not very happy with our defensive effort in the first half. We held them to 24 points in the second half, which is more what we are accustomed to. “When we started to get cold from
the perimeter a little bit, we pounded the ball inside,” Phillips added. “We had 50 points in the paint, which is a great number for us. They mixed up man and zone defense, and I think we showed great balance in our ability to score from the free-throw line, the paint, beyond the arc and in transition.” The USA buckled down on defense
in the second half and limited Hungary to 27.8 percent shooting (10-36 FGs), while it heated up to 52.9 percent from the field (18-34 FGs) and scored 36 of its 45 second-half points in the paint. Also reaching double-digit scoring
were Durr with 17 points and six assists; and Holmes with 11 points and six rebounds. “In the first half, we didn't play as
well on defense,” Durr said. “In the second half, we came out with some fire and played well as a team, got some stops and scored a whole bunch of points.” Twice Hungary led in the game’s
first few minutes, before a 9-0 run that began with Samuelson’s second 3 at 7:30 which put the USA ahead 14-7 at 6:03. As Samuelson went on to sink four
more 3-pointers, Hungary managed to nearly keep pace with the USA, and compiled a 6-0 run of its own to bring the score to 27-22 with a free throw at 1:16. Mulkey scored off of an offensive rebound and Anigwe converted an old- fashioned three-point play as Hungary also scored twice more in the stanza to trail 32-26 at the first break. “I shot pretty well in warm ups, and
then my teammates did a great job of finding me,” Samuelson said of her first- quarter performance. “They knew I was hitting, and they got me open looks. It was a great team effort, and I have to give the credit to my teammates getting me the ball.” Neither team found much breathing
room in the second quarter, and when the USA put together five straight points to lead 44-31 at 3:16, Hungary answered right back by closing the first half with an 8-2 run, including six made free throws in the final 1:11, and the teams
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Arike Ogunbowale added another gold medal to her fast- growing pile. Starting in all seven USA U17 World Championship games, the 5-foot-9 guard recorded 10.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.9 steals a game.
headed to the locker room with the USA up by seven points, 46-39. Hungary opened the second half
with a 3-pointer to make it 46-42, but that was as close as they would get to the USA. After a score from Samuelson and a free throw from Hungary, Ogunbowale with a steal and fast-break bucket sparked a 10-0 U.S. spurt that included six points from Durr, and the USA led 58-43 at 4:01 when Cox made two free throws. With the score 69-51 in the USA’s
favor heading into the final 10 minutes, Anigwe scored nine of her 14 points in the fourth quarter, and six U.S. scorers overall helped the USA put up 22 points while limiting Hungary to just 12 to bring the game to its 91-63 final.
USA 77, Spain 75 In a fight-to-the-finish between
undefeated teams, the USA came out victorious with a 77-75 win over Spain in the gold medal game. “It’s one of those games where as a
coach you’re really happy to win, but you feel for the other team because ultimately that game could have gone
USA Boykin
Wilson Chou
Ionescu Burke
either way, and I really want to credit Spain for a fabulous game,” said Phillips. “I feel very blessed that we’re on the winning side of things and so proud of the coaching staff and the players. It was just a great victory.” Three players in double-
figure scoring helped the USA overcome a 40-point perfor- mance from Spain’s Angela Salvadores, who was named tournament MVP. Joining her on the five-member all-tourna- ment team were the USA’s Holmes and Samuelson, as well as Hungary’s Debora Dubei and Virag Kiss. "It’s amazing,” Samuelson
said. “I’m just in shock that it all happened that way. I thought I played solid, but I didn’t expect anything like that. I wasn’t trying to go for
USA 91, Hungary 63 July 5, 2014
Ogunbowale 16 1- 7 1- 2 2 03 3 Durr
Samuelson 32 9-16 1- 2 2 03 25 Cox
23 4- 7 1- 1 6 12 9 15 1- 3 1- 2 7 33 3
5 0- 0 0- 0 0 01 0 12 0- 2 0- 0 3 01 0 15 1- 6 0- 0 2 00 2 14 0- 4 1- 2 4 12 1
Holmes 20 4- 9 3- 4 6 23 11 Mulkey
Anigwe 20 5-17 4- 4 14 22 14 Totals
HUN Dubei Kiss Aho
Nagy Studer
5 2- 2 2- 2 2 12 6 200 35-85 15-21 55 17 22 91 MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
25 6-11 2- 2 5 11 16 27 2- 7 8-10 9 11 12 15 2- 8 0- 0 2 03 4 24 3- 7 2- 4 7 03 8 19 0- 9 1- 2 1 23 1
Weninger 22 1- 7 3- 4 1 43 6 Borondy 20 1- 8 0- 0 2 11 3 Janko
4 0- 0 0- 0 0 00 0
Solymosi 10 1- 1 0- 0 0 01 2 Horvath 15 2- 6 0- 0 2 03 4 Kuttor Totals
19 3- 5 0- 0 3 01 7 200 21-69 16-22 40 9 20 63
USA Hungary
32 14 23 22 -- 91 26 13 12 12 -- 63
3-PT FGs-USA (6-17): Samuelson 6-11, Chou 0-2, Ogunbowale 0-1, Durr 0-1, Ionescu 0-1, Burke 0-1; Hungary (5-20): Dubei 2-5, Borondy 1-3, Weninger 1-2, Kuttor 1-1, Studer 0-5, Horvath 0-2, Aho 0-1, Nagy 0-1. TO-USA 15, Hungary 21; BLKS-USA 4, Hungary 1; STLS- USA 16, Hungary 4.
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MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 23 8-12 1- 2 4 10 17
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