quarter for the 113-71 victory. Jackson turned in nine points, six
boards and four of the USA’s 18 assists; while Tatum added eight points. Scoring 26 points off of 26 Chinese
turnovers, the United States won the battle of the boards 55 rebounds to 32 and only allowed China to get 14 offensive caroms. The Americans owned a commanding 92-30 scoring advantage in the paint and outscored China 30-11 on the fast break. Further, the U.S. shot a red-hot 56.8 percent (50-88 FGs) from the field, while holding China to a mere 32.8 percent (22-67 FGs) from the floor. “Coach always tells me to be more
assertive, he tells me to be more active and try to erase everything that comes my way. And that’s what I try to do,” said Stone, who broke James Michael McAdoo’s competition record (15 blocked shots in 2010); as well as the previous single-game U.S. high of four, which was owned by Bradley Beal,
USA 113, China 71 August 14, 2014
CHN Hu
C. Wang Zhao Fan Xu He
Liu Luo
Zhang
Totals USA
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 25 4- 9 6- 8 7 01 14 9 1- 1 0- 0 2 02 2 23 3- 9 3- 3 2 03 11 2 0- 1 0- 0 0 01 0 13 0- 4 0- 0 1 00 0 28 2-10 3- 4 4 51 7 4 0- 0 0- 0 0 01 0 24 2- 7 0- 0 2 01 5 7 0- 3 1- 2 1 01 1
Z. Wang 19 4- 7 1- 2 2 10 11 Miao Fu
20 1- 6 2- 2 3 11 4 26 5-10 6- 6 7 12 16 200 22-67 22-27 32 8 14 71
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
Ferguson 21 4- 8 2- 2 3 33 11 Newman 27 7-13 0- 1 5 52 16 Jackson 17 4- 7 1- 2 6 44 9 Giles Stone Battle
21 6- 9 0- 0 4 12 12 20 7-10 3- 3 8 23 17 13 2- 5 0- 0 0 00 4
Ramsey 14 1- 4 0- 0 0 10 2 King
Tatum
Totals China
USA
14 2- 6 1- 2 4 02 5 14 4- 9 0- 2 3 10 8
Ellenson 15 10-12 1-3 10 03 21 Swanigan 14 2- 3 2-2 Rabb
4 12 6
10 1- 2 0- 0 3 01 2 200 50-88 10-17 55 18 22 113
11 14 18 28 -- 71 30 21 34 28 -- 113
3PT FGs-China (5-21): Zhao 2-6, Z. Wang 2-4, Lou 1-4, He 0-4, Zhang -0-2, Xu 0-1; USA (3-12): Newman 2-3, Ferguson 1-4, Battle 0-1, Ramsey 0-1, King 0-1, Tatum 0-1, Ellenson 0-1; TO-China 26, USA-22; BLKS-China 2, USA 11; STLS-China 12, USA 16.
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Left: Earning a second gold medal in as many summers, Josh Jackson in seven starts for the U.S. averaged 10.6 points,7.9 rebounds and 2.9 assists a game. Below: Henry Ellenson came off the bench in the USA’s seven games to average 8.7 points and 5.1 rebounds a game, and shot 57.8 percent from the floor.
Andre Drummond and McAdoo in different games in 2010.
USA 89, Serbia 68 Holding a narrow 39-36 edge at
halftime, the U.S. broke away from pre- viously unbeaten Serbia to take an 89-68 victory and advance to the gold medal game for the third time in as many edi- tions of the U17 World Championship. “We knew coming in it was going
to be a tough test,” said Showalter. “We told our kids that Serbia has had a history of really giving the United States trouble in games. You go back and the mid-2000’s and games like this Serbia has won. I know their coach and team has been preparing to play us for the past couple of years. So, we prepared our kids. Our kids really were prepared mentally, physically for a really knock- out, tough game.” Newman scored 15 points to lead
the USA’s offensive efforts, Stone fol- lowed with 12 points, and Giles posted a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds. The bench again played an integral
part in the USA’s victory, especially through the production of Swanigan and Battle. Swanigan scored 11 points, hit 7-of-11 from the line after drawing eight fouls, grabbed eight boards and nabbed a pair of steals; while Battle’s seven points came at key moments for the Americans:
a jumper to end the first half, a steal and layup to cap the third quarter and a 3-pointer to open the fourth. “Caleb is one of those guys who
doesn’t get a lot of credit for what he does,” said Showalter. “But, he just comes in and is a workhorse. He did a fantastic job tonight. He had 11 points, eight rebounds, diving on the floor after loose basketballs, taking a charge. He’s a high-energy guy. You have to love guys like that who play. I thought Tyus Battle was Usain Bolt for us tonight. And those guys, if they don’t play they’re not sitting on the bench pouting. They’re great teammates and when they have the chance, they make the most of it.”
After not trailing for even a second
through its first five games, the U.S. again scored first and jumped out to a 17-7 lead over the first six minutes of the contest. With the USA still holding a 10-
point lead, Serbia scored the first quar- ter’s final two points to cut into single
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