Prep/St. Louis, Mo.). Joining USA head coach Don
Showalter (Iowa City H.S., Iowa) on the sideline as USA assistant coaches were Eric Flannery (St. Edward High School, Ohio) and L.J. Goolsby (KC Run GMC, Kan.).
Newman, who accounted for 21
points and 11 rebounds in the gold medal game, was named MVP of the U17 World Championship after averaging 14.9 points, 4..9 rebounds and 2.3 assists a game. He was joined on the FIBA U17 World Championship All- Tournament Team by teammate Stone. “Brad Beal is in the NBA and he’s
one of the top guards in the NBA right now and in 2010 he was the MVP and was just a great kid, a lot like Malik, a good leader,” said Showalter when asked to compare the three U17 MVPs. “Then Jahlil Okafor was (MVP) two years ago and he’s probably going to be in the NBA obviously for a long time as well.
USA 83, Greece 73 August 8, 2014
USA MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
Newman 29 3-10 5- 7 7 32 13 Jackson 23 4-10 1- 2 7 32 9 Tatum Giles Stone Battle
25 4- 9 2- 2 1 14 10 21 2- 5 0- 0 4 42 4 29 10-13 2- 2 10 31 22 7 1- 2 0- 0 0 03 3
Ramsey 11 0- 1 0- 0 2 04 0 Ferguson 19 2- 5 0- 0 2 03 4 King
Ellenson
Totals GRE
Flionis Pefanis
15 2- 3 1- 2 2 11 6 8 2- 3 2- 2 4 00 6
Swanigan 13 1- 1 4- 4 4 23 6 Rabb
DNP-Injured
200 31-62 17-21 43 17 25 83 MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
14 1- 5 2- 2 1 02 5 21 2- 5 0- 0 2 14 5
Mouratos 24 1- 9 0- 0 1 12 3 Papagiannis 29 8-16 0- 0 11 32 16 Charalampopoulos 31 6-13 4- 5 7 10 17 Koniaris 29 3-12 8- 9 2 22 15 Ntouzidis 15 0- 2 2- 2 4 04 2 Milentigievits 1 0- 0 0- 0 0 00 0 Michaloutsos 15 0- 4 1- 2 1 01 1 Diplaros 12 2- 2 4- 6 2 04 9 Skordas Kamaras Totals
USA Greece
28 17 21 17 -- 83 19 18 19 17 -- 73
3PT FGs-USA (4-16): Newman 2-6, Battle 1-2, King 1-1, Jackson 0-3, Tatum 0-2, Ramsey 0-1, Ferguson 0-1; Greece (6-29): Koniaris 1-6, Charalampopoulos 1-5, Mouratos 1-5, Pefanis 1-4, Flionis 1-3, Michaloutsos 0-2, Kamaras 0-2, Ntouzidis 0-1; TO-USA-16, Greece 11; BLKS-USA 5, Greece 1; STLS-USA 9, Greece 7.
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So, I think Malik falls right in that category with those two guys. It’s really good to see Malik step up. Sometimes kids this age defer a little bit, but there was no deferring with Malik tonight.” “It felt great,” said
Newman after being named MVP. “We had a lot of players who played tremendous at this camp, so for those guys to think that I won the MVP was just an honor. “Brad Beal, he’s an
all-star in the NBA,” Newman added. “And Jahlil, he’ll be an all-star in the NBA also. For me to be mentioned with those guys is an honor and a blessing at the same time.” Since the inaugural
FIBA U17 World Championship for Men in 2010, Showalter has been head mentor of all three USA U17 National Teams and led the Americans to gold medals in all three World Championships and compiled a shiny 23-0 record.
USA 83, Greece 73 The USA opened preliminary round
play by defeating Greece 83-73. The U.S., which led from wire to wire, was led by Stone’s game-high 22 points and 10 rebounds; while Newman scored 13 points and Tatum added 10. “We got the win,” said Stone, who
1 0- 0 0- 0 0 00 0 8 0- 2 0- 0 3 00 0 200 23-70 21-26 38 8 21 73
scored 18 of his 22 by halftime. “This was a big deal for us. Greece is a great team. We just came out of the gate and were attacking the rim. Our coach told us not to settle for jump shots, so we took that into consideration and started attack- ing the rim and started increasing the lead.”
While the red, white and blue struck
first, a pair of Tatum buckets gave the U.S. a 4-0 lead to start the game, and went up 9-2 after Stone got an and-one and a dunk, Greece was never far
Malik Newman posted a double-double of 21 points and 11 rebounds in the USA’s gold medal game win over Australia and was named MVP of the 2014 FIBA U17 World Championship.
behind. Nearly every time the Americans started pulling away, the Greeks found a way to pull back the reins. Holding onto a 25-19 lead with five
seconds to play in the first quarter, it looked as if the USA found some momentum after Battle connected on a long, buzzer-beating 3-pointer that pushed his side ahead 28-19 at the first break.
Fueled by back-to-back buckets by
Stone, the USA upped its lead to double digits, 32-20, at 8:13. However, Greece, which had four
athletes who competed on the 2014 Greece U18 National Team at the European U18 Championship, again fought back. 2014 European U18 Championship All-Tournament Team selection Vasilis Charalampopoulos scored nine unanswered points in just about every way possible, while the Americans were unable to convert. After the 11-0 run by Greece, the
USA’s advantage was narrowed to a single point, 32-31. Following a U.S. time out, the
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