2014 WOMEN’S U17 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
No Stopping USA U17 Women, U.S. Rolls To 7-0 Mark To Take Third Consecutive FIBA U17 World Championship Title
World Championship Team again claimed the gold medal. The golden effort was the USA’s third consecutive championship since FIBA initiated the U17 World Championship in 2010. The United States has claimed all three titles and compiled a perfect 23-0 record. Relying on a defense that
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allowed opponents to average just 45.9 points a game in the seven outings, the U.S. won its first six games by a domi- nating average of 42.8 points game, and then battled to a two- point, 77-75, victory over Spain in the gold medal game to suc- cessfully repeat as U17 champs. The 12-member USA
Basketball Women’s U17 World Championship Team, which was named on May 26 after four days of trials that began with 145 players, included six gold medalists from the 2013 USA Women’s U16 National Team and seven players who were selected to their first USA Basketball national team. Returning gold medalists
ighting to a perfect 7-0 record in Pilsen, Czech Republic, the 2014 USA Women’s U17
Kristine Anigwe (Desert Vista H.S./ Phoenix, Ariz.), Kennedy Burke (Sierra Canyon School/Northridge, Calif.), Natalie Chou (Plano West Senior H.S./ Plano, Texas), Joyner Holmes (Cedar Hill H.S./Cedar Hill, Texas) and Anna Wilson (Collegiate School/Richmond, Va.). Te'a Cooper (McEachern H.S./ Powder Springs, Ga.) was originally selected for the team but withdrew
“To think that we’ve only been together a couple weeks, and that’s what these young ladies have put together, to play this kind of basketball is truly amazing and a testament to their talent,”
Sue Phillips USA Head Coach
The 2014 USA Women’s U17 World Championship Team finished 7-0 to claim gold and earn the United States a third straight gold medal showing in FIBA U17 World Championship.
from the 2013 FIBA Americas U16 Championship Team were MVP Asia Durr (St. Pius X Catholic H.S./Douglasville, Ga.); De’Janae Boykin (Charles H. Flowers H.S./Springdale, Md.), Lauren Cox (Flower Mound H.S./ Flower Mound, Texas), Sabrina Ionescu (Miramonte H.S./Walnut Creek, Calif.), Nancy Mulkey (Cypress Woods H.S./Cypress, Texas), Arike Ogunbowale (Divine Savior Holy Angels H.S./Milwaukee, Wis.) and Katie Lou Samuelson (Mater Dei H.S./Huntington Beach, Calif.). Newcomers to the USA Basketball U17 World Championship Team included:
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because of an illness. Also returning from the 2013 USA
U16 Team was the entire coaching staff consisting of USA head coach Sue Phillips (Archbishop Mitty H.S./San Jose Cagers AAU, Calif.) and assistant coach- es Mary Coyle Klinger (Rutgers Preparatory School, N.J.) and Brian Robinson (Bishop McGuinness H.S./Stealers AAU, N.C.). For the tournament, four U.S. play-
ers averaged double-digit scoring, including 13.9 points per game from Samuelson, 13.4 ppg. from Durr,
10.7 ppg. from Ogunbowale and 10.6 ppg. from Holmes, and all 12 players averaged at least 9.0 minutes per game of playing time. The USA’s Holmes and Samuelson
were both selected to the five-player all- U17 World Championship Team. Of the 21 team statistical categories,
the USA was No. 1 in 12 and among the top three in 20 of the 21 categories. The USA set several individual and
team USA Women’s U17 records, including new team competition records for 3-point makes (5.9) and attempts (17.6) per game and highest free throw
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