USA 124, Philippines 64 Owning a 7-inch average
height advantage over its opponent, the USA dominat- ed the boards and overpow- ered the Philippines to close preliminary round play with a lopsided 124-64 win. The victory earned the U.S. the No. 1 seed out of Group A for the round of 16. The USA had six athletes
in double-digit scoring, led by Jackson and Newman, who scored 16 points apiece. Ferguson and Giles scored 15 points each; Ellenson added 14 points and Stone tossed in 12 points. Further, Jackson and Stone each grabbed 11 of the USA’s 66 boards for a double-double and Swanigan posted eight points, seven
USA 124, Philippines 64 August 11, 2014
PHI MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
Ma. Niesto 15 4- 9 0- 0 3 32 9 Mi. Niesto 30 1-11 1- 2 5 32 3 Mendoza 29 9-17 1- 1 0 11 19 Escoto
Desiderio 25 1- 8 1- 2 2 33 3 Go
23 5- 8 0- 0 4 02 10 19 5-10 0- 0 1 20 12
Dario
Navarro Padilla Panillio
13 0- 3 1- 2 1 12 1 4 0- 0 0- 0 1 00 0 11 0- 3 0- 0 1 03 0 9 0- 1 0- 0 0 01 0
Dela Cruz 16 2- 7 1- 2 0 00 7 Abadeza Totals
USA
Newman 22 7-12 0- 0 2 21 16 Jackson 22 8-14 0- 0 11 52 16 Tatum Giles Stone Battle
6 0- 0 0- 0 0 02 0 200 27-77 5- 9 26 13 18 64
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
18 3- 4 2- 3 7 21 8 9 7-13 1- 2 5 01 15 21 6-12 0- 0 11 11 12 13 0- 2 0- 0 3 30 0
Ramsey 15 1- 2 0- 0 1 22 3 Ferguson 19 5- 9 0- 0 0 02 15 King
14 3- 5 2- 2 4 30 9
Ellenson 13 5- 9 4- 5 6 20 14 Swanigan 15 2- 5 4- 6 7 12 8 Rabb
Totals
Philippines USA
16 16 20 12 -- 64 32 29 29 34 -- 124
3PT FGs-Philippines (5-21): Dela Cruz 2-7, Go 2-5, Ma. Niesto 1-2, Mendoza 0-4, Mi. Niesto 0-1, Desiderio 0-1, Dario 0-1; USA (9-23): Ferguson 5-9, Newman 2-4, Ramsey 1-2, King 1-2, Ellenson 0-2, Jackson 0-1, Tatum 0-1, Giles 0-1, Battle 0-1; TO- Philippines 18, USA-16; BLKS-Philippines 0, USA 10; STLS-Philippines 5, USA 12.
56
9 3- 3 2- 2 3 01 8 200 50-90 15-20 66 21 13 124
minute spread the USA advantage to 30-16 and a put-back by Swanigan with 12 seconds left gave the U.S. a 32-16 advantage after period one.
Philippines cut it to 16,
42-26, with 5:00 remaining before the halftime break, but that’s as close as the islanders would get. Five- straight points from Newman sparked the USA into outscoring its opponent 19-6 to close the half with a 61-32 lead.
The second half was
Guard Jayson Tatum helped direct the USA to gold, averaging 11.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.9 steals game.
rebounds, three blocked shots and three steals.
“Today we did a great job,” said
Showalter. “We’re hitting 3-point shots now. We’re hitting the open man. Tonight we made four, five, six, seven passes and made great shots off of that, whether it be a 3-point shot or going inside. Our bigs are playing much better. Diamond Stone is playing at the top of his game, rebounding-wise, team-wise and defensive-wise. Our defense is get- ting better overall. I think we’re coming together a little bit more as a team and chemistry-wise. We’re really working with each other and that just takes awhile.” “It started out with the defense; that
got me into the game,” said Ferguson, who hit five of the USA’s nine 3-point- ers. “Harry (Giles) and Jayson’s (Tatum) dunk, that got me all excited, it got me into the game. So, I just started feeling it after that. It was on. I kept shooting.” The USA, which had an average
height of 6-foot-6 compared to the Philippines’ average of 5-foot-11, never trailed. Earning the game’s first four points, each of the U.S. starters were on the scoreboard after Newman went up for a layup at 7:01 to up the score to 10-3. The Philippines kept up with the USA’s high-tempo and after a put-back with 2:53 to play in the first quarter, trailed by five, 21-16. However, a trio of 3-pointers by three different Americans in under a
more of the same as the USA cruised in for the win. The height advantage
helped the USA dominate the glass 66-26, including 29 on
the offensive boards. The USA also outscored the Philippines 72-26 in the paint, 29-8 on second-chance points and 57-20 off the bench.
USA 122, Japan 38 All 12 players scored, including six
in double digits, as the United States sprinted to a 22-0 lead to start the game and ran away with an overwhelming 122-38 victory over Japan. Tatum, who had 10 points by half-
time, came off the bench for the first time in the tournament and finished with a team-high 19 points; Newman scored all 15 of his points in the first half and also contributed a team-high six assists; Stone posted 14 points and 11 rebounds for his third double-double in four games and also notched six of the USA’s 10 blocked shots; Jackson was a perfect 7-of-7 from the field and scored 12 of his 14 points in the first half; while Ellenson and Ferguson chipped in 12 points apiece. Further, Swanigan hit 4-of-4 from
the field and finished with nine points and eight boards, while Giles had eight points and eight caroms. “These guys did a great job of stay-
ing focused today,” said Showalter. “The thing we focused on is doing things the right way. We’re still working on getting them to do things the right way. When you respect your opponent, you still play hard. The worst thing you can do is disrespect your opponent, not play hard
USA Basketball News
Caroline Williams/USA Basketball
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116