percentage (.739). Individually, Samuelson set competition records for 3-point makes (2.7) and attempts (6.7) per game; Anigwe set records for free throws made (3.5) and attempt- ed (5.1) per game; Durr set a record for free-throw percent- age (.882); and Cox set records for rebounds per game (8.4) and blocks per game (2.7). “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,” Phillips said of the team.
USA 69, China 41 Overcoming a first half
that saw the USA shoot just 29.4 percent from the field, the USA relied on its
USA 69, China 41 June 28, 2014
CHN MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
H. Wang 31 4-13 0- 0 2 52 10 M. Zhang 27 0- 5 2- 2 4 13 2 Z. Wang 21 4-11 0- 0 6 01 10 Ha
Dilana Ni Li
Jia
Zou Guo
Totals USA
Boykin Cox
Wilson Chou
Ionescu
23 1- 4 0- 0 4 02 2 23 2- 9 1- 2 2 13 5 1 0- 0 0- 0 0 00 0 12 1- 6 0- 0 1 01 2 13 2- 4 0- 0 4 10 4 2 0- 1 0- 0 0 00 0 15 1- 4 0- 0 1 03 2
L. Zhang 17 2- 4 0- 0 2 01 4 Niu
Ogunbowale 17 2- 6 1- 2 1 22 5 Burke Durr
23 3-13 2- 2 1 21 8 17 0- 5 2- 2 3 02 2 22 2- 6 0- 0 12 01 4 10 0- 2 0- 0 3 00 0 12 1- 3 0- 0 4 00 2 16 0- 2 0- 0 2 51 0
Holmes 16 2- 5 1- 2 3 22 5 Samuelson 24 7-16 4- 4 6 00 22 Mulkey 13 1- 3 0- 0 2 22 2 Anigwe 17 5- 7 2- 4 6 01 12 Totals
China USA
200 26-74 12-16 51 14 12 69 4 15 13 9 -- 41
12 14 25 18 -- 69
3-PT FGs-China (4-24): H. Wang 2-10, Z. Wang 2- 6, M. Zhang 0-4, Li 0-3, Zou 0-1; USA (5-23): Samuelson 4-10, Burke 1-3, Durr 0-5, Wilson 0-2, Ionescu 0-2, Chou 0-1. TO-China 20, USA 13; BLKS-China 0, USA 7; STLS-China 6, USA 8.
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15 0- 7 0- 0 1 03 0 200 17-68 3- 4 41 8 19 41
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 13 3- 6 0- 0 2 07 1
our game going. I think we did that, and the shots started falling.”
Anigwe added 12 points
and six rebounds in 17 minutes, while Cox grabbed 12 rebounds to go with her four points and two blocked shots. Additionally, Ionescu dished out five assists, and Wilson collected four steals. In a low scoring first
quarter, the USA held China to just four points and 2-for-20 shooting as four U.S. scorers combined for 12 points. And while the USA pushed
Katie Lou Samuelson was selected to the five-player all-U17 World Championship Team after averaging a USA best 13.9 points,while adding 5.0 rebounds per game and making 19-of-47 3-point attempts.
defense to earn a 69-41 win over China in its opening game of the 2014 FIBA U17 World Championship. “I think any time you can go to a
World Championship and hold your opponent to four points in the first quar- ter that is a success,” said Phillips. “I thought we played really good defense. On the flip side, I don't think we were efficient offensively, but in the second half, we really picked up our energy. We played some great, intense defense and dictated the tempo. That allowed us to get out in transition and play to our strengths.” With the USA leading by just seven
points, 26-19, at halftime, 12 third-quar- ter points from Samuelson, including back-to-back 3-pointers, helped the USA capture the game’s momentum. Samuelson finished with 22 points
and six rebounds, and shot 4-of-4 from the free throw line and 4-of-10 from 3- point, which tied the U.S. Women’s U17 record for 3-pointers attempted – a mark she shares with Rebecca Greenwell, who tried 10 3-pointers against Italy in 2012. As a team, the USA set a new high with 23 3-pointers attempted, bettering the previous record of 18 set against Canada in 2010. “At halftime we all knew we weren't
shooting well, so we didn't want to force it,” Samuelson said. “Coach's emphasis was on going inside-out, and we tried to get the ball in the paint so we could get
its advantage to 22-6 with a fast-break bucket from Burke at 6:44, China roared back with its largest run of the game, an 11-0 spurt, to cut the USA lead to 22-17.
In the final minute of the first half,
Durr scored four-straight points before China scored an offensive rebound with one second left to send the teams to the locker rooms with the USA ahead 26-19. With two free throws from Boykin
and a score from Cox to start the third stanza, the USA began to pull away in the second half. Scoring 10 straight points from 6:15 to 3:22, Samuelson put the USA up 44-28 with her second consecutive 3 at 3:22. After China scored twice, the USA launched a 13-0 run that began with a score from Anigwe off of an Ionescu assist and stretched through to 8:28 in the fourth quarter when Burke scored from the field and the Americans led 57-32. From there, the USA coasted in for the 69-41 win. The USA won the rebounding battle
45-27 and benefitted from 43 points off of the bench.
USA 88, France 40 Taking on a team that had beaten it
by six points in an exhibition game exactly one week earlier, the USA never trailed as it recorded a convincing 88-40 win over France. “I was inspired by their effort and
excited that they put together forty minutes of playing to their potential,” said Phillips. “France is a very good team, and we caught them on an off night. I thought we just played really well.”
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