0- 0 2 01 10 Gaitan Retana
29 0- 0 0- 0 1 10 0
Frenandez 9 0- 2 0- 0 1 00 0 V. Alfaro 9 0- 1 0- 0 1 00 0 Watson
16 0- 1 0- 0 3 02 0
M. Alfaro 8 0- 2 0- 0 1 01 0 Carvajal 11 0- 1 0- 0 0 00 0 Pinnock
M. Mora 21 0- 1 0- 0 4 01 0 Totals
9 0- 6 0- 0 2 01 0 200 8-50 1- 4 23 1 12 19
USA 35 25 21 25 -- 106 Costa Rica 422 11 -- 19
3-PT FGs-USA (9-20): Samuelson 4-6, Ogunbowale 3-5, Dungee 1-4, Durr 1-2, Ionescu 0-2, Carter 0-1; Costa Rica (2-20): Quesada 2-6, M. Mora 0-6, Pinnock 0-3, Herrera 0-1, Frenandez 0-1, V. Alfaro 0-1, Watson 0-1, M. Alfaro 0-1; TO-USA 5, Costa Rica 24; BLKS-USA 8, Costa Rica 1; STLS-USA 15, Costa Rica 3.
USA Basketball News
200 44-86 9-19 67 27 3 106 MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 19 2- 4 0- 0 4 05 4 13 0- 0 0- 0 1 01 0
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 16 0- 4 0- 0 8 50 0
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