Harry Giles, one of eight returners from the 2013 USA U16 gold medalist team, contributed 10.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.3 steals a game for the 2014 USA U17 team.
finished the contest with a whopping 65-13 rebounding margin. The USA forced Japan
into 17 turnovers that were converted into 27 points. Additionally, the U.S.outscored Japan 86-14 in the paint, 28-6 on second-chance points, 30-10 on the fast break and the USA’s bench again made a statement with a 59-5 scoring advantage. The USA, which had 19
and make a mockery of the game. So, our kids really focused in on that and that’s what we wanted to do.” Reeling off a 22-0 opening run, the
U.S. left no doubt early on as to the outcome, just the final score. With the score showing 27-6, three
minutes to go before the break and a fresh five off of the bench, the Americans strung together 14 unan- swered points to take a 41-6 lead at the end of the first stanza. Tatum, who was subbed for in the
starting line-up by Ferguson, made an almost immediate impact after checking in. He had a steal and dunk at 3:00 and ended up with seven of the USA’s final 14 points of the first quarter. The lead continued to expand
throughout the second quarter and by halftime the score stood at 75-17. Hachimura scored 16 of his squad’s
first-half points, while the U.S. held the rest of the Japan squad to 0-of-14 from the field and scored 23 points from 11 Japanese turnovers, nine of which were steals by the Americans. The USA outscored Japan 27-14 in
the third quarter and 20-7 in the fourth for the game’s final. After owning a 34-6 advantage on the glass in the first quarter, the USA
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assists, shot a scorching 66.3 percent (55-83 FGs) from the field and 28.6 percent (6-21 3pt FGs) from 3-point, while hold- ing Japan to a frigid 21.6 per- cent (16-74 FGs) from the floor and just 5.6 percent (1-18 3pt FGs) from beyond the arc.
USA 113, China 71 The USA led from start to finish for
the fifth time in as many games en route to a 113-71 quarterfinal victory over China. The game saw two USA U17 blocked shots records fall as Stone, who scored 17 points and hauled in eight rebounds, set USA U17 records for sin- gle-game and U17 competition blocked shots. He swatted five, edging the previ- ous record of four, and his 20 blocks through five games eclipsed the previous USA U17 mark of 15. Ellenson led the U.S. squad with
21 points and 10 rebounds as all 12 USA athletes put points on the board. Also hitting in double digits were Newman with 16 points to go with five assists, Giles scored 12 points and Ferguson chipped in 11 points. “After watching China and Italy
play the other night, as a coaching staff we were concerned with a lot of things that China did,” said Showalter. “Yanhao Zhao is a great shooter and we did a great job on him. Fergie (Terrance Ferguson) and V.J. (King) and whoever else, we had different guys guarding him, but we held him to 11 points, which is way under his average (22.3 ppg. in
China’s first four games).” The Americans started strong,
scored the game’s first seven points and went up 15-4 midway through the first quarter. After its defense allowed China’s only field goal of the stanza, the USA grabbed a 19-6 lead with 4:05 remaining. China hit 3-of-4 from the line to pull to 10 points, but a put-back and a tradition- al 3-point play from Ellenson sparked an 11-2 run, and at the end of the first 10 minutes of play the United States owned a 30-11 advantage. Leading 39-25, an energized
Ellenson scored 10 points in a 12-0 run that closed out the half with the USA in full command, 51-25. The run continued into the second
half as the red, white and blue outscored China 18-2 in the first four minutes of the second half for a combined 30-2 scoring spree that put the game out of reach, 69-27. Closing the third quarter up 85-43, the USA sailed through the fourth
USA 122, Japan 38 August 12, 2014
JAP
Hayashi 33 1- 4 0- 0 1 23 2 Muto Maki
27 1-19 0- 0 4 12 2
Hachimura 36 10-28 4- 7 4 03 25 Hiraiwa 26 1- 7 0- 6 7 02 2 Maeta Taira
Igarashi Nomi kono Gunji
Nnanna Totals
USA
10 1- 4 0- 0 1 01 2 13 0- 2 0- 0 1 01 0 7 0- 1 0- 0 1 02 0 2 0- 1 0- 0 0 00 0 5 1- 1 0- 0 0 00 2 6 0- 1 1- 2 2 01 1 8 0- 0 0- 0 1 01 0 200 16-74 5-15 28 5 19 38
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
Ferguson 19 5-11 0- 0 1 22 12 Newman 19 6- 9 1- 1 5 61 15 Jackson 18 7- 7 0- 3 5 21 14 Giles Stone Battle
Tatum
Totals Japan
USA
16 4- 5 0- 0 8 21 8 22 6- 9 1- 4 11 03 14 15 1- 3 0- 0 2 13 2
Ramsey 21 2- 4 1- 1 4 30 5 King
16 4- 6 0- 0 3 01 8 14 9-15 0- 0 1 00 19
Ellenson 16 6- 8 0- 0 7 20 12 Swanigan 15 4- 4 1- 1 8 01 9 Rabb
6 11 14 7 -- 38 41 34 27 20 -- 122
3PT FGs-Japan (1-18): Hachimura 1-6, Maki 0-4, Muto 0-3, Hayashi 0-2, Maeta 0-1, Taira 0-1, Nomi 0-1; USA (6-21): Ferguson 2-6, Newman 2-5, Tatum 1-2, Stone 1-1, Ramsey 0-2, King 0-2, Ellenson 0-2, Battle 0-1; TO-Japan 17, USA-16; BLKS-Japan 2, USA 10; STLS-Japan 7, USA 15.
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11 1- 2 2- 3 5 12 4 200 55-83 6-13 65 19 15 122
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 27 1- 6 0- 0 1 23 2
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