rebounds to go with her eight points; Boykin collected eight boards to go with seven points; and Kennedy Burke (Sierra Canyon School/Northridge, Calif.) had four steals and nine points. With the USA leading 14-11, Durr
scored to kick off a 9-0 run that put the USA ahead 23-11 and heading into the second quarter the U.S. led 23-14. Canada opened the second period
with an 8-0 run to cut the deficit to one point, 23-22. That was the first of three times that Canada would come within one point in the stanza as the teams battled back and forth. Cox scored an offensive rebound with just 15.8 seconds remaining in the half to put the USA up 33-30 and the midway point. In the third quarter, Canada continued
to respond to almost all of the USA’s scores, and the scoreboard read 43-39 at 3:42. Anigwe’s two made free throws at 2:27 launched another U.S. run, this time a 6-0 spurt that gave the USA a 49-39 advantage headed into the final 10 minutes. That run reached at total of 19
unanswered points as the USA raced to 13 straight points to start the fourth quar- ter, including four fast-break points and four points off of offensive rebounds. By the time Anna Wilson (Collegiate School/Richmond, Va.) found Anigwe inside for a score at 6:23, the USA was up 62-39. Canada ended the streak with 3-pointers at 6:10 and 5:24, but those were the only six points Canada scored in the period as the USA put up its highest-scoring stanza thus far with 31 points from 10 different U.S. scorers. Overall, the USA outscored Canada
in the paint 40-20, 19-9 in fast break points and 19-5 on second chance points.
France 78, USA 72 The USA saw its 15-point halftime
lead nearly erased in the third quarter and France went on to outscore the Americans 30-22 in the final stanza to snatch a 78-72 win in the final game of
Anigwe and Boykin each had 10 points and seven rebounds. “We came out with good intensity,
and they had good intensity as well,” Boykin said. “We had certain spurts in the game and so did they, and they just finished off stronger.” The USA’s opened a 10-3 lead and
when France finished off the stanza with four made free throws in the last 1:15 the U.S. advantage was 18-15 after the first 10 minutes. The USA put up the first five points
of the second period to lead 23-15 and closed the second stanza with a 13-3 run to take a 38-23 lead at halftime. While France immediately began to
chip away at the U.S. advantage in the second half, a 6-0 run that began midway through the quarter brought France within seven points, 45-38 at 2:50. From there the U.S. made just one
Sabrina Ionescu made contributions across the board for the U.S. during the U17 World Championship averaging 4.0 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and a team best 2.1 steals a game.
the tournament. “I thought we really let up our
intensity in the second half,” said Phillips. “France did an excellent job of executing their half-court set, got deep in the lane and shared the basketball extremely well. On the other hand, we settled for mid-range jump shots and didn't get the type of looks we did in the first half. Credit France for a great game plan and playing extremely well.” While the USA shot 47.1 percent
from the field (16-34 FGs) in the first half and held France to 25.0 percent (6-24 FGs.) accuracy, those roles were reversed in the second half, which saw the USA cool to 29.7 percent from the field (11-37 FGs) and France heat up to 57.1 percent from the field (20-35 FGs). Durr led the USA with 22 points and six assists; Ogunbowale scored 12; and
basket and three free throws while France scored seven points and sank a 3-pointer with just two second left to trail 50-48 headed into the final 10 minutes. Anigwe and Boykin each scored to
start the fourth quarter, but France hit a 3-pointer and converted a three-point play at 7:40 to take its first lead of the game, 56-55 at 7:40. The lead changed hands six times
over the next 3:35, and following a pull-up jumper from Durr, the score was deadlocked at 68 with 1:40 remaining. From there, however, the U.S. got
itself into foul trouble. France’s final 10 points all came from the free throw line on flawless 10-for-10 shooting from the charity line. “I think we played with heart,” said
Burke. “We were both talented teams, but I guess they just wanted it more than we did.”
France, which benefited from 46
points off of its bench, got 11 points and four assists from tournament MVP Alix Duchet and 12 points from Alexia Chartereau.
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*2014 USA Women’s U17 World Championship Team Exhibition Results (2-1) OPPONENT W / L SCORE
June 20 China June 21 Canada
June 22 France
W 89- 49 Ogunbowale - 16 W 80- 45 Holmes - 14
L 72- 78 Durr - 22 *2014 France Exhibition Tournament, Nogent Sur Seine, France USA Basketball News 73
LEADING SCORER LEADING REBOUNDER Ionescu - 6 Holmes - 11
Anigwe, Boykin - 7
LEADING ASSISTS Ogunbowale - 4
Cox, Durr, Ionescu, Wilson - 2 Durr - 6
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