Tyus Jones helped direct the USA to gold averaging 8.2 points and a team high 6.4 assists a game.
Kennard and Zimmerman chipped in eight points apiece. Focusing on Mexico’s 3-point
shooting after it hit 12-of-36 3-point- ers in its first game against Argentina,
the U.S. held its neighbors to the south to 3-21 accuracy from beyond the arc. “We limited Mexico to 21 3-point
shots, so we really didn’t let them get going from the 3-point line,” said Donovan. With the game knotted at 4-4,
Winslow scored six points in an 11-0 run that opened a 15-6 gap. The U.S. closed the first quarter with nine unanswered points to go up 26-9. Holding Mexico to a single field
USA 100, Mexico 46 June 21, 2014
MEX Garcia
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 34 0- 2 0- 0 2 20 0
Alvarez 27 5-16 7- 7 1 13 19 Arenas Soto
21 7-15 3- 4 3 00 18 32 0- 7 2- 4 3 14 2
Venegas 28 0- 6 0- 0 9 14 0 Molina Suarez Tona
Cortes
6 0- 2 0- 0 0 00 0 20 1- 4 1- 2 3 04 3 8 1- 4 0- 0 1 01 2 3 0- 0 0- 0 1 00 0
Herrera 12 0- 3 0- 0 5 03 0 Ramirez
4 0- 0 2- 2 1 01 2
Mendoza 5 0- 3 0- 0 0 00 0 Totals 200 14-62 15-19 32 5 20 46
USA Jones Trier
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 21 2- 6 0- 2 3 51 4 15 4- 8 5- 5 1 31 14
Winslow 23 7-10 0- 1 7 41 14 Turner
18 1- 3 1- 1 2 03 3
Johnson 19 7-15 2- 5 7 10 18 Brunson 25 5- 7 0- 0 1 12 11 Briscoe 22 4- 4 0- 1 10 41 8 Kennard 15 2- 5 2- 2 1 11 8 Jeter
Lydon
14 4- 7 2- 4 9 04 10 16 1- 2 0- 0 5 02 2
Zimmerman 12 4- 6 0- 0 4 00 8 Brown
DNP-Illness
Totals 200 41-73 12-21 53 19 17 100 Mexico
USA
94 23 10 -- 46 26 30 21 23 -- 100
3PT FGs-Mexico (3-21): Alvarez 2-5, Arenas 1-3, Soto 0-3, Tona 0-3, Venegas 0-2, Suarez 0-2, Molina 0-1, Herrera 0-1, Mendoza 0-1; USA (6-20): Johnson 2-6, Kennard 2-5, Trier 1-4, Brunson 1-2, Jones 0-2, Winslow 0-1; TO-Mexico 22, USA 15; BLKS-Mexico 2, USA 8; STLS-Mexico 5, USA 12.
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goal in the second quarter, the Americans headed to the locker room with the game well in hand, 56-13. In the second quarter the USA’s defense forced 10 turnovers and held Mexico to just 1-of-12 shooting from the field. Mexico outscored the USA 23-21 in
the third quarter, however, the USA buckled down again in the fourth, outscored Mexico 23-10 and walked off the court with the victory. All 11 available members of the
team had points on the board. Jones dished out five of the USA’s 19 assists, while Briscoe and Winslow were credited with four apiece. Turner swatted four of the USA’s eight blocks. Overall the USA outrebounded
Mexico 50-29, and outscored Mexico 66-22 in the paint, 18-0 on second chances, 24-9 on the fast break and 47-7 off the bench. The USA shot 56.2 percent (41-73
FGs) from the floor, while its defense held Mexico to just 22.6 percent (14-62 FGs) shooting on the night.
USA 118, Argentina 64 Leading start-to-finish, the USA
earned a lopsided 118-64 victory over Argentina to close preliminary round play. With the win, which was paced by Brunson’s 16 points, the U.S. advanced to the medal semifinals as the top team out of Group B. “I think during our last three games,
we’ve gotten better in some areas and we got a chance to learn in some other areas,
so we’re excited that we’ve been able to move on and advance to the medal round,” Donovan said. For the third time in as many games,
all available U.S. team members scored, including six in double digits and nine with eight or more points. In addition to Brunson, who also
dished out six assists; Lydon scored 14; Trier and Winslow scored 13 points apiece; Brown and Kennard chipped in 10 each; while Jeter added nine points and Jones and Zimmerman contributed eight points each. USA Basketball veterans Jones and
Johnson connected on back-to-back 3-pointers to put the USA up 6-0. Following an Argentine lay-in, Johnson scored four more points in a 7-0 USA run and with a little over three minutes expired, the USA led 13-2. With the score standing 16-6, the
USA strung together a 16-2 run to put the game virtually out of reach, 32-8,
USA 118, Argentina 64 June 22, 2014
USA Jones Trier
Johnson
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 24 2- 6 3- 3 1 92 8 16 4- 5 5- 7 4 12 13
Winslow 19 6-12 0- 5 8 12 13 Turner
14 2- 4 1- 1 4 03 5 9 3- 5 0- 0 1 01 7
Brunson 23 7-11 0- 0 2 61 16 Briscoe 19 2- 4 1- 1 6 32 5 Kennard 19 3- 9 3- 4 9 11 10 Brown Jeter
Lydon ARG
5 4- 5 2- 3 3 00 10 15 4- 8 1- 4 4 04 9 19 4- 7 3- 4 3 01 14
Zimmerman 18 4- 7 0- 0 7 02 8 Totals 200 45-83 19-32 55 21 21 118
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
Arengo 27 5-16 1- 2 5 04 12 Marinelli 12 1- 5 0- 0 6 02 2 Vildoza 22 4-11 1- 1 2 02 10 Defino Onetto
27 6- 9 7-13 8 11 19 7 1- 2 0- 0 1 05 2
Gerhardt 15 2- 4 1- 2 2 01 5 Gomez 13 0- 5 2- 2 2 12 2 Gramajo 13 1- 6 1- 2 0 12 3 Lugrin
12 0- 2 0- 0 2 02 0
Sansimoni 18 0- 2 0- 0 2 43 0 Buemo 17 4- 6 0- 0 4 03 9 Acuno
17 0- 3 0- 0 2 00 0
Totals 200 24-71 13-22 40 7 27 64 USA
Argentina
34 29 28 27 -- 118 11 15 15 23 -- 64
3PT FGs-USA (9-26): Lydon 3-5, Brunson 2-5, Jones 1-4, Kennard 1-4, Winslow 1-3, Johnson 1-2, Trier 0-1, Brown 0-1, Zimmerman 0-1; Argentina (3- 22): Arengo 1-6, Vildoza 1-3, Buemo 1-3, Gramajo 0-4, Gomez 0-3, Lugrin 0-1, Sansimoni 0-1, Acuno 0-1; TO-USA 8, Argentina 16; BLKS-USA 10, Argentina 2; STLS-USA 9, Argentina 3.
USA Basketball News
Garrett Ellwood/FIBA Americas
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