Neb.); and Destinee Walker (Lake Highland Prep School/ Ocoee, Fla.). Four U.S. players averaged double-
digit scoring, including a USA U18 Women’s competition record 19.0 points per game from Wilson, who was named the FIBA Americas U18 Championship Most Valuable Player. Wilson also set a USA competition record for field goal percentage making 76.5 percent (39-51 FGs). Collier averaged 14.0 ppg., Turner averaged 13.6 ppg. and Shepard scored 12.6 ppg. The gold medal was the USA U18
women’s seventh-straight and eighth overall, and the USA women are now 48-2 in FIBA Americas U18 Championship play since the event was first held in 1988.
USA 104, Mexico 55 Playing together in its first game of
the 2014 FIBA Americas U18 Championship for Women, the USA debuted with an impressive 104-55 win over Mexico that saw five U.S. players finish in double-digit scoring as the team scored 84 of its points from the paint.
“We came out energized; we made a
conscious effort to get the post players the ball and take advantage of our size,” said Staley. “I think for the most part they executed the game plan.”
Finishing with 16 points apiece were
Shepard and Turner, who also grabbed seven rebounds; while Wilson finished with a 15-point, 10-rebound double-dou- ble; Collier added 10 points and eight rebounds; and Walker scored 10 points.
The USA took control of the game
right from the tip off, and the USA jumped out to a 14-2 lead before Mexico fought back to cut it to 14-7 with a 3-pointer at 4:57. The USA closed the opening stanza with a 10-0 run to lead 26-10 at the first break.
The run extended into the second
quarter as the USA put up eight unan- swered points to take a 34-10 advantage at 8:15 when Turner scored off of an assist from Caldwell. The 18-0 spurt was the USA’s largest run of the game.
Mexico ended its drought with a
make from behind the arc, and then went on to make two more 3-pointers in the next two minutes to trail 38-21 at 4:56. The USA regained the game’s momen- tum from there, allowing just one more
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USA Basketball head coach Dawn Staley led the U18 American women to gold and an average margin of victory in its five games of 44.8 points a game. The U.S. team led the eight-team tournament in 13 of 21 team statistical categories.
made 3 from Mexico while putting up nine points to lead 47-24 at the half. While eight U.S. scorers put up 32
points in the third quarter, including six points each from Collier and Mompremier, the only place Mexico found some breathing room was from beyond the arc, scoring nine of its 16 third-period points from deep. Mexico made its last 3-pointer of the stanza with just 0.2 seconds remaining on the clock, and the teams headed into the final 10 minutes with the USA leading 79-40. The USA never let up and compiled
its largest lead of 49 points with its last score of the game, which came at 3.2 seconds from Atkins, who finished with a game-high four steals. The USA used its size advantage to
outrebound Mexico 53-17, its depth to tally 55 points off of the bench and shared the ball to record 27 assists. The U.S. defense held Mexico to just 30.1 percent shooting from the field.
USA 118, El Salvadore 50 Shooting 68.4 percent from the field
and featuring eight players in double- digit scoring, the USA ran away with a 118-50 win against El Salvador on August 7. “I felt we were ready to go,” said
Staley. “I felt we used our length to our advantage. The players who started the game got us out to a big lead, and then we
pretty much cruised the rest of the way.
USA 104, Mexico 55 August 6, 2014
USA
Caldwell 17 0- 2 2- 2 1 51 2 Atkins Turner Collier Wilson Kea
Walker
20 8-11 0- 0 7 01 16 20 5-12 0- 0 8 10 10 23 7-10 1- 2 10 20 15 21 3- 6 1- 4 4 32 7 15 5- 7 0- 0 1 00 10
Mabrey 14 1- 6 1- 1 3 61 3 Moore
14 4- 7 1- 1 6 51 9
Mompremier 12 4- 6 0- 0 4 03 8 Shepard 17 6- 9 4- 5 2 11 16 McCowan 7 1- 3 0- 0 4 11 2 Totals
MEX
L. Perez 24 4-10 0- 0 2 10 12 Lopez
Ramos
M. Diaz 14 2- 3 0- 2 3 00 6 Mejia
Esquivel 14 0- 4 0- 0 2 01 0 Munoz Ortiz
26 6-11 2- 2 4 03 15 9 0- 4 0- 0 1 01 0
M. Perez 13 0- 5 0- 0 0 22 0 Trevino D. Diaz Soto
21 4- 7 0- 0 1 11 11 8 1- 2 0- 0 2 11 2
Totals USA
Mexico
12 0- 0 0- 0 0 02 0 12 0- 4 0- 0 1 03 0 200 19-63 6-10 21 6 19 55
26 21 32 25 -- 104 10 14 16 16 -- 55
3-PT FGs-USA (0-10); Kea 0-3, Caldwell 0-2, Collier 0-2, Walker 0-1, Mabrey 0-1, Moore 0-1; Mexico (11-27): L. Perez 4-6, Ortiz 3-3, M. Diaz 2-2, Ramos 1-4, Lopez 1-3, M. Perez 0-4, Mejia 0-3, Soto 0-2; TO-USA 16, Mexico 18; BLKS-USA 5, Mexico 2; STLS-USA 11, Mexico 6.
USA Basketball News
200 47-84 10-15 55 27 13 104 MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 28 1- 7 3- 4 0 02 6 19 1- 6 1- 2 1 13 3
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 20 3- 5 0- 0 3 32 6
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