the start of a 33-2 finish to the quarter that saw the USA force Mexico into 13 turnovers in the first period alone, and at the first inter- mission the USA led 37-7. The U.S. defense held Mexico
scoreless for more than eight min- utes in the second period, while six U.S. scorers put up 18 points to stretch the U.S. lead to 55-7. Mexico made three free throws and one field goal in the last 1:28, while Brown scored from the block and Dangerfield made a 3-pointer to put the USA up 60-12 at halftime. Dangerfield and Ogunbowale both
shot 2-of-2 from 3-point for the game to tie the USA U16 record for single- game 3-point percentage. Mexico nearly kept pace with the
USA in the third quarter, adding 11 points while the USA scored 18 of its own. The fourth quarter, however, saw the USA outscore Mexico 23-6 to bring the game to its 101-29 final.
USA 82, Canada 48 In a battle of undefeated teams that
saw the game tied 27-all at halftime, the USA rode a 31-7 third quarter to an eventual 82-48 win over Canada in the gold medal game of the 2013 FIBA Americas U16 Championship. With the USA leading by just one
point, 32-31, at 8:44 in the third quarter a 12-0 run by Durr alone was the start of a 22-0 U.S. spurt that secured the game’s momentum for the USA. “It was a tale of two halves,” said
Phillips. “I thought we kind of sat back a little bit, and Canada came out with great tenacity. We had trouble finishing, which was a credit to Canada and their defense. “By the same token, we took some
ill-advised shots. We needed to share the ball more and let our defense create some offense. We made some adjust- ments at halftime, and our full court press really led to some havoc for Canada, which gave us some transition points.” Tournament MVP Durr finished the
game with three USA U16 single-game records, including 26 points, eight steals and 22 field goals attempted, and she tied the high for field goals made with nine. She was not alone in the record
books. Samuelson shot 8-of-8 from deep 94
Above Left: Guard Arike Ogunbowale and USA U16 head coach Sue Phillips discuss strategy. Above Right: Lauren Cox, a 6’4” forward, averaged a team best 8.8 rebounds and 3.5 blocked shots a game, while adding 11.8 points and shooting 55.3 percent from the field.
to set USA U16 records for 3-pointers made and percentage on her way to 24 points; while Cox barely missed a triple- double with 10 points, 12 rebounds and a USA U16 best nine blocked shots. Further, the USA established a team record for 3-point attempts with 30 tries from deep. Both teams struggled to get started,
with the USA shooting just 18.8 percent in the first quarter (3-16 FGs) and Canada not much better at 28.6 percent (4-14 FGs) in the first 10 minutes. After Canada put the game’s first points on the board, the lead changed four times before a made U.S. free throw tied the score 9-9 at the first break. The teams continued to trade baskets
in second quarter until the USA went on a 10-0 run to take a 22-14 lead at 4:04. Canada, however, closed the first half with its own run, a 13-5 stretch that included eight points from the free throw line, and the teams once again were tied, 27-27, when they headed to the halftime locker rooms. “Canada played awesome,”
Samuelson said. “They were there to win. We knew coming out of halftime that if we didn't step up, they were going to take it. We just had to pick up our defense.” A 3-pointer from Samuelson opened
the third period as each team put up two scores in the first 1:16, and Canada trailed by one point, 32-31 at 8:44. A long-ball from Durr at 7:41,
however, was the start of 12 straight points for Durr that spurred a 22-0 U.S.
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USA 82, Canada 48 June 23, 2013
USA
Ionescu Durr
Boykin
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 19 3- 6 0- 0 2 03 6 27 9-22 6- 9 6 42 26 32 1- 4 1- 2 8 12 3
Samuelson 37 8-14 0- 0 5 11 24 Cox
Dangerfield 17 3- 7 0- 0 4 10 8 Murray
Ogunbowale 17 0- 6 1- 2 1 11 1 Carter
27 5- 9 0- 0 12 13 10 2 0- 0 0- 0 0 01 0 9 0- 2 0- 0 1 03 0
Dungee Brown Mulkey Totals
CAN
1 0- 0 0- 0 0 00 0 12 2- 3 0- 0 5 00 4 DNP-Injured
200 31-73 8-13 47 9 16 82 MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
Kirpatrick 29 0- 4 1- 2 3 32 1 Charleton 34 4-12 0- 0 1 22 9 Garquhar 16 1- 5 0- 0 2 01 3 Willock 22 1- 6 1- 2 3 04 3 Yearwood 27 7-14 1- 1 8 02 15 Bailey Konig
Garven Brown Gilles
11 0- 2 0- 0 2 00 0 5 1- 2 0- 0 2 00 3 9 0- 1 0- 0 1 01 0 14 4- 8 4- 6 3 10 12 16 0- 2 2- 2 3 00 2
Nieuwenhuizen 3 0- 0 0- 0 0 01 0 Chandler 14 0- 4 0- 0 4 02 0 Totals
USA Canada
200 18-60 9-13 39 6 15 48 9 18 31 24 -- 82
9 18 7 14 -- 48
3-PT FGs-USA (12-25): Samuelson 8-8, Durr 2-8, Dangerfield 2-4, Ogunbowale 0-3, Ionescu 0-1, Carter 0-1; Canada (3-9): Charleton 1-3, Garquhar 1-1, Konig 1-1, Yearwood 0-1, Brown 0-1, Gilles 0-1, Chandler 0-1; TO-USA 10, Canada 24; BLKS- USA 11, Canada 5; STLS-USA 17, Canada 2.
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