2014 USA Basketball Women’s 3x3 U18 National Championship Results Preliminary Round Final Standings Group A
1. Defend
2. Southern Stars 3. Elite Force 4. Grind Repeat
Preliminary Round
May 31 Defend 21, Southern Stars 20 Defend 21, Grind Repeat 1 Elite Force 17, Grind Repeat 4 Southern Stars 22, Elite Force 9 Southern Stars 21, Grind Repeat 10 Defend 21, Elite Force 5 Defend 21, Southern Stars 14 Elite Force 17, Grind Repeat 10 Defend 21, Grind Repeat 3 Southern Stars 21, Elite Force 10
June 1 Southern Stars 20, Grind Repeat 6 Defend 21, Elite Force 6
Continued from page 105 On the women’s side, Chou took the
3-point shooting crown, followed by Kayla Reyna (Gervais, Ore.) of Grind Repeat and Ciara Fields (El Paso, Texas) of Elite Force. Ogunbowale claimed the skills
challenge with the fastest time. Shakayla Thomas (Sylacauga, Ala.) of Southern Stars and Takiya-Lopez Waste (El Paso, Texas) of Elite Force finished second and third, respectively. Chassity Carter (Dickson, Tenn.)
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they were good teams because we had scrimmaged them when we first got to China, so we knew it was going to be hard, but we came out strong and knocked down our free throws, which was really crucial too.” Samuelson made sure to keep the
energy going and put it in full gear when, with 2:17 left, she fought her way to the basket, made a left-handed layup, and drew a foul. “My shooting wasn’t on today,”
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W-L 6-0 4-2 2-4 0-6
Semifinals
June 1 Southern Stars 21, Elite Force 9 Defend 21, Grind Repeat 4
Finals June 1
Championship Game: Defend 21, Southern Stars 14 Final Standings
1. *Defend (8-0) 2. Southern Stars (5-3) 3. Elite Force (2-5) 4. Grind Repeat (0-7)
*Qualified to represent USA Basketball in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
and teammate Shaquera Wade (Huntsville, Ala.), from Southern Stars, were victorious in the hotshot, partner competition, while Carina Wilson (Greeley, Colo.) and Courtney Lemmings (Greeley, Colo.) of Basketball at its Best took second place. On the men’s side, Aaron Embry
(San Antonio, Texas) of Texas Ballers claimed the 3-point shooting title, Charlie Taylor III (Smyrna, Del.) of Diamond State Stars took second, and Carlos C’DeBaca (Albuquerque, N.M.) of Burque Buckets earned third.
said. “I knew that I had to get to the basket. At that point when I got the and- one, I think all of us were just like, ‘ok, this is enough. We need to take it away right now.’” With the Netherlands in foul trouble,
Samuelson went to the line for two, made them both, to give the USA a 14-10 lead; the first time in the game any team led by more than two points. Ogunbowale and Collier took care
of the rest for the North Americans, as they alternated for the last five points, allowing the USA to close out the game and earn the gold. Ogunbowale finished
The skills challenge winner was
Gibson Berryhill (Boise, Idaho) of G-Unit, while Andrew Ekmark (Phoenix, Ariz.) of Arizona Warriors and Lorenzo Vigil (Albuquerque, N.M.) of Burque Buckets followed behind. The men’s hot shot partner
competition saw the duo of Wyatt Lowell (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Brock Gardner (Gilbert, Ariz.) of Arizona Warriors take first place, as Zach Williams (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Dylan Abbott (Albuquerque, N.M.) of Burque Buckets finished second.
with seven points, while Collier notched four.
“I can finally breathe,” said USA
mentor Oldaker. “At first I was really nervous with the Netherlands game, but I was so confident in our girls, and I knew they would come on strong in the end. I’m just so proud of them. We had talked about defending the Netherlands because we were concerned about their outside shooters, but at one point we had them at like five or six fouls, so I knew we had to take it to the hoop so we could get to the line and that’s what we did.”
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